Godspeed Capital is a compelling partner for founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams due to its unique, partner-friendly investment approach.
Deep Sector Focus Expertise
The Godspeed investment team collectively has over 100 years of relevant industry experience in our target markets. Our investment professionals have complementary backgrounds that draw upon industry focused experience in private equity, capital raising and fund formation, investment banking, direct lending, operations, the Federal Government, and the U.S. military.
Long Term Partner
Godspeed does not have typical private equity timeline requirements and therefore can be a long-term partner for our management teams. We can truly focus on investing for the future.
Flexible Capital
Investments are structured to meet the strategic needs and plans of a target company. We focus on control buyouts, buy & builds, corporate carve-outs, and special situations.
Team Oriented
People are the absolute key critical element of success in business and as such we place a premium on building strong, cohesive management teams, while also investing in and developing our people at all levels of an organization.
Operational Experience
Godspeed’s objective is to partner with founder and management owned and operated businesses that have reached an inflection point in their trajectory. By teaming with management, Godspeed is able to drive growth and value creation through strategic initiatives, operational improvements, technology investments, and add-on acquisitions.
Giving Back
Godspeed believes in giving back to those who keep us safe – as such we contribute a meaningful share of our profit annually to charitable causes that help support our service men and women in uniform, and their families.
We believe that the right people and a strong culture are the foundation of enduring success. Our top priority is honoring and preserving the legacy you’ve built—one defined by excellence, resilience, and reputation. We empower and incentivize key leaders to think and act like owners, driving long-term value and alignment.
Godspeed strategically utilizes covenant-light, low-amortization private credit to enhance returns, preserve free cash flow for growth investments, and execute add-on acquisitions with minimal to no incremental equity. We believe that strategy should dictate the financing and not the other way around.
Since our founding in 2020, the Godspeed team has successfully executed over 40 acquisitions, allowing us to develop a well honed, efficient playbook for executing transactions. We actively evaluate a robust pipeline of high-potential opportunities, with a focus on scalable businesses in our target markets.
We welcome rollover equity participation from our partners.
At Godspeed, we see ourselves as strategic partners—here to support, not replace, the vision and leadership of our management teams. We’re not operators; we trust those closest to the business to lead day-to-day execution. Our role is to provide guidance, resources, and alignment to help accelerate growth while preserving what makes your company unique.
Control
- Godspeed is a Control Investor
Transaction Size
- $3 to $30 million in EBITDA
Geography
- While our target businesses are international in scope, Godspeed focuses on companies headquartered in North America
Transaction Type
- Private company buyouts
- Niche sector consolidation / roll-up strategies
- Add-on acquisitions
- Partnering with entrepreneurs to provide capital and strategic guidance for expansion
- Public-to-private transactions
- Corporate carve-outs
- Special Situations