Investment criteria
Niche market leaders
Our Partners have completed 90+ transactions in the middle market over 20 years of investing together.
These transactions have ranged from investing in owner-operator businesses and management-led buyouts to buying divisions of large conglomerates.
We look to partner with management of exceptional middle market companies with defensible market positions and significant growth potential where we can add value through our operating skills, network and experience.
Dominus has a distinguished history of value creation through our culture of communication, active ownership, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement. We have long incorporated aspects of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy, including operational and sourcing improvements, into the management of our portfolio companies.
Our industry focus
Over our team’s 20+ years of private equity experience, we have invested across a broad array of industries, including business services, consumer products and services, and diversified industrials. We seek to leverage our deep experience in our key industries, while remaining opportunistic by regularly evaluating investments across a variety of other sectors.
We have experience in and/or are focusing on the following sectors (among others):
Business services:
Business process outsourcing, outsourced services, specialty marketing, value-added distribution.
Diversified industrials:
Aerospace & defense, automotive, building products, manufactured products, packaging, specialty chemicals.
Business services:
Business process outsourcing, outsourced services, specialty marketing, value-added distribution.
Diversified industrials:
Aerospace & defense, automotive, building products, manufactured products, packaging, specialty chemicals.
Investment characteristics
We make control-oriented investments in North American based businesses with approximately $10M and greater of EBITDA that also exhibit the following characteristics:
Investment types
Our track record of over 90+ transactions includes: