Approach

Buy. Rebuild. Hold.

We partner with owners and management teams to acquire businesses across Southeast Asia. After the close, the partners do the operating work themselves.

For investors

Request our thesis

A short document on where we see value in Southeast Asia and how we plan to capture it. Shared with accredited investors.

We send it by email, so use an address you check.

What we do

From first meeting to year ten.

Sourcing, execution and value creation sit with the same two people. Nothing gets handed to a junior team after signing.

01

Deal sourcing and origination

Direct relationships with owners and a regional founder network, so we meet businesses before they are listed for sale.

02

Transaction execution

Diligence, structuring and negotiation, led by the partners from the first meeting to the close.

03

Operational value creation

Post-acquisition programs that upgrade operations, go-to-market and financial reporting.

04

Market entry and growth

Playbooks for new channels, new locations and new markets across the region.

The rebuild

Two upgrades most small businesses never get.

Led by Caleb Fornari

How it runs

Map every manual process before changing anything
Move bookings, stock and payments into software
Put AI agents on repetitive admin and customer replies
Give owners and managers one live view of the numbers
Led by Tim Grassin

How it sells

Paid social and search with a tracked cost per customer
Content and ad creative produced in-house
CRM, follow-up and rebooking that run automatically
Founder-led B2B sales where the customer is a company
“At the heart of every great company is a set of processes which help them do things faster and more predictably than their competitors.”
Caleb Fornari · Founding Partner
What we look for

A good business, held back by manual work.

Consumer brands, business services and niche industrial platforms in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Owner-operated

Built and still run by its founder or family, who cares what happens to it next.

Proven demand

Loyal, repeat customers and cash flow that has held up over years, not months.

Manual today

Operations on paper, spreadsheets and chat apps. Little or no digital marketing.

Room to grow

A market that rewards better service, more locations or a stronger brand.

How a deal works

Focused process. Clear milestones.

01

Introductory meeting

We learn the story of the business and what you want from the next chapter.

02

Initial proposal

A clear indication of interest with the key commercial terms in plain language.

03

Due diligence

A detailed look at operations, growth potential, governance and strategic fit.

04

Close and build

We agree an operating plan with management and get to work.

Step one is a conversation.

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