We hold
great businesses
forever.
Spark Equity acquires profitable Australian industrial businesses and compounds them indefinitely. No fund lifecycle. No forced exit. A permanent home for what you've built.
We don't flip.
We compound.
Traditional private equity runs on a 7-year exit clock. Spark doesn't. We are a permanent capital platform, modelled on the compounders philosophy, that acquires industrial manufacturing businesses and builds them over decades, not fund cycles.
If you've built something over 20 or 30 years, you deserve a buyer who treats it the same way.
No exit timeline
We hold indefinitely. Your business isn't a line item on a fund schedule.
Operator-led
We run businesses, not spreadsheets. Our team has manufacturing and operations DNA.
Victoria-based
We know these markets. We're here, and we're staying.
Built Different
Spark Equity is a permanent capital platform. We buy profitable Australian industrial businesses and hold them for good. No fund clock, no forced sale. We back the people already running them and help the business get better every year.
What We Buy
Established, profitable Australian industrial businesses with proven demand, a strong reputation, and a team worth keeping.
- ●Profitable, established businesses
- ●3+ years of positive cash flow
- ●EBITDA between $500K and $3M+
- ●Owner-operator ready to transition
- ●Loyal, repeat customer base
- ●Victoria preferred, QLD and NSW considered
Where We Focus
Manufacturing and industrial sectors where our operating experience compounds, starting with sheet metal and fabrication.
- ●Manufacturing
- ●Sheet metal & fabrication
- ●Laser cutting
- ●Engineering & precision components
- ●Industrial services
- ●Adjacent industrial trades
How We Add Value
We hold for the long term and invest in the systems, people, and equipment that let a good business get better every year.
- ●Operational systems & process
- ●Shared services across the platform
- ●Technology & automation
- ●Long-term reinvestment
- ●Continuity for staff & customers
- ●Compounding, not flipping
Our Companies
Two industrial manufacturing businesses operating from our shared Heidelberg facility. Acquired to be held and compounded indefinitely.
Leadership & Capability
Founder & CEO
Will Strange
Will founded Spark Equity to give Australia's best industrial businesses a permanent home, not a timed exit. He acquired Ultralift Australia and Westberg Sheetmetal and works alongside their teams to strengthen and hold them for the long term.
LinkedInFunctional Expertise
- In-House Engineering & Design
- Precision Manufacturing & Fabrication
- Strategic Finance & Capital Allocation
- Enterprise Sales Leadership
- Technology & Systems Integration
"Australian manufacturers spend decades building something worth keeping. We are the permanent partner who treats it that way."
Interested in Investing?
We are building a permanent capital platform for wholesale investors. Register your interest for a confidential conversation with Will.
Profitable Australian
industrial businesses.
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