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Acquisition and
Value Creation

A Los Angeles private equity firm that acquires companies, creates value and scales the brands worldwide.

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Investment Thesis

LAPE acquires companies in signature Los Angeles sectors, builds them into institutional businesses and scales the brands worldwide.

Acquire

Founder successions, all-equity buyouts and corporate carve-outs
Proprietary sourcing across ten target sectors
Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) to term sheet within 15 days

Build

Operator-CEOs and institutional reporting in the first 100 days
One AI workflow at a time: 6 to 10 week builds judged by one number
Add-on acquisitions onto each platform

Scale

Franchise, license and partner models that travel
Master franchise partners country by country
LA origin as the brand story in every market

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Sector Focus

Ten target sectors: fast casual food plus nine signature Los Angeles industries.

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Target Sectors

Fast casual food plus the industries Los Angeles is known for worldwide, and where LAPE buys inside each one.

Fast Casual Food

Made-to-order LA concepts priced between fast food and casual dining

Entertainment and Media

Post-production, studio services and non-core media units

Technology

Tech-enabled B2B services where AI lifts margins fastest

Aerospace and Defense

Tier 2 and 3 suppliers to South Bay primes and space launch

Fashion and Consumer Brands

LA-born brands with loyal fans and room to go global

Trade and Logistics

3PL, drayage and customs brokerage around San Pedro Bay

Tourism, Hospitality and Gaming

Gaming, hotels and experiences ahead of LA28

Health and Life Sciences

Specialty practices, labs and device suppliers

Real Estate and Construction

Building services and contractors for the rebuild and LA28

Education and Research

Workforce training and university spinout services

HOW WE BUY

Deal Structures

Independent buyouts, unlevered buyouts and corporate divestitures, matched to each seller.

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Three Deal Structures

Each structure fits a different seller and capital need; all three feed the same acquisition and value creation thesis.

Independent Buyouts

Target: Founder-owned businesses below $3M EBITDA that need a succession path and capital
Capital structure: LAPE equity with independent sponsor co-invest, seller rollover, notes and earn-outs
Value driver: Institutionalizing the company and installing operator-CEOs; add-on acquisitions
Typical friction: Sourcing operators, financing approvals and long legal negotiations
LAPE edge: Pre-vetted operator bench and standard deal documents

Unlevered Buyouts

Target: Stable, cash-generative LMM companies in industrials, manufacturing and business services
Capital structure: 100% equity at close; optional debt only after the business is institutionalized
Value driver: Disciplined entry multiples, organic growth and compounding free cash flow
Typical friction: Winning at fair multiples against leverage-backed bidders
LAPE edge: Certainty of close sellers can price

Corporate Divestitures

Target: Non-core subsidiaries and divisions with $2M to $15M of revenue
Capital structure: Clean carve-out balance sheet, transition services agreements (TSAs) and a working capital peg
Value driver: Stranded asset release, standalone build-out and AI-driven margin expansion
Typical friction: Messy allocated financials, TSA scope and corporate approval cycles
LAPE edge: Autopilot rebuilds standalone financials in days

HOW WE BUILD

Value Creation

Institutionalize every company, lift margins with AI and take the brands worldwide.

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Value Creation Playbook

Operating Partners map the work, build one workflow at a time and stay until the company runs on it.

First 100 days

Operator-CEO or division leader confirmed
30-day assessment: map the work, find the margin leaks
Rank workflows; pick the first build and its one number
Monthly close, KPI dashboard and TSA exit plan live

Year one

First production builds live in 6 to 10 weeks
Baseline metrics tracked against the one number
Training and champions so teams adopt the tools
Pricing, procurement and add-on pipeline reset

Hold period

Second wave of workflows across the company
Each add-on onboarded faster and cheaper than the last
Growth, margin expansion and new international markets
Exit to strategics, sponsors or continuation vehicles

Every portfolio company plugs into one LAPE operating stack: finance, reporting, procurement and AI workflows.

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AI Operating Layer

One shared layer inside each portfolio company that reads, decides and writes back, with no system migration.

Reads

Point of sale, scheduling, CRM, ERP, email and the document store, as they are today

Decides

Applies the company's own rules and limits, logs every action and routes odd cases to a person

Writes back

Results land in the same systems, so teams keep working where they already work

The model is 20% of the work. Adoption is 80%.

LAPE operator-CEOs own the rollout: training, new ways of working and feedback loops, so a launch becomes daily use.

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Global Expansion Playbook

A staged market entry model that adds international revenue without betting the company.

North America

Mexico City, Toronto, Las Vegas

Cross-border e-commerce, wholesale and franchise

Gulf

Dubai, Riyadh, Doha

Master franchise with family conglomerates

Europe

London, Paris, Milan, Monaco

Flagship pop-ups, marketplaces and licensing

Asia Pacific

Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Singapore

Licensing and joint ventures with local operators

Entry models

Master franchiseLicensingJoint ventureCross-border e-commercePop-up flagships

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