Memento · We invest in people who build
We back the builders ofManufacturing.
Most capital backs a balance sheet or a pitch deck. We back the person behind it, and put a full team of accountants and operators at their side, whether you are starting your first company or selling your life’s work.
Memento Equity
Preserving what you built.
We acquire and preserve established manufacturing, industrial services, and robotics businesses, $1M to $25M in revenue.
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Building what’s next.
We fund and build early-stage software, technology, biotech, and entertainment companies, from idea to operating company.
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We are not financial engineers. We invest in the people behind the numbers.
A memento is something you keep. That is exactly how we treat the companies we buy. Most acquirers see a business to optimize and resell. We see a life’s work to protect and grow. Because we read financials for a living, we value yours honestly and pay what it is truly worth. Because we buy to hold, not to flip, what made it work stays in place.
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We know your numbers.
When we put a number on your company, it is not a formula or a stranger’s guess. It is the judgment of people who read financials for a living and know what yours are really worth.
We understand the tax side of a sale.
Most buyers do not think about what a sale costs you. We do. Our CPA background means we can structure acquisitions in ways that protect your after-tax outcome. Most acquirers cannot offer that, and few founders think to ask for it.
We are not a fund with an exit clock.
Traditional private equity raises a fund, deploys it, and exits in five to seven years. Memento Equity is built to buy and hold. We own and grow the businesses we acquire, instead of selling them again in a few years and moving on.
Selling isn’t the end of what you built. It’s how it lasts.
What We Preserve
What you built stays built.
Selling should not mean watching your company get taken apart. We buy because it already works. Our job is to protect that and grow it.
Your team keeps their jobs.
We acquire businesses because they already work, and the people are why. We invest in your team. We do not strip it for parts.
Your name and reputation stay intact.
The brand you built in your community is one of the most valuable things you are handing over. We protect it. We do not erase it.
Your role is yours to define.
Stay on and keep leading, step back gradually, or hand over the keys entirely. You set the pace of the transition, not us.
Free Valuation
Find out what your business is really worth.
Tell us about your business. We will come back with a confidential, CPA-backed estimate. No pitch, no pressure, no obligation.
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Memento Labs · Company building for the next generation
We back founders before the market knows their name.
We fund and build early-stage software, technology, biotech, and entertainment companies with ambitious founders. Capital, infrastructure, and hands-on operators for the first 3 to 12 months, so you move from idea to company with discipline.
What you get: capital, company formation, compliance, accounting, HR, sales, marketing, and experienced operators in the trenches with you.