STRATEGIC | SCALED | ALIGNED

A Private Equity Platform Built for Strategic Scale

Private Equity & Investment | Cross-Border Growth

Oceanhawk is an independent sponsor platform focused on building operating companies in essential industries. We create scaled platforms through merger-led strategies, operational depth, and long-term partnership with management.

INDEPENDENT

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OPERATIONAL

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ALIGNED

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INDEPENDENT | OPERATIONAL | ALIGNED |

About us

Oceanhawk is a private investment firm purpose-built to acquire, scale, and steward exceptional industrial businesses. We act as both sponsor and strategic partner — executing control investments and building enduring platforms through hands-on operational involvement.

We are not financial engineers. We build real businesses — with aligned governance, strong operating systems, and long-term strategic direction. Whether acquiring a single company or assembling a multi-entity platform, our focus is the same: to compound value quietly and deliberately over time.

We back founder-led and management-owned businesses with integrity, flexibility, and patience. As long-term partners, we are not bound by rigid timelines — our capital is structured to support durable growth, not forced exits.

Our Model

  • Thesis-Driven

    We invest behind clear industrial logic — not just financial metrics.

  • Control-Focused

    We lead buyouts where we can meaningfully support growth and transformation.

  • Flexible Mandate

    We pursue both single-company acquisitions and multi-asset platform strategies.

  • Long-Term Orientation

    We build compounders — resilient businesses designed to scale and endure.

  • Hands-On & Aligned

    We partner with management, embed structure, and stay involved where it counts.

What we do

Oceanhawk targets control investments in industrial and infrastructure-adjacent businesses across North America. Our approach is grounded in industrial logic and strategic clarity — not just capital deployment. We pursue both platform and single-asset acquisitions that demonstrate strong fundamentals, operational resilience, and potential for long-term value creation.

Our mandate is flexible. We acquire standalone companies with the potential for strategic repositioning, as well as build multi-entity platforms where consolidation, systemization, or scale advantages are in play. Across both approaches, we bring a compounder mindset — aiming to grow value methodically over time, not chase short-term exits.

We take an active, hands-on role in each investment, ensuring the right foundation is in place to support sustainable growth. Our work typically includes:

  • Origination and diligence of

    proprietary opportunities

  • Structuring governance and financial systems for institutional scale

  • Supporting leadership teams with

    strategy, recruitment, and integration

  • Driving performance through

    operational and strategic oversight

Whether we are building a new industrial platform or backing a management team in a traditional buyout, we focus on alignment, execution, and long-term outcomes — always operating with discretion, discipline, and partnership at the core.

Strategies

  • Single-Asset Platforms

    We acquire control of standalone industrial businesses with the potential to compound over time through organic growth, operational improvement, and targeted investment. These businesses often become foundational platforms for future expansion — or remain focused, enduring enterprises in their own right.

  • Buyout Roll-Ups

    We lead roll-up strategies in fragmented sectors, acquiring and integrating multiple businesses into a cohesive platform. We centralize governance, standardize systems, and scale selectively — while retaining local execution and protecting founder operating DNA.

  • Tactical Opportunities

    We target special situations that require bespoke structuring — including carve-outs, generational transitions, and transitional control investments — particularly in sectors undergoing dislocation, regulatory shifts, or secular change.

  • Structured Equity

    We design hybrid capital solutions to support succession, growth, or recapitalization. Our structured equity investments are tailored to meet the goals of founder-sellers, family enterprises, or companies seeking capital without ceding full control.

  • Turnaround & Restructuring

    In select cases, we provide capital and operating support to businesses facing performance challenges or market pressure. We work closely with leadership to stabilize operations, enhance governance, and return the business to a growth footing.

Target Investment Criteria

We invest in businesses with strong fundamentals, compelling end-market positioning, and clear paths to value creation. While our approach is flexible, we typically focus on opportunities with the following profile:

 Industry Focus:
Industrial products and services, infrastructure-adjacent sectors, specialty manufacturing, field services, logistics, and B2B platforms.

Business Models:
Asset-heavy or asset-light — including companies with physical infrastructure, recurring service lines, equipment fleets, or contractual revenue bases.

Transaction Types:
Founder- and family-owned businesses, corporate carve-outs, succession transitions, platform build-outs, and special situations.

Size Parameters:

  • Core Focus ($3M–$30M EBITDA):
    Ideal for both platform and single-asset acquisitions where we can deploy strategic oversight, governance, and operational value-add.

  • Upper Middle Market ($30M–$75M EBITDA):
    Suitable for scaled platforms, transitional control opportunities, or complex carve-outs with institutional infrastructure already in place.

Geography:
Primarily North America, with select cross-border investments aligned to platform strategy and governance standards.

What We Look For:

  • Durable cash flow and operational

    resilience

  • Sector tailwinds or consolidation

    potential

  • Opportunity to scale or reposition

    strategically

  • Aligned management teams or

    founders seeking thoughtful transition

Contact us.

OceanHawk Capital

For all inquiries, please contact us at:

515 Madison Avenue,

8th Floor, New York,

NY 10022

(212) 931-1898

hq@oceanhawk.co