Company Partner
Founders Helping Founders
You’ve built a strong business in the utilities sector. Now take money off the table, stay in the driving seat, and grow it into something far bigger.
Grattan Investment Group is looking for owner-managers in utilities and renewables who want a partner who puts cash in their pocket today and keeps them at the heart of the business as it grows.
Who we’re looking for
Established, profitable owner-managed businesses in Ireland and the UK across utilities and renewables – energy, networks, infrastructure and related services, with a particular interest in water and wastewater. You might be:
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Planning for the future – you want to secure your wealth and succession, but you’re not ready to walk away.
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Ready to grow – you see the opportunity but need capital, experienced partners and acquisition muscle to seize it.
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Open to joining something bigger – your business could anchor, or become part of, a utilities group we are building through acquisition.
How the partnership works
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Sell up to 60% today – realise meaningful value now and de-risk your personal position.
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Keep 40% and keep leading – you stay on as CEO or in a senior role, with real skin in the game.
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Grow together over 3–5 years – we bring capital, board-level experience, our networks and bolt-on acquisitions to build scale.
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Second exit at a bigger multiple – your retained 40% is sold as part of a larger, more valuable group. A larger business typically commands a higher multiple, so that second bite can be worth more than the first.
What you get
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Liquidity now, without losing control of what you built
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Partners who have been founders themselves – not a fund with a spreadsheet
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Capital and deal experience to fund growth and acquisitions
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The strength of being part of something bigger – the scale to win larger contracts, backed by the GIG team’s experience and support
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A clear, shared plan to a larger exit in 3–5 years
Start a confidential conversation
If this sounds like you – or someone you know – we’d like to talk. All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.
Grattan Investment Group · 19 Grattan Street, Dublin 2
www.grattaninvestments.com
Barry O’Brien: 083 158 6444