What We Do

Twelve31 buys established small businesses and runs them for the long term. We keep the name and the people, and we add what a growing company usually lacks: finance, systems and a second set of experienced hands.

After we buy a business, we work alongside its leaders on a short list of priorities. Tighten operations. Upgrade the systems. Find the next stage of growth, sometimes through an add-on acquisition.

We judge ourselves on whether the companies we acquire are stronger, steadier and worth more years from now.

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Growth

Operations, systems and technology

Capital

SPV funding for each acquisition

Transition

Owner succession and acquisitions

Better Together

Our team has run businesses, not just invested in them. We know what it takes to make payroll, fix a broken process, and keep good people.

Each portfolio company gets a plan built for it, and people who show up to help carry it out.

Strategic Business Evolution

Some of our companies grow by acquisition. We find the right add-on, handle the diligence and the integration, and make sure the people on both sides come out ahead.

What a business gets from us

We work with each company’s leaders on the basics that make a business run well: clean numbers, good systems, steady hiring, and a sales plan that holds up.

When a company is ready to grow, through a new location, new equipment or an add-on acquisition, we work with our investors to fund it.

We buy good businesses, keep what works and fix what doesn’t.