
How We Partner
Partnership Structure Options
Majority Partnerships
(51-80% ownership)
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Full operational partnership with control
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Significant founder liquidity event
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Continued leadership role for founder
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Platform leverage across all functions
Minority Growth Capital
(20-49% ownership)
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Growth capital without control transfer
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Founder maintains operational control
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Shared upside in business acceleration
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Flexible exit options for all parties
Management Buyouts
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Facilitate ownership transition to key employees
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Seller financing and earnout structures
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Mentorship through transition period
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Preserved culture and customer relationships
The Tools of Stewardship
At Heritage Rose, we partner with entrepreneurs using our proven Checkbook, Playbook, Phonebook approach. This isn't passive investment—we roll up our sleeves and work alongside you to unlock your business's full potential.
CHECKBOOK
Stewardship Capital
Capital is not just money — it’s stewardship. Like the Gospel Patrons of history who resourced others to fulfill their calling, Heritage Rose provides flexible capital that equips leaders and protects legacies.
When your business is ready to level up, we provide the capital needed for tangible expansion—whether that means new equipment, upgrading your fleet, or investing in your facilities. Our funding is designed to support seasonal opportunities and pivotal projects, as well as technology enhancements that drive efficiency and elevate the customer experience.
If growth means merging with a competitor, adding new service lines, or reaching new communities, Heritage Rose brings flexible acquisition capital and a collaborative mindset. We help identify strategic add-ons, facilitate buyouts, and deploy resources so you can confidently extend your footprint and strengthen your market position.
Transitions are opportunities—not threats. Whether you’re planning for management buyouts, employee ownership, or family estate planning, we structure deals that honor your legacy and empower your next generation of leaders. Our capital solutions support smooth ownership transitions, safeguarding what you’ve built while ensuring your values endure.
PLAYBOOK
Wisdom in Practice
Our Playbooks are not theoretical — they’re lived experience. This is our way of walking alongside leaders with practical wisdom. We can implement operational discipline, creative vision casting, people development or whatever else might be needed in the business to make it faster, healthier, more faithful, and enduring.
Some of our affiliated companies such as NextPhase, Mozaic Collective, & Mistry Consulting can bring tested strategies and hands-on expertise directly into our partnerships. This gives our portfolio businesses a unique advantage: immediate access to proven playbooks that drive both organic and inorganic growth.
Examples of Playbooks We Deploy:
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A disciplined approach to add-on acquisitions, integration, and scaling. We help founders identify, acquire, and integrate complementary businesses in ways that expand impact while preserving culture.
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Marketing, branding, and creative strategies that amplify reputation, strengthen customer loyalty, and open new markets.
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Coaching managers into leaders, building organizational depth, and fostering people-first cultures.
Implementing processes, systems, and financial disciplines that free owners to focus on vision and legacy.
Extending into new geographies and service lines with structured strategies that balance risk with opportunity.
Phonebook
Covenant Community
Relationships are meant to equip the work, not control it. Our Phonebook is a curated bench of best‑in‑class functional support—specialists you can engage à la carte to strengthen your business while you remain fully independent.
No forced synergies. No referrals across portfolio companies. No JVs. Just the right expertise, right when you need it.
What You Get (Opt‑In, À La Carte):
Fractional CFO, accounting rigor, cash management, KPI dashboards, lender readiness.
Recruiting pipelines, compensation design, benefits & compliance, leadership coaching.
Transaction counsel, contract review, insurance strategy, safety programs, risk audits.
MSP/Cyber, systems integration, analytics, field‑service tooling, workflow automation
Brand identity, web and digital, demand gen, local market playbooks.
Sourcing, diligence, integration planning for add‑on acquisitions—only if and when you choose to pursue inorganic growth.
Every engagement with our network should be considered optional. You can use our bench, your bench, our vendors, your vendors, doesn’t matter. Every engagement is scoped with the portfolio company and contracted directly between the PortCo and the vendor.
CONTACT US
To get in touch, you're welcome to email us directly or submit our contact form. Either way, we'll be in touch within 1 business day.