A PRIVATE INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

North Partners is a private investment partnership founded by business owners to invest patient capital in durable businesses for the long term. Our aim is to be the last owner a great business will ever need.

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About

North Partners is a private investment partnership founded by two Minnesota families. Because we invest our own capital, we are patient investors. Because we are business owners ourselves, we have the operational expertise to create long-term value. We invest over a time horizon measured in decades, not years.

Philosophy

Long-term ownership

We buy to hold. We do not run a sale process on a schedule, because there is no fund that requires one.

Operational partnership

We have run companies. What we bring beyond the capital is people who have done the job.

Business services focus

Recurring work, expert teams, essential demand. We stay where we can be useful.

Aligned stewardship

The money is the families’ own, so our incentives need no explaining.

Representative portfolio themes

Commercial Services

Industrial Support

Professional Services

Field Operations

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If you are a business owner, intermediary, or investor seeking a thoughtful long-term partner, we welcome the opportunity to connect.