Building environmental service platforms with a focus on creating long term value.
We are an investment firm focused on acquiring lower middle market companies in the environmental services industry. We help high performing management teams maximize their potential and can become the succession plan for founder led owners that are looking to retire.
Our Approach
Buy good businesses and turn them into growth platforms. We help the company:
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Build-out strong management teams.
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Evolve into a high-performance culture that makes data driven decisions.
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Focus on a small number of KPIs that can maximize operating leverage and expand margins.
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Empower the management team with tools and capital to accelerate growth through organic initiatives and add-on acquisitions.
Founded in 2015, the Castle team has over 30 years of combined experience investing in and growing companies, cumulatively working on over 100 transactions in excess of $5 billion in enterprise value.
Core Values
Reputation
We value our reputation as one based on honesty, integrity, high performance, partnership – and ultimately being good partners. This translates to all of our stakeholders.
Employees
We are not a buy and cut private equity shop, we are buy and build. We value our employees and their contributions.
Customers
We strive to really understand our customers and to exceed their expectations by operating our companies to be best-in-class, focused on quality of service.
Investors
We aim to be good stewards of capital with an unwavering focus on creating value and driving returns.
Environment
We invest in businesses that are benefitting the environment and ensuring a better future.
Investment Criteria
We invest into healthy profitable companies that are generating $20 to $100 million revenue. We work with Sellers and management teams to understand their acquisition objectives, and then craft an ideal deal structure based on that criteria.
Target Company Size
$20 to $100 million revenue for Platform Acquisitions
$1 to $50 million revenue for Add-On Acquisitions
Industry
Environmental, Safety, Compliance
Business Type
Services, Software, Technology
Exit Reason
Retirement, 100% Exit, Take Chips Off Table,
Management Team Buyout, Corporate Divestiture
Location
United States and Canada
Preferred Stake
Majority
Waste Management, Recycling, & Resource Recovery
Environmental testing, monitoring, & analytics
Utility Management, Maintenance, & Metering
Safety, Compliance, & Inspections
Sustainable Agriculture
Remediation