Selling your painting business? Sell to a builder.
Aleph partners with painting company owners three ways: a minority stake, a majority stake, or a full exit into good hands. We don’t buy to flip. We buy to build, and we stay.
Who you sell to decides what happens next.
You built a painting company that works. Maybe it still runs through you, and you’re tired. Now you’re wondering what it would take to sell all of it, or just part of it.
When owners start looking at buyers, the first question they usually hear is “What’s your exit strategy?” It’s the first thing private equity asks, and honestly, it’s the wrong question.
Aleph doesn’t buy to flip. We build stable, durable, profitable businesses worth holding onto. If a clean exit is still your goal someday, our partnership is the bridge that gets you there, on your terms, not a fund’s timeline.
Aleph Ventures actively operates 24 companies across North America. Our partners generate over $80 million of revenue, with 9 partners over $4M of annual revenue, and they average 30% revenue growth in their first year of partnership.
Most private equity buys to extract and exit. We buy to build — and we stay.
We make money the same way our partners do: through the health of the business we build together. That one fact changes everything about how we show up.
Typical Private Equity
- Buys to extract, then exits in 3–5 years
- Cuts costs to hit a number
- Advises from a spreadsheet, at a distance
- Wins whether or not you do
Aleph Ventures
- Buys to build — buy-and-hold, no exit clock
- Invests capital and leadership to scale
- Embeds with your team and does the work
- Only wins when you win — fully aligned incentives
Sell part of it, most of it, or all of it.
Whether you want a co-pilot or a clean exit into good hands, we structure the partnership around where you want to go.
Minority
Are roadblocks delaying your company from achieving the vision you have for it? Have you ever considered finding the right “Who” to help you get there, instead of spinning your wheels on the “How”? Our Minority (40–49%) partnership model brings our vested management team and an 8-figure infrastructure to the operations of your business. You maintain majority position and managerial control with Aleph filling the gaps to achieve your vision.
Majority
Are you ready to play a different role in your company, but still want to be part of the next chapter? As a majority equity partner, Aleph stands ready to provide the environment and leadership development to help make this transition a success for your business. In these scenarios, businesses would be doing over $4M in annual revenues and Aleph would typically take an 81% ownership position to remove all personal liability from the legacy owner.
Full Exit
Are you ready to see your business off into good hands? If you have built a great brand and a durable team, we are ready to talk. Aleph is uniquely positioned to bring the capital and leadership needed to support a buyout that honors the legacy you’ve built and fosters the future potential that you want to give all your employees.
Stability is what makes a painting company worth owning.
Revenue gets a buyer’s attention. Stability is what holds the value. A stable business throws off more profit, holds up through slow seasons, and stops depending on you for every decision.
Every year, for each company in our partnership, we measure exactly how stable it is, using five factors: the team, gross margin, sales & marketing cost on margin, brand equity, and net profit. A stable painting company holds a gross margin of 40% or more and a net profit of 15% or more, with 80% or more of the team hitting the standard for their role.
Where does your business stand?
Score your company on the five stability metrics we use to value our own painting companies — team, gross margin, acquisition cost, brand, and net profit — and see exactly where it lands.
Let’s get to know each other.
No obligations or hooks on our end. A sale or partnership comes together in four steps, with transparent terms at the end of it.
Show & Tell
You learn what the specifics of our partnership model looks like in your business.
Come Visit Us
Come see what an Aleph partnership looks like in person and get to meet the team that makes it all happen.
We Visit You
We come and explore with you what the partnership would look like at ground level in your business.
Finalize the Details
We work together on transparent deal terms and operating agreements.
Questions owners ask before they sell
What equity position does Aleph take in its Joint Ventures?
Who makes the decisions in the partnership?
What is Aleph’s long-term / exit strategy?
How long does the founder have to be in the business?
Let’s build something durable.
If you’ve built a great brand and a durable team, we should talk. No exit clock. No strip-and-flip. Just partners who yoke up and stay.