Independent Sponsor — British Columbia
Ridgemark Capital Corp. acquires a single owner-operated business in industrial services, specialty distribution, or light manufacturing — across British Columbia, Alberta, and the Washington I-5 corridor. The principal who signs the offer is the person who runs the company afterward. We are not a fund, not a broker, and not assembling a portfolio in the background.
Acquisition mandate
$5M – $25M Revenue
$1M–$3M normalized EBITDA. Too large for most individual buyers, too small for institutional funds.
Industrial Services & Light Manufacturing
B2B services, specialty distribution, industrial maintenance, contract manufacturing.
Management Layer In Place
We support the people who built the business. We do not arrive with a replacement team.
BC · Alberta · Washington I-5
A corridor we can drive. If we are looking at your business, we can be on site.
What We Acquire
A buyer who says yes to everything is a buyer who closes nothing. These are the boundaries. If a business sits outside them, we will say so on the first call rather than in week six.
Industrial maintenance, environmental and facility services, specialty trades serving commercial, municipal, or industrial end markets. Contract or repeat revenue preferred.
Primary Focus
Specialty fabrication, value-add processing, contract and niche industrial production. Asset-backed, with a defensible position in a market it knows well.
Primary Focus
Wear parts, industrial consumables, technical products sold into a defined trade or sector. Supplier relationships and product knowledge as the moat.
Primary Focus
$5M to $25M in annual revenue with $1M to $3M in normalized EBITDA. Profitable and cash generative. We do not buy turnarounds or startups.
$1M – $3M EBITDA
British Columbia, Alberta, and the Washington I-5 corridor from Bellingham to Olympia. A deliberately tight footprint — one we can reach on short notice.
BC · AB · WA
10+ years operating, retirement or succession-driven, management layer in place. Flexible on structure — vendor takeback, earnout, rollover, or a straight exit.
Succession-Driven
What we do not buy. Businesses reliant on the owner for revenue generation or technical delivery. Distressed or restructuring situations. Pre-revenue and early-stage companies. Retail, hospitality, and franchise operations. Anything requiring sector-specific licensing or operating history we do not hold — we will tell you at the outset rather than discover it in diligence.
How We Work
Every process runs the same way. For a seller, that means predictability. For an intermediary, it means a buyer who does the work before the offer rather than after it.
First Conversation
A direct read on fit against the mandate above. If it is not a fit, you hear that in the first call — not after three weeks of information requests.
Analysis
A full financial model, normalized earnings view, and financing structure built before an offer is made. Questions asked upfront so they are not asked again later.
Offer & Structure
A clean letter of intent with the financing path identified — senior debt, vendor financing, and equity syndicated to co-investors against the specific transaction.
Diligence
A focused, scoped process designed to confirm rather than renegotiate. Financial, legal, operational, customer concentration, and key employee retention.
Close & Operate
The principal steps in as CEO. The existing team stays. A structured first-100-days plan covers retention, reporting discipline, and early operational priorities.
Why Ridgemark
Most buyers in this size range fall into two groups. Funds that will fold the business into a portfolio and manage it from a distance, and individual buyers who have never run a process and will discover that during yours. Ridgemark is neither.
This is an independent sponsor structured around a single acquisition at a time. The person who models the business, drafts the offer, presents to the lender and sits through diligence is the same person who becomes its CEO at close. There is no handoff, no deal team, and no next fund to raise.
For an owner considering an exit, that means the buyer's understanding of the business is not delegated. What you explain in the first meeting is retained by the person who will be running it.
"The best acquisition is one where the seller is proud of who bought it and the team is still there two years later."
That is the standard, and it shapes how a process is run long before it shapes how a business is operated. For an owner, it means a buyer who treats the company as more than a spreadsheet, and who intends to honour what was built rather than dismantle it.
For an intermediary, it means a buyer who reads the materials, comes to the first call prepared, gives a real answer on fit, and does not waste a client's confidentiality on a process he was never going to complete.
Every conversation is confidential. Owners, brokers, and advisors can make contact knowing that discretion is absolute. We do not disclose contact with any third party without consent.
Ridgemark Capital Corp.
Independent Sponsor — British Columbia
For Brokers, M&A Advisors & Transaction Accountants
The mandate is narrow on purpose. It should take you thirty seconds to know whether a client fits, and we would rather be filed correctly than filed broadly.
On a first call you will get a direct read on fit, a specific list of what would need to be true, and a clear answer on structure. If it is not a fit, you will hear that immediately — your client's confidentiality is not spent on a maybe.
Financing structure, background, and current standing are covered in full on the first call. Ask anything — you will get a direct answer rather than a deck.
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Whether you are a business owner considering an exit, a broker or M&A advisor with a mandate, or an accountant or lawyer with a client approaching succession — every serious enquiry receives a personal response within 24 hours.
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Every enquiry is treated with complete discretion. We do not disclose contact with any third party without your consent.This website is provided for general information about Ridgemark Capital Corp.'s acquisition mandate. Nothing on this site constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, an offer of investment advice, or a recommendation of any kind. Ridgemark Capital Corp. is not a registered dealer or adviser. No representation is made as to the outcome of any acquisition, and past transaction activity does not indicate future results.