If you are considering selling your business to a private equity firm, you probably have questions about what happens after the deal closes. The short answer is: it depends on the firm. Not all PE firms operate the same way, and the post-acquisition experience can range from hands-off to highly interventionist.
At Kauri Partners, our approach centres on continuity and enhancement. Day one after acquisition looks a lot like the day before — the same team, the same customers, the same work. We do not arrive with a restructuring plan or a new management team. Instead, we spend the first weeks listening, learning, and understanding how the business operates from the inside.
Over the following months, we begin introducing technology and operational improvements. This might include a modern scheduling and dispatch system, automated customer communications, an analytics dashboard for tracking key metrics, or streamlined compliance reporting. These changes are designed to make the existing team more effective, not to replace them.
The long-term goal is to build a business that is more efficient, more profitable, and more resilient — while preserving the culture, relationships, and reputation that made it successful in the first place. We invest in businesses for the long term, which means our interests are aligned with the people who work in them and the communities they serve.