An Australian operating group · Permanent capital
A Permanent Home for Australian Businesses Built to Last
Talia Capital acquires 100% of small, profitable, established Australian businesses and becomes their permanent home. We buy to hold for the long term, not to resell. When we acquire a business, that is the last time it changes hands.
100% permanent ownership
We acquire the whole business and hold it. There is no fund timer and no plan to sell.
Essential industries
Manufacturing, distribution and commercial service businesses that other businesses depend on.
People first
The team keeps their jobs. The name stays. The owner chooses how involved to remain.
Why we’re different
Not a broker.
Not a fund.
Talia Capital is an operating group backed by permanent capital. We are not a broker looking to list your business and take a commission. We are not a private equity fund buying with borrowed money against a five-year exit. There is no limited-partner clock forcing a sale on a schedule, no forced growth targets, and no financing chain that collapses three months in.
“We acquire the whole business, as it stands, for good, and we run it for decades.”
100%
of the business acquired and held. No fund timer, no plan to sell.
20
company types we know properly and acquire in.
8–10
weeks from first conversation to completion.
60–90
day handover, at the owner's pace.
What we acquire
The businesses the economy actually runs on
We acquire unglamorous, essential B2B manufacturing, distribution and service businesses. Sheet metal and steel fabrication. Industrial equipment manufacturing. Precision machining. Powder coating. Commercial laundries. Grease trap and liquid waste services. Calibration labs. Equipment servicing. Industrial distribution. The kind of work somebody has to keep paying for, because contracts, compliance obligations and equipment don’t care about the economic cycle.
The value in a business like this sits in route density, licences, accreditations, tooling, technician skill and customer relationships built over decades. None of that is fashionable. All of it is durable. That is exactly why we want it.
Sheet metal and general metal fabrication
- Sheet metal and general metal fabrication
- Niche industrial equipment manufacturers
- Structural steel fabrication
- Building and construction product manufacturers
- Safety, access and infrastructure product manufacturers
- Material handling and storage equipment manufacturers
- Precision engineering and CNC manufacturing
- Powder coating and industrial surface treatment
- Commercial kitchen and stainless equipment manufacturing
- Specialised trailer and vehicle body manufacturing
- Industrial tanks, vessels and fluid handling products
- Specialised commercial and industrial product manufacturers
- Industrial distribution
- Specialised fasteners, fixings and industrial components distribution
- Commercial laundry and linen services
- Liquid waste and grease trap services
- Calibration and testing services
- Commercial cleaning
- Industrial equipment servicing
- Medical and dental equipment servicing
Your business probably fits if:
- It has been trading for 15 years or more, ideally 20 or more
- It employs roughly 10 to 40 people
- The revenue is contracted, recurring or repeat B2B work rather than one-off projects
- You own it, and you're starting to think about succession
- It's in NSW, Victoria or Queensland, though we also look at the rest of the country
What we don’t acquire:
Startups, retail, hospitality, franchises, businesses that depend on one customer for most of their revenue, or any business whose value walks out the door with the owner on day one.
These criteria are a guide, not a gate. If your business doesn’t tick every box, we would rather have the conversation than miss something good.
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What happens after you contact us
A conversation.
Confidential, non-binding, no broker in the middle. We talk about the business and what you want. By the end of the first week, both sides know whether to keep going.
An indicative offer, in writing.
Once we have some preliminary documentation, typically in week two: price, structure and transition. Non-binding at this stage, but genuine. The number is one we intend to stand behind.
A focused review, weeks three to seven.
We confirm the business is what it appears to be. When the review confirms the picture, the binding offer that follows reflects the indicative one. We are not hunting for reasons to re-trade the price.
Completion, weeks eight to ten.
Handover runs 60 to 90 days at the owner's pace. The team hears exactly what changes, which is very little, and what stays, which is almost everything.
Our word
Four commitments
People first.
The technicians and office staff keep their jobs. Their skills, licences and relationships with customers are most of what we're acquiring. Cutting them would be cutting the business.
Customer relationships matter.
Contracts renew because the work gets done properly and the phone gets answered. Nothing about that changes.
Your legacy continues.
The name stays on the trucks and on the door. We don't rebrand away decades of a family's work.
Growth at the right pace.
We are not trying to triple revenue in two years. Growth means another technician, another run, another contract, at a pace the business can carry.
If you own a business like this, or know someone who does, talk to us.
A first conversation is confidential, costs nothing, and commits you to nothing.