Bear Creek Partners is focused on making investments and building high-quality businesses in the lower middle market. With patient capital and a long-term value creation strategy, we pride ourselves on being a trusted home for family and founder-owned businesses.
We look for situations where fresh perspective, additional resources, and a collaborative approach can help our teams unlock exciting opportunities for growth and improvement.
Our mission is simple – work with ambitious people to build winning businesses that endure the test of time. We consider ourselves enablers, and we humbly offer everything we can to help our teams succeed.
We have navigated hundreds of sale processes over the years, and we understand what it feels like on both sides of the table. We aim to be straightforward, transparent and efficient in our approach, working together with sellers, management and advisors towards a smooth transaction that meets the objectives of all parties involved.
Company Profile
- Size: $3 – $15 million EBITDA
- Geography: United States
- Ownership: Founder or family-owned
- Leadership: We prefer to partner with talented leaders who have a strong vision for the future, but we are also well equipped to manage transitions in situations where there is no formal succession plan in place
- Structure: Majority ownership, though we can be creative in tailoring structure to meet the needs of the seller
Business Characteristics
- Strong market position with a “right to win” and defensible business model
- Sustainable long-term growth prospects with opportunities for acceleration
- Recurring or reoccurring revenue, loyal and diversified customer base
- Healthy margin profile and strong free cash flow generation
- We get most excited about situations where we can help the team drive positive, transformational change in the business – “big swing” organic growth opportunities, targeted acquisitions, or other strategic initiatives
Core Values
Decision making is easy when we rely on our North Star core values
- Transparency – open communication and integrity are the foundation of trust, relationships and reputation (we don’t play games)
- Partnership – people are the core of everything we do (we strive to do the right thing when it comes to our partners)
- Resilience – when we invest for the long run, we will encounter successes and setbacks (we navigate them together)
- Momentum – patient capital doesn’t mean complacency (we have a shared sense of urgency)
- Enjoyment – life is short (we have fun with the journey)
