We buy and grow great companies

We partner with incredible entrepreneurs seeking to exit and pass the torch to a new generation of leadership.

WE’RE ALL SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING

You’ve worked your whole life to build something unique, something special, a mission to rally behind.

You’ve sacrificed, supported your team, your family - and you’ve grown.

Your business has grown to more than you ever imagined. But you know there’s more… A great exit, the right partner and a steady future for your legacy. That’s where we come in.

SearchX is an acquisition company on a mission to elevate people and communities. We are resilient, we do the hard things and we care deeply about people - so you can rest easy knowing your life’s work is in good hands.

Our story

OUR CAPITAL PARTNERS & FOCUS

We are backed by family office and entrepreneurial capital, representing companies that have operated from $10m to $500m of enterprise value. We are focused on lower and middle market private equity and succession-driven deals. Typically, we look for companies with $10m - $100m of revenue, a highly repeatable service or product offering and strong profit margins.

MARKETS WE SERVE

For over a decade, we’ve worked across the lower and middle market in both the United States and Canada. We are industry agnostic but gravitate toward companies that impact how the world is energized, how people are fueled and how everyday needs are met - whether that be energy, waste removal, education & training, health or safety.

In recent years, we’ve led investments in products and service companies in sectors across power, environmental, waste, consumer and business services.

Andrew Tai

Founder of Motoinsight
Chair of Sanfina Partners

Andrew built Motoinsight from just an idea to becoming a market leader, to being successfully acquired. Andrew currently leads Sanfina, which is an entrepreneurial investment firm and venture studio that invests its own proprietary capital.

Sanfina’s experience spans a lot of different company stages: founding and growing organically from zero to $20M revenue at Motoinsight, scaling to a $100M revenue software business at AutoSync through M&A, and c-level operating experience in a $300M revenue marketplace business at TRADER Corp.

Critical Power & Energy

David Au-Yeung

Founder of Flipp
Managing Partner at CXP Capital

David co-founded Flipp, where he scaled the company to over 9-digits revenue, 400+ employees, resulting in a successful exit in 2023. David also co-founded Carity.ai, an automotive-focused AI platform. David now leads CXP Capital Partners, which is a privately-held investment firm that invests in small to medium-size businesses to help them scale.

CXP’s capital and capabilities are based on the experience gained from building, scaling and exiting Flipp - building it from the ground up to an eventual 9 figure exit.

Environmental, Land & Waste

Scott Nishi

Operator at Bullet Trade Services
Partner at Summit Ridge Capital

With Summit Ridge Capital, Scott ran Bullet Trade Services before the sale to a private equity investor in June 2023. Scott is currently active on the board of Summit Water and Mainway Metalworks. Prior to Summit Ridge, Scott led Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s consumer/retail direct private equity team, serving on the Board of Neiman Marcus.

Scott has a wife and two teenage girls. In his spare time he enjoys traveling with his family, coaching hockey, and playing tennis.

Consumer & Business Services

Scott Nishi

Operator at Bullet Trade Services
Partner at Summit Ridge Capital

With Summit Ridge Capital, Scott ran Bullet Trade Services before the sale to a private equity investor in June 2023. Scott is currently active on the board of Summit Water and Mainway Metalworks. Prior to Summit Ridge, Scott led Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s consumer/retail direct private equity team, serving on the Board of Neiman Marcus.

Scott has a wife and two teenage girls. In his spare time he enjoys traveling with his family, coaching hockey, and playing tennis.

Safety & Essential Products

Sidney Sommer

Founder, UCIT (Stealth Monitoring)

Sidney founded UCIT Online Security, growing into the largest live video monitoring company in the US and Canada. Today, UCIT is a dominant force in manufacturing, industrial, commercial, property management, and construction security. In 2016 UCIT acquired Stealth Monitoring, a Dallas-based security company and in 2019, re-branded as Stealth Monitoring. Stealth built 40 offices across 4 countries with over 2,000 employees. In 2024, Stealth joined GardaWorld Security Corporation, with a mission to create a global champion in AI-enabled mobile and fixed video monitoring security solutions.

Health & Recreation

Sidney Sommer

Founder, UCIT (Stealth Monitoring)

Sidney founded UCIT Online Security, growing into the largest live video monitoring company in the US and Canada. Today, UCIT is a dominant force in manufacturing, industrial, commercial, property management, and construction security. In 2016 UCIT acquired Stealth Monitoring, a Dallas-based security company and in 2019, re-branded as Stealth Monitoring. Stealth built 40 offices across 4 countries with over 2,000 employees. In 2024, Stealth joined GardaWorld Security Corporation, with a mission to create a global champion in AI-enabled mobile and fixed video monitoring security solutions.

Security & Critical Systems

WHY SEARCHX?

When you work with SearchX, we will
Bring energetic & decisive capital
Be someone you will enjoy working with
Ask the hard questions so we know how to help
Focus on what matters
Value your dreams alongside ours
Grow your business and its wonderful people for years to come
More about us

MARKETS WE’VE SERVED

For over a decade, we’ve worked across the middle market in both the United States and Canada. We’ve led investments and deals across industrials, power, energy, consumer and technology companies.

\WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN A DEAL

Simple Business Model

Well-defined product or service

History of cash flow

Multiple years of healthy profit margin

Unique Edge

Clear reason customers love you

Pointable Areas of Growth

An actionable growth plan

Great Team & Culture

A winning culture of capable people

Mission Worth Fighting For

Compelling mission & end-markets

\WANT TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS OR ASSESS AN OPPORTUNITY?

We’re the right fit if…

You care about your customers, understand their problems and how your product or service solves it
You see growth opportunities for the next generation of leadership
You’ve built a great team and culture
You love the process and want to invest into a successful transition post close

We’re not the right fit if…

Your team, customers and company culture will not thrive alongside SearchX culture
You are not excited about the future growth prospects of your business, led by SearchX
You see business as a zero sum game
You don’t value transparency, flexibility and partnership in the sale and exit process

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