The Edelweiss Company is a long-term home for North American industrial manufacturing businesses
The Edelweiss flower thrives in the harshest alpine conditions, growing in rocky, wind-swept terrain where few others can survive. Like our investment philosophy, it embodies resilience and patience—flourishing through quiet strength and adaptability.
We take a disciplined, long-term approach to investing, navigating business challenges, and a commitment to lasting value for employees, customers, and businesses.
Acquisition Criteria
Location: North America (United States or Canada)
Size: $5M to $50M in annual revenue and $0 to $10M in annual earnings or EBITDA
Business Performance: Stable profitable operating businesses or distressed/underperforming businesses
Industry Verticals: Industrial manufacturing - including equipment, component, architectural/structural, and agricultural manufacturing businesses
Transaction Type: Control Buyout
Investment & Operating Philosophy
Long Term Thinking: We make investment and operational decisions with a timeframe measured in decades. Real value is created with resilience and patience.
Quick Decisions: While we think long-term, we make and communicate decisions quickly. Perfect is the enemy of progress, and progress is what matters.
Opportunistic Mindset: Edelweiss is opportunistic in its investment approach and will evaluate all businesses and opportunities with an open mind.
Aligned Incentives: From frontline workers to plant managers to management teams, we seek to build career and wealth creation opportunities for those who want it.