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Fri, May 22 · Traverse City / Index 01
Traverse City, Michigan

We buy a business.
Then we stay.

Mission Coast Ventures is a family-backed holding company looking to acquire durable, essential service businesses in the Great Lakes region — and steward them for the next generation.

Talk to us about selling Read the philosophy
Grand Traverse Bay at first light
Patient capital·Essential services·Indefinite hold·One owner, not a fund·Reputation over returns·Generational stewardship· Patient capital·Essential services·Indefinite hold·One owner, not a fund·Reputation over returns·Generational stewardship·
Our thesis
The best businesses on this coast were built over decades — by people who stuck around.

We think the same should be true of the people who come next. Mission Coast Ventures exists to be that next owner — singular, patient, and permanent. We don't raise funds or flip companies. We underwrite with a twenty-year horizon and run a playbook built on continuity, not churn.

If you've spent your career building something honest and essential, we want to hear about it — even if you're not sure you're ready to sell.

What we look for
A business with a service to perform.

We're drawn to companies that would be missed if they disappeared — the kind of work that gets done early in the morning, in work boots, for customers who remember your name.

Industries
Residential & commercial services, specialty trades, logistics, light manufacturing, marine & outdoor, established consumer brands with loyal followings.
Revenue
$2–10M, growing at a sustainable pace.
EBITDA
$500K – $3M, predictable and earned.
Geography
Michigan preferred — the broader Great Lakes welcome. We go to wherever the business needs us.
History
10+ years of operation. A story worth continuing.
What we pass on
Early-stage, venture-style, pre-revenue, or anything requiring a turnaround that doesn't involve people we believe in.
Our approach
Five conversations
over ninety days.
01
An honest first conversation.
No NDA. No data room. Just a phone call or a coffee, usually ninety minutes, where you tell us the story and we listen. We'll build a relationship first.
02
A visit, in person.
We fly — or, more often, drive — to meet you. We walk the shop, ride along, eat where your crew eats. This is the week we decide if we can earn your trust.
03
A plainly-written offer.
One page, in language a human can understand. A price we can defend, terms that give you optionality, and a timeline that respects your staff.
04
Diligence, done with care.
Financial, legal, and operational. We hire specialists but keep the conversations between us. No committees. No last-minute retrades.
05
A handoff, not a handover.
We close, we move, and we stay. You decide how long you want to be involved — anywhere from one month to forever.
A note to owners
If you've built something you care about, the hardest question isn't when to sell. It's to whom.

We'd be honored to be in that conversation — whether it's this year, next year, or five years from now. A quiet email is enough to start.

Old Mission Peninsula from above