Running it alone
- You know the initiatives—they sit on a list, not a timeline
- Day-to-day operations consume the whole team
- Projects start, stall when the quarter gets busy, then restart
- The exit clock starts before the value work is done
Investment & exit readiness for Australian founder and family businesses
The best exit starts years before the deal.
Build a stronger business now—so when investment, succession or sale becomes the right move, you control the timing and the terms.
See what buyers would seeWhy readiness · why a partner
Readiness is built quarter by quarter.
Buyers and investors pay for certainty. A small team running the day-to-day flat out does not have time to also build that certainty—and every delay costs enterprise value when an investment or exit process finally starts.
With Tango · both altitudes
- Board-level ownership of the value creation agenda
- Hands-on execution support so initiatives actually finish
- Your team keeps focused on customers and operations
- When the time comes, the investment or exit process runs from strength
15years
20+businesses
Multiplevalue levers executed
What “ready” actually means
Six things buyers and investors will test.
Fixed before they ever look. The same work makes the business more resilient and valuable even if a transaction never happens.
Financials that hold
Numbers reconcile and explain what has historically happened.
Margins at activity level
Understand how each product or service delivers incremental gross profit.
Cash you can forecast
See cash needs on working capital, capex, suppliers and staff before they become surprises.
Revenue predictability
Show how customers are acquired, grown and retained.
A growth story with proof
Delivered initiatives show up in the numbers—not just on a slide.
Runs without the owner
A team and rhythm that do not route every decision through one person.
How we work together.
Board-level ownership of the value creation agenda, with hands-on execution support so initiatives actually finish.
Readiness review
A candid assessment of value, gaps and opportunities, with initial views in about one week.
Build the value
Hands-on delivery across financial and board reporting, cash management, revenue acceleration, capital structure, M&A, talent and AI.
Run the process
Positioning, materials, buyer or investor outreach, negotiation and close—run end-to-end.
Selected engagements · details confidential
Where I’ve sat beside owners.
Twenty-plus founder and family businesses over fifteen years, across Australia and the U.S. A few representative chapters:
Industrials · Australia
01Second-generation family · mission-critical services
- Board member and sponsor
- Greenfield facility opened
- Bolt-on acquisition integrated
Value creation plan delivered in 21 months—finished ahead of schedule.
Consumer · United States
02Founder-led contract manufacturer
- Management team rebuilt around founder
- Capital structure reset
- Sizeable acquisition completed
Sale to a sovereign wealth fund.
Tech-enabled · Australia
03Founder-led tech-enabled services
- Board member and sponsor
- Highly accretive merger integrated
- Margin uplift through revised pricing
Revenue tripled.
Why Tango Capital
It takes two. An owner who knows what the business needs—and a partner with the bandwidth to help deliver it.
Fifteen years as board member and sponsor to more than twenty founder and family businesses across Australia and the U.S. I’ve worked together to set the value creation agenda in the boardroom, then rolled up my sleeves with founders, families and management to get it done.
Previous experience
AUA Private Equity Partners
Partnership-first investments in founder and family businesses, backed by one of the most successful Hispanic families in the U.S.
Australian Business Growth Fund
A growth equity fund dedicated to investing in Australian SMEs.
Client testimonials
What it feels like to work together.
Direct perspectives from owners and leaders Jack has worked beside.
We’re a family business that’s been supporting the regional Queensland community for more than 30 years. Jack understood our values. As a board member and partner, he drove a creative acquisition; guided us on contractual, financing and pricing decisions; and worked hand in hand with us on the largest capital project in the business’s history.
Adam Roberts
Managing Director
Consolidated Linen Service
Straight answers
Questions owners actually ask.
The questions that matter before you ever pick up the phone.
I’m not planning to sell now. Why would we talk?+
Most of the work is not the transaction—it is carrying value creation projects your team has not had the bandwidth to finish. A stronger, more valuable business is worth building whether or not you sell.
Do I have to sell, or can I take on an investor and stay?+
Your call. The same preparation supports a full sale, minority or majority investment, succession, or simply a stronger business you keep. The process is shaped around your preferred outcome.
Will my staff, customers or competitors find out?+
No. Everything starts under NDA and stays confidential. Any eventual process is run tightly, with vetted buyers and staged access to information.
How do your fees work?+
A monthly retainer for the value-build work, and a success fee if and when we run a transaction—agreed up front, in writing.
Why one advisor instead of a firm?+
You get the person with 15+ years of experience alongside you—not a partner who wins the mandate and a junior team that runs it. Accountability never leaves my desk.
A confidential first step
Find out what a buyer or investor would see.
One confidential conversation. Straight answers on value, gaps and opportunities—with no fee or obligation.