Private holding company
AI, where it does not belong.
Nearly all of it is being built for work done at a desk. We put it to work on rooflines, lawns and pools, inside small companies we build and buy.
Convictions
Four things we hold to be true.
We act on these every day. The rest of what we think is not on this page.
The first call is the asset.
In any market, one company in each trade is the one people call first. That position is worth more than its size suggests, and it is rarely for sale.
Small is underpriced.
Below a certain size there is no organized buyer and no auction. We work there on purpose.
Tools reward the people who use them.
The gains from new technology settle with whoever puts it in front of a customer. We would sooner own the customer.
Systems before money.
Most small companies need a better way of working more than they need capital. We bring both, in that order.
What we do
Three ways in. One way of operating.
We work as owners and operators. What happens after we invest depends on the company.
Buy
We acquire small, profitable service companies from owners who are ready for what comes next.
Back
We invest alongside founders who are building for small business and want an operator on their side of the table.
Build
We start companies ourselves where a trade is poorly served, and test each one small before it earns more.
Holdings
We do not publish names.
Our companies are known to their customers, not for their owner. This is what they do.
Exterior Lighting, Installed and Maintained
OperatingOperating System for Service Companies
Operating, in-houseContractor Rankings from Public Records
LiveOnline Card Room, Play Money
LiveResidential Gutter Installation
LaunchingTest Prep for Top-Percentile Scores
In buildWhole-Home Automation Design
In buildThe next one.
Introduce a companyFor owners
Too small for private equity is our size.
If you built a company that does simple work well and you are thinking about what comes next, we would like to hear about it. It starts with a conversation.
- One decision-makerYou speak with the person who decides. There is no committee.
- A straight answerYes, no, or what would have to be true.
- In confidenceWhat you tell us stays with us, whether or not we go further.
- No minimum sizeIf the work is good and the customers are real, it is not too small.
Contact
Three sentences is enough to start.
Owners
What the company does, roughly what it earns, and what you want to happen to it.
Founders
What you are building for small business, who pays for it today, and what you need.
Capital partners
By introduction only.
hello@endvalleycapital.com