Investment Focus

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Wherewithal focuses on opportunities in the C$1mm to C$10mm EBITDA but maintains the ability to selectively pursue larger transactions seeking to engage in individually tailored solutions to each situation bringing the right resources to each opportunity

Wherewithal seeks companies with a business model where the revenue is predictable, stable and likely to continue in the future

Wherewithal believes that length of relationship is a harbinger of increased customer loyalty, which leads to a higher volume of purchases, an increased frequency of purchases, and higher customer retention 

Wherewithal seeks companies with a minimum level of profitability at the EBITDA-level with strong capital efficiency exhibited by strong free cash flow (FCF) margins 

Wherewithal believes that essential services are defined as those services indispensable to preserving life, health, safety and basic functioning of the businesses or industries that they support 

Wherewithal seeks to participate in markets that are at a level of maturity such that they are in a phase of active consolidation