Investment Criteria

Parallax Capital Partners is dedicated to acquiring, managing and often operating the businesses that comprise our portfolio. We actively pursue corporate divestitures, public-to-private transactions, management buy-outs, private companies, recapitalizations, and other opportunities that meet our investment criteria.

Our experience and expertise provides us the flexibility and capacity to deal with all types of transactions from the easy and uncomplicated to the very problematic in composition.

Acquisition Criteria:

  • Software and computer related technologies
  • Geographically located in the USA, Canada, “Developed” Europe and Asia-Pacific
  • Annual revenues between $5 million and $100 million
  • Company must own core intellectual property
  • Selling controlling interest

Our acquisitions usually possess:

  • Mission-critical products, services and solutions
  • Recurring revenues and a stable customer base
  • Potential for consolidation through future add-on acquisitions
  • Mature, established brands

Some of our acquisition characteristics:

  • Financially and/or operationally challenged situations
  • Time-sensitive closure period
  • Legacy businesses requiring superb customer care
  • Non-strategic or underperforming business units
  • Strategic complements to our portfolio companies
  • Profitability is not a requirement