Partner on a $1.5M EBITDA Energy Services Business?

February 14, 2025

by a searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management in Seattle, WA, USA

I am a passive investor in searchers' climate-related deals and a sponsor/GP in larger climate-related deals. I have been engaged with a company for over a year that I think highly of but doesn't neatly fit into the two categories above. I would love to explore what a partnership would look like with a searcher/operator on this deal (or future deals like it).

Specific Deal
* $1.5M EBITDA energy services business in Great Plains (searcher will need to move to HQ to be the CEO)
* I have completed significant diligence (no red flags)
* I can serve as anchor investor, support equity/debt fundraise, and serve as board member/advisor

TBD on the deal economics, but for sure it will be significantly weighted toward the searcher for obvious reasons

I am happy to chat about this deal or explore what partnership could look like for other climate-related deals (I have a few others for consideration). And I am always interested in investing in any deals that have a climate angle (e.g. energy, building services, recycling, HVAC/Insulation/Electrical and other home services, and many more). You can reach me at redacted haven't seen too many partnerships on this platform. Partnerships have the potential to address some of the challenges of self-funded deals; namely, finding great deals, winning deals given lack of domain experience, and leading a company without a strong support network. It also allows me to find a great home for businesses of which I think highly and are driving meaningful climate impact.

Reply by a searcher
from ESCP Europe in Berlin, Deutschland

Hi Luke, thanks for mentioning me.
Yes indeed, I am currently dealing to built a syndicate to buy a minority stake of an energy procurement optimization Startup (Stats: Roughly 0.25mio ARR but 25% MoM growth)

I am not familiar with US energy sector, but if Europe and especially active venture Capital Investments (so called "smart money business angel investments") is interesting for you, just give me a hint, we are always open for partnerships and co investments and we offer an evergreen structure to do so.

Best

Tobi

Reply by a searcher
from University of Otago in London, UK

thanks for the tag. This is interesting as I'm working\investing in the EPC and O&M space in various countries. Open to partnership discussions ^redacted‌, To be clear I won't be in a position to re-locate to the US, but there may be other opportunities...

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