meraki:
to do something with soul, creativity, and love. To put something of yourself in your work.
- Committed Family Office capital.
- Focused on long-term equity investment in businesses with unique customer and employee experiences.
- Add value from experience in a leading family business.
- Partner to unlock growth potential and purpose.
Meraki’s Vision is to identify, invest in and grow businesses that are changing the world by modeling how to generate profit AND purpose, serve employees, customers, and communities, and help all live a meaningful life.
Meraki Investments is pleased to announce a majority acquisition of Knight Agency, an engagement agency focused on people and purpose with capabilities in culture transformation, brand marketing, learning & development, and organizational effectiveness.
Knight helps organizations solve business challenges through strategy, storytelling, communications and creative experiences that strengthen human connection. Because when employees believe in the mission, customers trust the brand and partners feel invested in the relationship, businesses perform differently.
For more than 30 years, Knight has partnered with leaders to turn employees into advocates, vendors into strategic partners and customers into lifelong loyalists—driving stronger retention, productivity, culture and growth along the way.
Successful businesses are built on the hard work, skills, ideas & values of the Founder(s)
- Many forms of investment capital don’t appreciate what makes the company unique.
- Some buyers maximize margin for a short-term return.
- Others will be quick to impart their own culture and priorities.
- Most investors will undervalue the importance of why the company was created and who it serves
We Believe
Great companies should be held & operated into perpetuity through long term ownership
Purpose is the foundation of culture, which creates the fuel for outperformance
We can bring value & growth through experiences with a culture oriented, multi-generation family owned business
Areas of Focus
STAGE
Established businesses. Consistent historical growth with potential to accelerate growth.
SIZE
$5m+ revenue; $1-5m EBITDA
GEOGRAPHY
Central United States
OWNERSHIP
Generally founder / family owned businesses
INDUSTRIES
Focused on B2B services, tech-enabled services, and solutions for Employers.
Will evaluate other quality businesses seeking a long term partner
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