Direct Investing
A long-term home for the business you spent a career building.
We partner with founders of service-based, family-owned businesses to preserve what they have built and unlock what comes next, with two families’ own capital and a long-term ownership perspective.
Core Ownership Approach
Two families. Patient capital. Hands-on ownership.
Our core activity is acquiring and supporting family-owned businesses with our own family capital. We provide owner liquidity while respecting the people, relationships, and legacy that make a business valuable.
We are focused on carrying forward the legacy of businesses the original founders worked so hard to grow: their name, their standards, and the relationships they built in their community. Our experience includes owning and operating a commercial-based services business, as well as healthcare businesses including dental and veterinary, amongst others.
We seek stable, long-term returns through thoughtful operations and growth, not a strategy centered on assembling businesses for a quick flip.
Our Commitments
What guides our ownership.
01
Legacy comes first
We respect the brand, people and culture that made the business work.
02
No forced sales
Our core acquisitions use family capital with a patient ownership horizon.
03
People matter
We value the knowledge and relationships of the people who built the business.
04
Flexible structures
Full exit, partial exit, or rollover equity. The deal is built around your goals.
05
Operators, not auditors
We work alongside you through the transition rather than sending a diligence army.
06
Long-term thinking
We measure success in years and decades, not quarters.
Mandate
The businesses we partner with.
Service-based companies with strong roots in their communities, recurring customer relationships, and an owner thinking about what comes next.
Target Sectors
- Commercial services
- B2B services
- Professional services
- Specialty consumer services
- Home services
What We Look For
- Recurring or repeat customer revenue
- Strong local or regional reputation
- Owner-operator ready to transition
- Established team with tenure
- Profitable operations with room for thoughtful growth
Process
A simple, respectful process.
Selling your business is one of the biggest decisions of your life. We treat it that way.
- 01
Initial conversation
A confidential conversation to understand your objectives and see whether there is alignment.
- 02
Know your business
We learn what makes the company special and what you want out of a transition.
- 03
Offer and structure
A clear, fair offer with structure options that match your personal and financial goals.
- 04
Due diligence
Thorough but respectful. We move efficiently, ask the right questions, and communicate openly.
- 05
Close and transition
We close and then work side by side with you for a smooth handoff to your team.
A Smaller Part of Our Activity
Selective opportunities through our network.
Alongside our core business acquisitions, we selectively invest in companies with other sponsors or lead investors. When our network provides proprietary access to an opportunity that fits our approach, we may also take a lead role in organizing the investment and bringing together capital partners.
Participating investor
RSC invests alongside another sponsor or lead investor. We do not necessarily control the business or the investment.
Lead sponsor
RSC takes a lead role in structuring an opportunity and bringing together participating capital. Ownership arrangements vary by transaction.
This selective investment activity is distinct from our sell-side advisory work. Our core focus remains long-term ownership of family-owned businesses.