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We buy strong local businesses and help them grow — carefully, and for the long term.

Fair Tide Equity Partners partners with solid, cash-producing companies. We bring founder experience, practical operations help, and careful use of new technology. We protect the relationships, standards, and reputation a company has already built — then improve from there.

Current focus

Elevator service & related trades

Recurring maintenance revenue, physical work that can’t be fully automated, and deep local customer relationships. We’re actively looking in this space — while staying open to other real-world businesses that fit the same profile.

Partners

Tom Boosinger
General Partner
Tom Boosinger

30+ years building and scaling businesses

Dan Bergner
General Partner
Dan Bergner

20+ years in operations and growth

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8–12%

Target annual cash distributions

3–5 yrs

Typical path to liquidity options

50+

Combined years of operator experience

Thesis

Why we invest this way

Real-economy businesses — bought carefully, owned patiently — before AI fully reshapes how the market values them.

Market

Businesses that serve real, physical needs should hold up better as AI reshuffles purely digital work.

Timing

That shift isn’t fully priced in yet. Strong companies can still be bought before valuations catch up.

Selection

We favor work that can’t be fully automated — and carefully weigh how exposed each business is to AI.

Standards

Steady earnings, sensible debt, honest leadership, and a cushion if things go wrong.

Ownership

We buy to care for the business, not strip it. What already works — people, standards, reputation — stays. We build from there.

Next step

Have a business that might fit?

Especially interested in elevator service platforms — and open to other durable, local operators. All conversations stay confidential.