TELEO Capital

What is TELEO Capital?

TELEO Capital is an operationally-focused private equity firm specializing in equity investments across various industries including software and technology, healthcare IT, business services, and industrial sectors. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, the firm employs a hands-on investment approach that emphasizes empowering management to execute their business plans with the support of TELEO's capital, strategic thinking, and operational resources.

The firm is particularly adept at navigating complex deal situations where creativity, flexibility, and speed are paramount, offering efficient due diligence processes without bureaucratic obstacles, ensuring a fluid and seamless transition of ownership. TELEO prides itself on its collaborative ethos, skilled at preserving important relationships with key customers, vendors, and employees post-transaction. The firm's investment criteria include an average equity investment per platform of $10M-$30M and corporate revenue in the range of $10M-$100M.

They focus on structures such as corporate carve-outs, leveraged and management buy-outs, special situations, and operational partnerships. TELEO's investments typically feature recurring revenue, scalable cost structures, success-based capital expenditures, and can involve underutilized or non-core assets, with profitability not being a prerequisite.

The team at TELEO Capital consists of experienced professionals with a track record of over 15 acquisitions and more than 25 years of private equity experience. They have executed numerous corporate carve-outs and are committed to a buy-and-build strategy, as evidenced by their recent portfolio company acquisitions and follow-on investments.

The executive committee and investment team are supported by operating partners who bring additional expertise in sales, marketing, product management, and operations, especially in technology solutions. With a philosophy centered around performance and execution, TELEO Capital provides not just the financial resources but also deep operational expertise to help portfolio companies achieve their full potential.