Run a great business, and we’ll give you
room to run it.
Medley acquires controlling interests in well-run small businesses and intends to own them for the long term. Operators keep the freedom, and the responsibility, to run their companies.
80%+
Controlling interest, with meaningful liquidity for operators
Indefinite
No planned exit, no five-year clock
Any industry
Boring is fine. Slow growth is fine.
80%+
We acquire a controlling interest, give operators meaningful liquidity, and let them keep doing what they’re good at.
This is working.
Keep going.
Something we’re unusually comfortable saying.
Approach
Buying a company does not automatically make us the people who know how to run it best.
Acquisition shouldn’t trigger an obligatory transformation plan, integration exercise, or new management philosophy. Our job is to make good decisions about when change is necessary, when our perspective is useful, and when leaving something alone is the smarter choice.
That restraint is paired with accountability. We expect integrity, financial discipline, transparency, and respect for employees and customers. Autonomy is not the absence of accountability — it’s earned independence.
The deal
A high-trust business relationship between people who expect one another to perform.
Operators bring
An excellent business. Integrity. Transparency. Financial discipline. Respect for employees and customers. Continued commitment to running it well.
Medley brings
Meaningful liquidity. Long-term ownership. Capital. Perspective. Trust. Room to operate.
Together
We make good decisions about where the business and its capital go next.
We’re in business to make money. We think owning excellent companies for a very long time is a pretty good way to do it.
No five-year clock in the background. If a business continues to be good, we are happy to keep owning it.
Portfolio
Independent businesses. A shared capital base, not a shared operating model.
On culture
No assholes. No matter how good the spreadsheet looks.