OUR APPROACH

Built by founders, for founders

Purpose-built firm to help founder-led businesses
inflect their organic growth

How We Partner with Companies

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WE ALIGN WITH YOU

Our core belief is that alignment – both economic and cultural – is essential for an enduring partnership. We solely target situations where we can partner with a business builder who wants to maintain substantial ownership.

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WE ENABLE YOUR VISION

Our Investment Team and Portfolio Transformation Group bring functional depth in Strategic M&A, Human Capital, Ops & Tech, and Go-to-Market, and work alongside your team to put the Hudson Hill Playbook into practice.

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WE BUILD A WORLD-CLASS TEAM AROUND YOU

Our Strategic Advisory Board members are industry executives with decades of operating experience, each mapped to a sector we invest in. They help portfolio companies recruit leaders, pressure-test strategy, and solve the team-building problems that come with growth.

Executives-in-Residence:
Leaders Inside Your Business

Our Executives-in-Residence program places high-caliber MBA graduates inside portfolio companies as Chiefs of Staff to the CEO. Benefits of our program:

  • Accelerates the career trajectory of high-potential MBA graduates into executive leadership

  • Places EIRs directly into Chief of Staff roles within our portfolio companies

  • Act as a #2 and force multiplier to the CEO, helping scale the business and elevate the team

  • A tight-knit community of EIR peers at HHC for support and mentorship

Read InXpress Chief of Staff & VP of Superfranchise, Ryan Calhoun’s recent Q&A here.

Target Industries

Situational Criteria

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01.
Founder Owned

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Organic Growth

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Attractive Industry
Dynamics

Founder & Family-Owned

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Founder- or family-owned businesses taking on institutional capital for the first time, led by founders who want to keep a meaningful stake and keep building.

Organic Growth

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A track record of growth driven by the product and customer relationships, with room to grow faster through better systems, go-to-market and talent. Acquisitions add to the plan; they don't replace it.

Attractive Industry Dynamics

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Fragmented or underserved markets with secular tailwinds, where a well-run, asset-light business can take share.

Transaction Type

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We look for companies with these conditions in place

Majority investments, with founders and management continuing to own a meaningful stake.

Business Model Characteristics

We emphasize founders and businesses who embrace the benefits of transformation.

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High returns on invested capital

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Recurring revenue model

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Difficult-to-replicate value proposition

Built for founders who aren’t done building.

If you are weighing your first institutional partner, we would like to hear from you.

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