Your trusted partner in business succession planning

Dowel Holdings was founded with the sole purpose of acquiring a single exceptional small to medium-sized company and building upon the tireless work of it's ownership and management to carry their legacy forward into the future.

The Dowel Holdings difference

Industry domain expertise

Expert guidance to empower entrepreneurs in every stage of their search fund journey.

Flexibility in ownership and management transition

Tailored financing options to support strategic business acquisitions with confidence.

People first

Comprehensive portfolio management to optimize investment performance and growth.

Long-term focus

Transparency in dealings

Discretion

Team

Yonas Mebrahtu

Founder & Managing Director

Yonas has 12 years of experience in both consulting and in industry having worked in middle and senior level management roles with various fortune 500 companies, high-growth scale-ups, and new ventures. His experience is focused on the consumer packaged goods and retail industries, more specifically grocery retail and businesses who both manufacture and distribute food and regulated products.

Throughout his career he has worked in a variety of functional areas including supply chain, strategy, planning, operations, post-M&A integration, sales insights, analytics, and technology implementation; and in close collaboration with other functional areas such as financial accounting, marketing, HR, legal, sales, etc. 

Investment Criteria

Key characteristics of businesses we seek to partner with

Business:

  • Manufacturing and/ or distribution focus
  • Exists within one (or more) of the retail, consumer       packaged goods, food processing, and food                 service industries
  • Differentiated product or service

Financial:

  • Between $1-10M CAD in annual revenue
  • Between $0.5-2M CAD in annual EBITDA
  • Profitable in recent years
  • Recurring revenue

Geography:

  • Ontario, Canada
    • Greater Toronto Area
    • Halton Region
    • Southwestern Ontario

Contact Us for Investment Opportunities

Reach out to Dowell Holdings in Toronto for search fund and acquisition insights.

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