A permanent home for exceptional businesses.
Quality Standard is a holding company that acquires and builds leading software and services businesses with a perpetual time horizon. We are a permanent home for great businesses and the teams who lead them.
Our Model
Our model is different from traditional investment funds. We have committed, permanent capital and invest with a multi-decade time horizon. We have no intention to ever sell your business. Our goal is to partner with great companies and managers to create and compound long-term value for employees, customers, and shareholders.
Approach
We are a permanent home for exceptional businesses. With an entrepreneurial ethos and commitment to continuous improvement, we seek to empower great leaders and set the standard for quality in the markets we serve.
Strategy
We complete majority investments or full buyouts of software and services businesses. We seek companies that are leaders in their respective niches, serve attractive markets, provide high value to their customers, and are positioned to thrive for decades with the right leadership and culture.
Target Criteria
$2m-20m
TARGET revenue
Predicable revenue model with exceptional customer retention
$1m-10m
TARGET EBITDA
History of attractive margins or clear path to profitability
Mission Critical
Service or solution
Companies that serve a mission-critical function, have an excellent reputation, and hold sustainable advantages against competitors
Quality
team & culture
Focused on partnering with high-integrity teams that care deeply about their employees, customers, and the solutions they deliver
Team
We are experienced investors and operators. Our permanent capital comes from a select group of world-class business builders who share our conviction in the power of the long-term.
Values
We think in decades, not years. We are building an organization that will survive us.
We believe the best organizations are led by people who think and feel like owners, not employees.
We are relentless about measuring business processes and continuously improving.
Why Partner With Us
Our goal is to preserve and build on a company’s foundation, not to resell the business in a few years.
We believe in empowering great managers as entrepreneurs, not employees. We are motivated by working with great teams to build world-class organizations over decades.
Opportunity for owners to realize the value of what they have built while bringing on a committed capital partner prepared to reinvest in the business to drive growth for the long run.
We put integrity first. We commit to a respectful, fair, and efficient process when evaluating your business.
Contact
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