Our Story
Our Business is Helping Yours
Blystone & Donaldson partners with owners, managers and debt & equity stakeholders of successful middle-market companies to maximize their potential growth.
As a private firm investing our own capital, our interests are aligned with our partners and clients. We have the flexibility to move quickly, but the patience to partner with management teams to create lasting value.
Operational Focus
We focus on operations to create sustainable value and growth, rather than financial engineering.
With decades of hands-on experience investing in and operating successful businesses across multiple industries, we supplement our management team and client strategies to build long term growth and profitability.
People and Relationships
Every successful business starts with its people. Our mission focuses on fostering and building relationships with people who share our values.
While we are active on company boards, we emphasize management leadership in the day-to-day operations at our companies and with our clients. We work collaboratively with clients and management teams to develop and execute business strategies, implement efficient capital structures, institutionalize operations and recruit talented executives. We also share and facilitate best practices from our current and former portfolio companies and clients.
Patience
Time Tested
Our primary aim is long-term, sustainable value creation through transformational change, organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
We focus on achieving returns through innovation and revenue growth, not through financial engineering.
Types of Transactions
We engage in transactions consisting of acquisitions, restructurings, management buy-outs, debt and equity recapitalizations, divestitures, consolidations, and growth capital investments.