Jones Walsh Partners is searching for one established business that Matt will buy and run, not flip in a few years. If you've spent a career building something, we'd like to be the buyer you trust to carry it forward.
The approach
Many buyers in the market are funds. They raise capital, buy several companies, cut costs, and sell in three to five years. That's a legitimate model. It just isn't ours.
We're acquiring one company for Matt to lead day to day and own for the long term, with no timeline to sell. The plan is to keep your name, your people, and the standards that earned your customers, and to grow on top of that foundation. What made the business successful is what we'll work hardest to keep.
One owner
Not one of ten in a fund. Your company gets our full attention because it's the only one we're buying.
Long horizon
No clock running toward a sale. Matt plans to run this business well past any private-equity holding period.
Continuity
The team and the name stay. Growth comes from doing more of what already works, not from gutting it.
About Matt
Principal · Jones Walsh Partners
Matt is a CPA and a multi-state operator from Cleveland, with fifteen years across sales, finance, and operations. For over five years he led Affinity Whole Health, running finance, operations, sales, hiring, and technology. In that time he grew sales 138%, scaled profit 5x, expanded the company from a single state into multiple, and held voluntary departures to one in two years. Before that he advised CFOs and business owners on multi-million-dollar plans and trained in audit, tax, and valuation.
The numbers
A licensed CPA across audit, tax, and valuation, with a background in Fortune 500 sales. Diligence will be thorough and straight, and you'll deal with someone who understands your statements the way you do.
The footprint
Matt has run operations across Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Chicago at once. A business spread across branches and job sites is exactly the environment he already knows how to manage.
The team
Matt used technology to free his team from 100+ hours of manual data entry a month, redeploying that time to service customers, not cutting jobs. We plan to bring this playbook to the business we acquire.
The roots
Matt grew up working jobs in warehouses, sales, restaurants, and on construction sites. He's not afraid of hard work, and just as comfortable in the field as in the office.
The team behind the deal
Jones Walsh Partners is backed by investors and advisors who have bought, built, and sold private businesses themselves, with 20+ acquisitions among them. Five of the people advising this search:
Acquisition CEO
Steve helps lead PromiseONE Companies, a Cleveland investment firm that backs operators buying established businesses to hold for the long term. He spent more than a decade at Fathom, rising to President and then CEO. He's now COO and owner of Soarion Digital.
Acquisition CEO
Dan is the owner and CEO of Power-Pack Conveyor Company, a Northeast Ohio manufacturer he acquired in 2022 and runs today. Before buying his own business, he spent 14 years helping lead Polycase, an Ohio manufacturer.
Acquisition CEO
Sean ran his own acquisition search and bought Precision Communications in 2020, a national provider of broadcast infrastructure services he leads today as CEO. Before buying his business, he helped lead Fathom and ran multi-branch service operations for Johnson Controls.
M&A attorney & investor
Pat has spent his career buying and selling companies through his holding company, Colonnade Distribution. He built that deal experience as a partner at the Cleveland law firm Calfee, Halter & Griswold.
Founder & investor
Scot is co-founder and managing partner of PromiseONE Companies, a Cleveland firm that has backed operators buying established businesses to hold for the long term. He used this for his own acquisition search, acquiring Fathom in 2007 and running it as CEO for over a decade. He also teaches at Case Western Reserve University.
What we're looking for
If your business looks like this, or you advise an owner whose business does, let's talk.
What makes these businesses work
Healthy culture
A team and values worth building on, not turning around.
Recurring
Repeat or contracted revenue, not one-time projects.
Loyal customers
Sticky relationships and low customer concentration.
Durable demand
Essential, non-discretionary work needed in any cycle.
Defensible
Reputation, switching costs, or expertise that resist commoditization.
What to expect
Four steps, on your own timeline. Matt is the buyer and the decision-maker, so answers come quickly. We work just as easily through your broker or advisor as we do directly with you. No obligation at any point.
01
A confidential call to understand your business and what you want for it. No obligation.
02
Matt looks at the business the way a buyer who's also a CPA does, clearly and quickly. Then we come back with a fair offer and a straight explanation of how we reached it.
03
Step away cleanly or roll over equity. We shape the deal around your goals, not a template.
04
A transition that protects your team and customers while Matt takes the reins.
Get in touch
Whether you're an owner thinking about what's next or an advisor with a business that fits, every conversation is confidential and there's no obligation.