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About Us
ACL Capital Group is a permanent equity fund specializing in the acquisition of middle-market companies with strong cash flow and significant growth potential across the United States and Canada.
With decades of experience, we have established ourselves as leaders in generating superior returns and sustainable cash flow for both our investors and the businesses we partner with.
Our approach focuses on identifying companies with robust market positions and untapped opportunities. We actively collaborate with management teams to implement strategic initiatives and optimize operations, ensuring long-term value creation.
Our Approach
Investment Philosophy
We partner with business owners who want their company and people to thrive long beyond their time at the helm. When we invest in a company, we partner with the existing management team to development long-term, sustainable growth plans.
We Believe
- Traditional short–term private equity funds create negative incentives and force decision-making and action that can be counter-strategic
- Portfolio companies should not be overburdened with debt
- Our track record of buying, building, and selling businesses promotes exceptional portfolio performance
- Creating a shared vision, gaining buy-in, then empowering company managers to execute is a differentiator
- People and relationships are the cornerstone of our firm and our approach
- Cultivating team cultures that align with our vision and values is job #1
Our Value
Permanent Equity
OPERATIONAL APPROACH
Operational Approach
PHASE 1
Focus on People and Culture
We spend a lot of early energy focused on team, culture, and relationships:
- Learn what makes the business “tick”
- Understand norms and build rapport/credibility
- Identify future opportunities to enhance the culture
- This context makes us better suited to support decision making, and to manage inevitable changes over time
This is our Superpower.
PHASE 2
Optimization & Modernization
With relationships and teams on strong footing, we turn our attention to operations:
- Inventory and document key systems & processes
- Collaborate to build a strategic roadmap for phased optimization and investment
- Job #1 is to not break anything!
- Then we can make it better while maintaining team morale and company performance.
Operations is in our DNA.
PHASE 3
Long Term Strategic Growth
The previous efforts drive incremental improvements, we then turn to long-term strategic growth initiatives:
- Product diversification
- Strategic partnerships
- Sales and marketing campaigns (aligned with operational investments)
- Inorganic growth options – in some cases, one investment can serve as a platform company on which to add bolt-on acquisitions
