TouchPoint
Our approach

We don't run a process. We build relationships.

TouchPoint does not source by auction, RFP, or unsolicited pitch. Our corporate development team spends most of its time in conversation with owners and operators of engineering and manufacturing businesses we admire — often for years before anything formal happens. When the right moment arrives, we reach out.

How we own companies

Patient capital. Permanent ownership. The name stays above the door.

  1. 01
    Buy, Invest and Hold vs. Buy, Invest and Sell.
  2. 02
    120+ years of combined organic and acquisition growth.
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    Portfolio companies that retain their own names, leadership, and identity.
  4. 04
    Global capital, business guidance, and industry experience deployed across the portfolio.
The companies we admire

What we look for in a business.

These aren't inclusion criteria for a submission process. They're the attributes of the businesses our corporate development team already knows, tracks, and admires. When we reach out, it is because we see these qualities.

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    Niche growth-oriented businesses

    TouchPoint targets companies with value-added products or services, with at least 2X GDP growth potential. Such companies will be in the early growth phase of the business, with proven revenue and profits, and headquartered in the United States or Western Europe.

  • 02

    Proven performance and strong management team

    TouchPoint chooses companies with at least three consecutive years of healthy performance, and with a strong management team who is fluent in the English language and willing to remain with the company for at least three years after the acquisition takes place.

  • 03

    Cross-company linkages to enable tangible synergies

    TouchPoint selects companies whose resources and core competencies can be leveraged across other investments or can significantly benefit from TouchPoint's knowledge base.

  • 04

    Favorable deal conditions

    TouchPoint seeks privately held companies at fair market multiples. We look to both incorporate acquisitions into our existing platforms as well as to create new platforms where companies have the potential to operate as an independent business.

Recent additions

Companies that have joined us.

Each of these companies joined TouchPoint through a conversation that began long before the announcement. They kept their names, their teams, and their identities. They are still operating — and still growing — today.

Corporate development

If our paths should cross.

If you run a company you believe might sit well on one of our platforms — or you advise one that does — corporate development is reachable through the contact page. We respond to serious outreach from principals and their advisors.