Lynde Creek Investment Partnership is an Oshawa-based private investment firm acquiring established, profitable businesses in Southern Ontario.
Purpose
- Acquire high-quality operating businesses in the GTA
- Preserve the legacy, culture, and customer relationships of acquired companies
- Grow acquired businesses through best practices and add-on acquisitions
- Strengthen companies that serve as long-standing pillars of their local communities
Founder
- Jacob H.
- Career across private company investing, M&A, strategic growth, and operations in a variety of industries
- Experience includes sourcing and evaluating investments, identifying operational improvement opportunities, executing acquisitions, recapitalizations, management buyouts, carve-outs, and minority investments
Investment Criteria
Geography
- Southern Ontario, with a strong preference for Durham Region and the GTA
Industries of Interest
- Essential services (maintenance, compliance, safety, industrial and field services)
- Niche B2B distribution and specialty supplies
- Manufacturing, including food products
- Technology-enabled service businesses
- Specialized sectors: fuel systems, refrigeration and cold-storage, traffic safety services
Size
- $3–30 million in revenue (flat or growing)
- $0.75–7 million in cash flow
Required Characteristics
- Predictable cash flow supported by recurring or repeat demand
- Revenue driven by required services, compliance requirements, replenishment cycles, or installed-base maintenance
- Established customer base
- Fragmented local or regional competitive landscape
- Low customer concentration
- Small share of customer wallet
Investment Thesis & Value Creation
- Focus on businesses where spend is repeatable and operationally non-optional
- Implement operational best practices and leverage customer data to increase switching costs
- Apply lean operational principles and value-based pricing
- Drive market leadership through data-driven operations and industry-specific metrics
- Optimize route density and capacity utilization
- Expand through complementary services and selective add-on acquisitions
Transaction Structure
- Cash on closing via LCIP capital, co-investors, and bank financing
- Equity rollover and ongoing seller participation available
- Flexible on earnouts and seller financing to maximize proceeds
Execution & Process
- Single decision-maker; no committee delays
- Indicative offers provided within one week of initial discussions
- Focused diligence tied to underwriting and operational priorities
- High certainty to close once under LOI