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Delmar Capital invests in lower middle market businesses throughout North America and focuses on companies that provide highly engineered products and services. We are industry generalists with a focus on making good fundamental businesses better through rigorous operational improvements.

Our ideal hold period: forever.

About the Firm

Investment Criteria

Transaction Types

  • Businesses seeking succession plans
  • Operationally challenged and/or distressed companies
  • Other complex or special situations
  • Executive-led transactions
  • Non-core divisions or carve-outs

Business Characteristics

  • Leading company in niche market segment
  • “Moat” features to core product or service
  • Identifiable steps to enhance performance
  • History of operating profitability before debt service
  • Capable management

Business Size

$10 – 100 million of sales for new platform investments

Location

US or Canada.

Current and Divested Delmar Investments

400

Employees
and contractors

$50

Revenue

3

Platform
investments

>50

Engineers
on staff