Leading companies forward with athesis-driven approach
We partner with high-caliber executives and promising companies to pursue unparalleled growth by capitalizing on new ideas, tapping into proven playbooks, and leveraging deep industry expertise.
Our CEO1ST partners are proven operators in their industry. Pre-acquisition, CEO1ST partners provide insight into specific sub-sectors, develop relationships with management teams and support the diligence process. Post-acquisition, CEO1ST partners may serve as a Chairman, CEO or Lead Director, based on the need of the portfolio company. CEO1ST partners help to facilitate an efficient partnership between management teams, the investing team, and the company’s board.
We have three industry teams staffed with individuals who dedicate their time and expertise to that vertical. This enables us to develop high quality investment theses, leverage networks tailored to the industry and quickly identify and apply the highest impact value creation opportunities.
Frontenac’s Portfolio Resources Group helps to accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies. Team members have diverse backgrounds and partner with portfolio company leadership on strategy development, prioritization setting and execution of initiatives. This team enables management to focus on what matters for achieving long-term success.
Throughout our extensive history of investing, Frontenac has developed a proprietary set of playbooks designed to drive value creation in our portfolio companies. These tested, repeatable playbooks are available to all Frontenac portfolio companies and include the following topics
- Sales & marketing effectiveness
- Product development and innovation
- Go-to-market strategy development and positioning
- Talent enhancement / growth
- Pricing strategy and execution
- M&A identification, execution and integration
- Working capital optimization
- Fixed asset optimization
- Capex optimization
- Food Manufacturing
- Frozen and Refrigerated Foods
- Ingredients
- Pet Products and Services
- Specialty Foods and Distribution
- Safety, Nutrition, Sustainability
- Route-Based Distribution / Services
- Service-Oriented Franchisors
- Specialty Distribution
- Engineered Solutions
- Niche Manufacturing
- Industrial Services
- Water and Wastewater Solutions
- Building Products
- Specialty Chemicals
- Infrastructure
- Training and Compliance
- IT Services
- Digital Transformation
- Professional Services
- Educational Services
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Financial and Insurance Services
- Supply Chain Services
Control ownership
$25-75M Equity Investment
$5-25M EBITDA
North America-based
Differentiated product or service
Strong incumbent team
