A perpetual owner and operator of privately owned, small- medium-sized companies

About Forward Partner

Forward Partner is a perpetual owner of a privately owned business with strong market positions in their respective niches and good profitability. Our ambition is to acquire a company with profitable growth, an asset-light balance sheet, and a great management team.

We empower the management team with autonomy, operational expertise, and financial support to continue developing the business for decades while protecting their reputation, culture, team, and clients.

We focus on the heavy use of data, technology, and continuous improvement to develop a tech-focused approach that can push the industry forward. We believe that this can be achieved through empowerment and simplicity.

Experienced CEOs

Who worked at leading industrial services and technology companies

  • Charlie Gascon

    3x CEO: Ocean Corporation, Spoil Software, Power & Infra Solutions

  • Noah Riner

    2x CEO: NeuroInternational Healthcare and Partner at SFP

  • Alexander Schuil

    3x CEO: Briscoe Protective, World Wide Security and Vision Monitoring Services

  • Rob Cherun

    2x CEO. Stealth Monitoring and Legate Partners

  • Jay Davis

    2x CEO: Vector Disease Acquisition and Nashton Company

  • Will Thorndike

    1x CEO: Housatonic Private Equity

  • Kent Weaver

    2x CEO: Northern California Home Health Care Company and Granite Partners

  • Brad Brown

    Sr. Partner McKinsey & Company Data& Analytics practice

  • Mitch Cohen

    2x CEO: Chairman of Trilogy Search Partners and Managing Director of Hellman & Friedman

  • Kevin Oxendine

    3x CEO: Wistia, Havit Consulting and Partner at Pacific Lake Partners

  • Richard Venn

    Chairman of CIBC Investment Banking

Scale-Up Operators

You cannot build anything great without focus and commitment.

We focus on acquiring businesses and growing them ourselves as the day-to-day operators for the long term.

We go “all in” to operate your company

Only invest in industries we know

If you hear from us, we know your company

We do transactions on your terms, as partners

Industry focus

Mission-critical services to industries facilitating the exchange of commodities and data.

Typically between $5-20M in ARR or $3-10M in operating profits.

High integrity

We will always be transparent with our intentions and thoughtful in understanding your needs.

We promise a valuation in days and a closing within weeks.

Flexible structures

We focus on market recapitalization and buyouts, holding 80%+ of the equity as your primary capital.

If we are a good fit for you, we will want to get to know you and shape your ideal plan for a transition with or without involvement post-close.

“An organization is like a party. You only want to invite people that bring the vibe up”

- Brad Jacobs, CEO of 7 Multi-Billions dollars public companies

Bringing playbooks and patient capital

We bring big business infrastructures to help a promising company and its team have a massive impact.

  • Our team has scaled hundreds of industrial technology companies over the past three decades. From being founders with 1 employee to leading global Fortune 500, building managerial capabilities at scale is what we know.

    We bring access to a global network of top-tier executives while building up your team into future industry leaders with best-in-class capability-building programs.

  • Innovation is the outcome of the right strategy, processes, and culture—and our rigorous framework encompasses it all. The GoFWD Business System brings our innovation strategy, organization, talent, and culture to life. Our system of continuous improvement and the unique culture we bring to a company is what makes it all work.

  • PE, Growth Equity, and SaaS Rollups are share-renters who flip and aggregate businesses to benefit their own economics, often at the expense of your business's long-term health.

    Not us. We focus on permanent capital appreciation via long-term growth in companies. We hold investments over decades and prioritizing true value growth vs. exit arbitrate.