
About
Greenwood Growth Partners is an investment firm focused on partnering with owners, entrepreneurs and management teams in the lower middle market.
We provide flexible capital solutions tailored to each unique business and situation and are comfortable investing in majority equity and structured capital transactions, with a focus on majority equity transactions.
We have over 20 years of experience helping owners and management teams scale and exit their businesses.
Target financial profile:
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Revenue: $20 – $100 million
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EBITDA: $3 – $10 million
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Equity Investment Size: $10 – $50 million
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Sectors: Business and Professional Services | Human Capital and Staffing | IT Consulting and Services | Healthcare Services | Government Services | Facility, Residential and Commercial Services
About Drew Greenwood:
Mr. Greenwood has over 20 years of M&A and private equity experience, most recently as a Partner and Managing Director at Littlejohn & Co., where he served on the Investment Committee. At GGP, he specializes in crafting bespoke partnerships with businesses: structures that meet the owner's objectives at closing while positioning the company for its next phase of expansion. He has a strong track record of partnering with management teams to build out and support value creation plans that enable rapid growth and attractive exit alternatives.
Mr. Greenwood has played a key role in successful investments across the healthcare, IT, government services, aerospace, food, engineered products, and distribution sectors, and has led or helped lead seven liquidity events since 2023, including in IT consulting and staffing, healthcare services, and residential and commercial services.
Early in his career, Mr. Greenwood was a member of the M&A group at CIBC World Markets. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Cornell University, with a concentration in Computer Science.
Linkedin: Drew Greenwood
*Prior to the formation of Greenwood Growth Partners, Mr. Greenwood held a number of positions during his 18 year tenure at his prior investment firm, where he was a Partner, Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Greenwood held a board seat in certain of the companies in the industries mentioned. In companies where Mr. Greenwood held a board seat, he was substantially involved in a leadership position in the governance of the companies, along with other investment professionals at his prior investment firm. The investments mentioned do not include one unrealized investment and thus do not represent Mr. Greenwood's investment activity in its entirety during his time at his prior investment firm and also exclude non-control investment activity where Mr. Greenwood was involved in a leadership capacity. There is no assurance that the results achieved by any one of the prior investments will be achieved by Greenwood Growth Partners and prior investments may be in a sector, strategy or situation that is not pursued by Greenwood Growth Partners.
Our Approach
"Bespoke partnerships focused on growth in the lower middle market"
Core Tenets:
Operational Approach Focused on Value Creation: We relentlessly and aggressively pursue sustainable value creation in our partnerships with a high sense of urgency. We strive to improve our companies every week.
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Integrity: Every action we take is grounded in integrity. The businesses we invest in and partnerships we enter into must uphold the same values.
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Growth Focus: We have a strong bias towards growth and our target businesses must exhibit strong growth and identifiable levers, whether organic or through acquisition.
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Entrepreneurism and Creativity: We think like founders — curious and creative with a strong bias towards action. Our agility allows us to add value without adding bureaucracy.
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Partnership Orientation: We seek to back founders and management teams who want a strategic partner, not just a financial investor.
Company and Industry Attributes:
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Medium to Large TAM: We focus on companies that participate in medium to large industries.
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Long Term Growth: We focus on industries with durable long term growth dynamics and are comfortable investing in cyclical industries that exhibit growth through cycles.
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Fragmentation: We focus on industries with significant fragmentation which helps to drive organic growth and M&A opportunities.
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Growth and Entrepreneurial Mindset: We seek out founders and management teams that have a growth mindset and a high sense of urgency.
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Multiple Ways to Win: We target companies that have multiple "levers" to pull for growth and thus multiple ways to grow - not everything has to work out perfectly for the growth plan to be achieved.
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Limited "Uncontrollables": Every business has setbacks and every manager deals with circumstances beyond their control. We focus on businesses and industries where these "uncontrollables" are limited in number and quantifiable.
Our Experience and Target Industries
We have deep knowledge and a history of investing in the following sectors:
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IT Services, Consulting and Staffing
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Professional Services and Functional Outsourcing
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Residential and Commercial Services
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Healthcare Services and Workforce Solutions
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Government Consulting and Services
Partnerships
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SCI Healthcare - Healthcare Services / Locum Tenens Staffing
