Houston, Texas owner-operator acquisition
Prudentia Group is my personal acquisition firm. I am looking to buy one established industrial services, manufacturing, or field-services business in Texas, close on it as the direct buyer, and run it as the full-time owner-operator afterward.
Not a fund. Not a portfolio. One business, one owner, long term.
Meet the buyer
Prudentia Group is not a fund or a search vehicle. It is a Houston-based acquisition firm looking for one Texas business to buy and steward for the long term.
For the last several years I served as an Automation Team Lead at Cameron, part of SLB, one of the largest industrial technology companies in the world. In that role I led the digital transformation of a 150-person manufacturing center in Houston. I deployed MES and SCADA systems that connected fifty industrial machines to modern data infrastructure, and drove measurable results including a forty percent reduction in operator-caused scrap and a ten percent reduction in press downtime.
Before that I spent two years as a Connectivity and SCADA engineer at the same company, and two years before that in Cameron's Global Rotational Development Program, rotating through engineering, quality, materials, and floor supervision. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University with a minor in management.
I left that career to acquire and operate one small industrial business in Texas for the long term. My wife and I live in Houston. This is where we are planting roots and where we intend to build our next chapter.
If your business fits what I am looking for, I want to meet you in person: in your office, on your floor, and on your terms.
I am not building a portfolio. I am buying the one company I am going to spend the next chapter of my career running.
How a deal actually works
Owners deserve a plain-English answer to the question every seller asks: can this person actually close, and what does the process look like? Here is how a Prudentia acquisition is structured.
Prudentia acquisitions are financed through a combination of buyer equity, senior acquisition debt from an SBA-supported lender or a traditional bank, and, where appropriate, a seller-financed note. I maintain active relationships with both SBA-preferred lenders and traditional commercial banks in the Houston market.
The typical path is a first conversation, an NDA, a review of high-level financials, an in-person meeting, a formal indication of interest, then a Letter of Intent, then a defined diligence period, then closing. Most transactions in this size range close in ninety to one hundred fifty days from signed LOI, assuming clean books.
I take over as the full-time owner and chief executive. Most sellers stay on for a defined transition period, typically three to twelve months, to hand off customer relationships and institutional knowledge. Employees keep their jobs. Customer relationships continue. Improvements happen carefully and over time, not overnight.
Acquisition criteria
Texas-based, with a strong preference for the greater Houston market and openness to opportunities across the state.
Industrial services, manufacturing, machining, fabrication, and selected excavation and field-services businesses. Blue collar, asset-heavy, and process-driven is exactly what I am looking for.
Established and consistently profitable, typically four to eight million in enterprise value, with durable customer relationships and a team that has been together for years.
Owners who care about continuity for their employees, their customers, and the reputation they built. If protecting those things matters to you, we will get along.
Why sell to Prudentia
Most owners I talk to have already been contacted by three types of buyers: private equity firms with an unfamiliar portfolio, strategic acquirers with their own agenda, and business brokers looking for a listing.
Prudentia is the fourth option, and it exists because those first three do not fit every owner or every business.
There is one person on my side of the table. Every phone call, every meeting, and every offer comes from me. You will not be handed off to an associate, a portfolio manager, or a post-close operator.
Private equity firms typically hold a business for three to five years and then sell it. I am buying the business to own and operate for the long term. Your customers and your team will have continuity, not a countdown.
Ten years of hands-on industrial automation, MES and SCADA deployments, Lean Six Sigma, and floor supervision at one of the largest industrial technology companies in the world. I will not need six months to figure out how your business works.
Committed buyer equity, active lender relationships, and a disciplined process support a timely closing when the fit is right.
Contact
If you are an owner considering a transition in the next one to five years, a broker with a business that might fit, or an advisor whose client is beginning to think about succession, I would welcome a direct and confidential conversation.
Nothing said in a first conversation obligates anyone to anything. No proposals. No pressure. Just a chance to see if there is a fit worth exploring.
Every inquiry is read directly by Luke. All conversations are treated as strictly confidential. Responses within one business day.