Patient capital for enduring businesses.
Voltage aims to back and build mid-market businesses with disciplined value creation and operational excellence
We target established B2B industrial or technical services businesses in the UK and EU, with £1-10m EBITDA, low disruption risk, essential products, stable cash flow, and diversified customers or suppliers.
Ideal situations include retirement sales, MBOs, or corporate carve-outs where the brand is known and the offering is important but a small share of customer spend.
Our operating philosophy is underpinned by 3 core principles
1. Do no harm
We enter carefully and tread lightly.
Before we act, we ask whether it helps.
We don't restructure for its own sake, replace people who are doing well, or chase short-term gains that cost long-term trust.
The businesses we invest in should be healthier for having us in them.
2. Respect the craft
We bring experience to every conversation, but we never forget that you know your business better than we do.
Management teams run the business. We don’t.
We set no unnecessary reporting requirements, hold no weekly calls for the sake of it, and have no head office agenda to push.
You built this. We're here to support you, not to second-guess you.
3. Always close, never in the way
When you need capital, a sounding board, a connection, or a thought partner on a hard decision - we're there. Our structure lets us dedicate real time when it matters.
And on the rare occasions a gap opens up - a departure, a moment of pressure - we can step in temporarily.
Not to take over, but to hold the line until the right person is in place.
We act with speed. No formal investment committees to report back to or bureaucracy in our way.
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