Mauloa

We built Mauloa for business owners who want a real partner. not a transaction.

We invest $10 to $30 million for 30 to 40% of your company, without using debt, without taking control, and without a timeline that pressures anyone to sell.

Instead, we all receive regular cash distributions from profits. Everyone wins when the business wins. That is the model, and it is what we mean by endless.

We have been doing this since 2007, originally as Sachs Capital, now as Mauloa. Mauloa means endless in Hawaiian. Over $200 million deployed across more than 20 partnerships.

Three Things That Never Change

01

No Debt

We invest equity only. No leverage on your balance sheet, no personal guarantees. Your business stays financially clean and your cash flow stays yours.

02

No Control

We take a minority stake. You run your company. We are there when you need us and out of the way when you do not. No one knows your business better than you do, and our entire structure is built around that.

03

No Exit Timeline

We have no fund clock. No deadline that changes how we think about your business. We stay as long as it makes sense, because that is the only way this kind of partnership works.

Mauloa vs. Traditional Private Equity

Traditional Private Equity

  • No distributions until exit
  • Excessive debt
  • Exit around 5 years
  • Management and employees are expendable
  • Control investment

Mauloa

  • Annual cash distributions from profits
  • No debt
  • Endless investment timeline
  • Support existing management and employees
  • Minority, non-control investment

What We Bring Beyond the Capital

Increase Revenue

Working Capital Empowerment

Growth is expensive, and most businesses hit cash constraints not because they are struggling but because success itself strains the balance sheet. We work directly with owners to strengthen it. Andrew helped double Ducky Johnson Recovery’s cash flow by improving their balance sheet and increasing their bonding capacity, without adding a dollar of debt.

Marketing Architecture

Kai Sato built a framework for growing revenue called Marketing Architecture. He created it as CMO of Rubicon Resources, a family business acquired for $107 million, and has since applied it at over 40 companies. At O’Connor Plumbing it increased cash flow by over 20% in the first year. It comes with every Mauloa investment.
Networking

Networks and Relationships

Our team has spent decades investing in, operating, and building businesses across nearly every industry. That experience runs deep, and so does our network. When the right introduction or perspective can move the needle for your business, we have the relationships to make it happen

What We Look For

Over $20 million in annual revenue. At least $3 million in annual cash flow, not EBITDA. Gross profit margins of 40% or better. Family-owned or founder-led. Based in the United States. And above all else, management teams we like, trust, and admire.

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