People first.
Great companies are built by great people. We protect the teams, customers, and culture that make each business what it is, and we communicate openly through every transition.
New Tempo Holdings
Great companies, built together.
We buy established Canadian businesses, partner with great operators to run them, and invest in the people, systems, and technology that help them grow. We hold for the long term.
Our guiding principles
Beliefs that shape every decision we make.
Operators are partners.
We partner with the people who run the businesses we buy. You're in business for yourself, but not by yourself.
Built to hold.
We invest patient, permanent capital. No fund timeline, no investors demanding an exit, no obligation to sell. We buy businesses we'd be glad to own for decades.
Learn first, then build.
We understand a business before we change it. Then we use better systems and technology, including AI where it earns its place, to grow it steadily and compound value over years.
New growth, rooted in legacy.
We treat what a founder built as the foundation for the next chapter. We grow the business in a way that protects the reputation they earned.
Who we're a good fit for
If this sounds like your business, we'd like to hear from you.
- $500K – $1.5M in annual EBITDA
- Established with a track record of consistent profitability
- Recurring, required, or recession-resistant — the kind that holds through cycles
- Capable team in place, whether the founder runs the day-to-day or has a leadership layer beneath them
- Founder- or family-owned, preparing to step back, retire, or transition out
- Located anywhere in Canada