About Us

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We Are:

  • A partnership of successful entrepreneurs with varied business and technical backgrounds  
  • Looking to make acquisitions to leverage our expertise and success in accelerating companies’ growth  Privately owned, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Specialized in technically driven businesses in expanding markets  
  • Approximately $50 million of available capital

Acquisitions of North American, mid-market companies

Sectors

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  • Environmental Technologies or Operations 
  • Manufacturing / Distribution  
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing 
  • Civil Infrastructure

What We Do

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  • Turnaround, both operational and financial
  • Growth for emerging new manufacturing technology
  • Deep expertise in manufacturing and distribution

Types of Investments

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  • Management buyouts 
  • Corporate divestiture 
  • Purchase of family businesses 
  • Formal or informal restructuring

Why 1440?

  • We are friendly, honourable, easy to work with, and not afraid of problem situations 
  • We will partner with sellers and management to find creative solutions 
  • We have superior operating / logistic knowledge and experience 
  • Our use of internal funds gives us considerable transaction flexibility and speed of execution 
  • We can move quickly to decisions, and believe the second best answer is a quick no 
  • We are patient with a longer investment time horizon and no need for a predefined exit

Our Investment Criteria

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  • We make equity investments of from $5m to $20m, typically leveraged 2 to 1 (Our investment may be smaller for tuck-in acquisitions)
  • We target EBITDA potential of a minimum of  $10m within 3 – 4 years for new platforms, and have flexible targets for tuck-in acquisitions 
  • We look for the opportunity to contribute operationally and leverage 1440’s partners’ expertise 
  • We are open to meaningful management ownership within the context of our active investment 
  • We acquire, or invest in control positions