Platform 01
Home Services
ActiveHVAC, plumbing, electrical, and the essential trades that homes can't live without. Recession-resistant demand, fragmented ownership, and predictable, service-driven cash flow.
Acquire · Integrate · Operate
Private Equity · Roll-Ups · Lower Middle Market
We buy and build the businesses that keep America running.
HighTide Capital Group acquires and scales profitable home-services and construction companies, then integrates, operates, and compounds them for the long term.
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The Thesis
Two markets. One discipline.
We concentrate where demand is durable, ownership is fragmented, and cash flow is real, buying proven businesses at the seam between Main Street and institutional capital.
Platform 01
Platform 02
Construction
ActiveCommercial, civil, and specialty contracting. Project-driven businesses with deep backlogs, real assets, and clear roll-up logic across fragmented regional markets.
Acquire · Consolidate · Scale
The Approach
How we create value
A repeatable operating playbook: institutional rigor applied to businesses that have rarely seen it.
01
Acquire
Profitable lower-middle-market businesses with $500K+ EBITDA at sub-$5M enterprise value, sourced directly, not through auctions.
02
Integrate
Shared services, modern systems, and back-office leverage that remove the bottlenecks owner-operators were never staffed to solve.
03
Operate
Operator-led, never absentee. We install accountable leadership and measure what changes: sequence, systems, and people.
04
Align
Alignment-first structures with sellers and partners. Transparent economics, fair terms, and incentives pointed the same direction.
05
Compound
Reinvest cash flow into add-on acquisitions and organic growth, building scale advantages and multiple expansion over time.
06
Steward
Long-hold ownership with downside protection. We buy businesses to keep them, and to leave them stronger than we found them.
Acquisition Criteria
What we look for
$500K+
Target EBITDA
<$5M
Enterprise Value
2
Core Verticals
Long
Hold Horizon
- Sectors
- Home services & constructionHVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and related trades. Construction, specialty trades, and adjacent essential services.
- Financial profile
- $500K+ in annual EBITDAThe single financial floor. 15%+ profit margins, a history of profitability, low cyclicality, and recurring or repeat revenue.
- Valuation
- Sub-$5M enterprise valueLower-middle-market, below the institutional crowd.
- Business attributes
- A proven niche, durable demandIdeally 10 to 15 years in business, a strong team, and low customer concentration.
- Ownership
- Founder or family ownedOwners seeking a full or partial exit who want a strategic partner, not just a buyer.
- Geography
- Southeast & Southwest focusParticular interest in Florida, Arizona, and California. Open nationally for the right fit.
- Situation
- Succession, growth, or partnershipOwners seeking liquidity, a partner, or a next chapter.
Where We're Buying
Acquisition focus
The categories we're actively building in. We move quickly on the right business, and stay patient for it.
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Status
HVAC & Mechanical
ActiveHeating, cooling, and air quality. Recurring service contracts and emergency demand that doesn't wait for the economy.
Plumbing & Drain
ActiveRepair, replacement, and recurring maintenance. Sticky customer relationships and strong repeat economics.
Electrical
ActiveResidential and light-commercial electrical services with rising demand from electrification and home upgrades.
Roofing & Exteriors
Add-OnRoofing, siding, and exterior services. High-ticket projects that bolt cleanly onto a regional services platform.
Commercial Construction
ActiveGeneral contracting and build-out firms with established backlogs, repeat clients, and the bonding capacity to take on durable, recurring project work.
Concrete & Site Work
Add-OnConcrete, grading, and site-prep specialists. Asset-heavy trades that bolt cleanly onto a regional construction platform and deepen its capabilities.
The Firm
About HighTide
HighTide Capital Group was built on a simple conviction: the best risk-adjusted returns live in the markets larger funds overlook. The lower middle market is full of excellent, profitable businesses, and very little institutional capital that actually understands how to run them.
We acquire home-services and construction companies with real cash flow, then apply the systems, leadership, and discipline that owner-operators were never resourced to build. We are operators first. We measure what changes, fix the bottleneck, and compound from there.
Every acquisition is structured for alignment: fair terms for sellers, transparent economics for partners, and a long-hold horizon that lets good businesses get better. We're not here to flip. We're here to build something that lasts.
The Partners
Who we are
Principal-led, hands-on, and accountable for the result. The people deploying the capital are the people doing the work.
Alex J. Prince
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Alex J. Prince spent more than two decades on the institutional buy side, with over $2 billion in capital deployed and raised across Merrill Lynch, Highmark Capital Management, and Bailard. He leads capital strategy and deal structuring for HighTide.
Full bio
Alex Prince is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HighTide Capital Group, where he leads capital strategy, deal structuring, and investor relations. He spent more than twenty years on the institutional buy side, across Merrill Lynch, Highmark Capital Management, and Bailard, with over $2 billion in capital deployed and raised. He founded Prince Capital to apply institutional rigor to direct private market investing.
At HighTide he structures each transaction around what the owner actually wants and protects the downside in every deal. He holds an MBA and a B.S. in Finance from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and holds the Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.
Jesse Fowler
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Jesse Fowler spent twenty-five years building companies in construction and real estate. He founded Southern California's first green construction company and grew it over fourteen years into a $22 million operation with more than $300 million in completed projects. He leads operations and the construction practice for HighTide.
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Jesse Fowler is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HighTide Capital Group, where he leads operations and the construction practice. He spent twenty five years building and operating companies across construction, real estate, and related services. He founded Southern California's first green construction company and grew it over fourteen years into a $22 million operation with more than sixty employees and over $300 million in completed projects.
Across his career he has raised and structured roughly $85 million in private capital, served on boards, led sales organizations, and advised founders through complex transitions. At HighTide he brings the operator's perspective: someone who has met payroll, run crews, and built systems that hold up under pressure.
$300M+
Construction projects delivered by our partners
25+
Years building and operating real companies
20+
Years of institutional investing experience
$2B+
Capital deployed and raised
Track record attributed to the partners across prior firms and ventures.
Work With Us
Let's find common ground
i.
Business Owners
Thinking about selling, succession, or a growth partner? We offer fair valuations, flexible structures, and a real home for the business and the team you built.
For owners →ii.
Investors & LPs
Co-invest alongside operators in cash-flowing, lower-middle-market businesses. Alignment-first economics with downside protection and transparent reporting.
iii.
Operators & Advisors
Run or advise a HighTide platform. We back accountable operators with capital, systems, and a clear mandate to build.
Common Questions
FAQ
Profitable lower-middle-market companies in two verticals: home services (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and related trades) and construction (commercial, civil, and specialty contracting). We target businesses with $500K or more in EBITDA at sub-$5M enterprise values.
Flexibly, and with alignment first. Depending on the situation that can include equity rollover, seller financing, earn-outs, and transition support. The goal is fair terms, transparent economics, and incentives that point everyone the same direction.
We integrate it onto a shared operating platform with modern systems, back-office leverage, and accountable leadership, then reinvest cash flow into growth and add-on acquisitions. We're long-hold owners, not flippers. The aim is to leave the business stronger than we found it.
Operators, never absentee owners. We install or back accountable leadership in each business and stay hands-on through integration. The people deploying the capital are involved in the work.
Use the form below or email us directly. Whether you're an owner considering a sale, an investor interested in co-investing, or an operator who wants to build, we'd like to hear from you.
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