Railo Partners (“Railo”) is a Finnish investment and advisory company that originates opportunities and invests in industrial companies that require entrepreneurial resources and capital to pave the way for a path of lucrative growth. Railo’s business logic is based on the logic of the “Search Fund” model of investment vehicles – we locate, acquire, manage and grow companies with a co-investor. Railo has an active co-operation with a major Dutch private equity player – Nimbus Investments.

Railo searches for businesses that are typically at the crossroads of their development phase. Usually this means that they are underperforming or loss making, in need of a generational change or the growth of the business requires significant investment. All of our investments are majority investments. Target companies operate with a net sales range of €20-150m.

For the shareholders of a company, we offer a flexible and straightforward option wherebyas sellers, they do not have to commit to staying with the company after the transaction for long ‘lock-in’ periods. We complete the due diligence process quickly and efficiently and only focus on matters of material importance. Sellers may of course remain as minority shareholders if they so wish and we are all aligned in our views of developing the business. Our team is used to working with large international groups, so we are also a very straightforward and user-friendly option in challenging ‘carve-out’ sales processes.

During the search phase of originating acquisition targets, we offer advisory services and can take interim hands-on roles in order to create transformational change through special projects.