What We Do

Four things — done well — to scale your company toward a strategic exit.

We don't bolt twenty consultants onto your business. We deploy capital, centralize the back office, hand you proven playbooks, and engineer the company toward a buyer.

01
Capital

Growth Capital — When Banks Won't

Owner-operators of small businesses often can't unlock bank financing against the cash flow they have. We write the equity the bank won't — for new equipment, working capital, hiring ahead of growth, and tuck-in acquisitions.

  • Equipment financing without personal guarantees
  • Working capital for contract ramp
  • Tuck-in acquisition funding
  • Roll-up capital for regional expansion
02
Back Office

Centralized Accounting, Tax & Finance

Stop doing the books at the kitchen table. We bring your accounting, tax, payroll, AR/AP, and financial reporting into a shared services back office that scales with the company — and stops being a tax on the operator's time.

  • Full-service accounting and monthly close
  • Tax strategy and compliance
  • Payroll and benefits administration
  • Audit-ready financial reporting
03
Operations

Operating Playbooks & Hiring Support

Carlos has scaled owner-led businesses for thirty years. The pricing, bidding, hiring, and operating systems that worked there get installed here. No theoretical consulting — just what's been proven on the job.

  • Bidding and margin discipline
  • Safety and compliance frameworks
  • Dispatch and field operations systems
  • Senior hiring and recruiting support
04
Exit

Exit Engineering — M&A Readiness

From day one, we build the company to be acquired. Clean books, defensible contracts, retention plans for key crew, EBITDA quality, and a buyer-readable story. When the strategic shows up, you're ready — and so is your equity.

  • Strategic exit planning and timing
  • EBITDA quality and add-back discipline
  • Customer concentration mitigation
  • Buyer relationship development
The Onyx Path

A clean, repeatable process — no surprises.

We've done this before, and we've designed the process to respect your time. Every step has a clear input, output, and decision point.

01

Intro Call

A 30-minute conversation. We learn the business. You learn how we work. No commitment, no NDA theater.

02

Diligence

Light-touch financial and operational review. We do the heavy lifting so you keep running the company.

03

Partnership Terms

Controlling interest for us, meaningful equity retained by you, with carry on the upside. Clear and on paper.

04

Scale & Exit

Capital deployed. Back office centralized. We grow the business toward a strategic exit you participate in.

Who We Back

A specific kind of company. A specific kind of operator.

We're not generalists. If your company looks like this, we should talk:

  • Small, founder-owned business with real revenue, real customers, real growth potential
  • Approximately $1M to $3M in EBITDA
  • Vertical-agnostic at launch — we evaluate every fit on its merits
  • Owner-operator or founder-led, hit the growth ceiling the bank won't fund
  • Wants to keep running the company they built — not retire out
Ready to Talk?

Tell us about your company.

We'll set up a 30-minute intro call. No pitch deck. No pressure.