Lab One Capital Information

Lab One Capital is a non-traditional micro-cap private equity firm that specializes in acquiring family-held companies in Western Canada. We invest, build, and hold assets permanently to create significant wealth and a lasting impact on the lives of our partners, employees, and the surrounding community. We are a team of self-made and lifelong entrepreneurs who are passionate about identifying, creating, and unlocking value in each and every business we acquire. Our first-hand founder, operator, and private equity experience allows us to support management teams in a segment of the market that is typically underserved by professional equity capital providers. Technically, Lab One Capital is a private equity firm in the sense that we buy equity in private companies, but in reality, we operate completely different from traditional firms: 1) We are a team built of operators, not investors, who enjoy “rolling up our sleeves” in the business rather than being passive investors; 2) We follow a permanent hold investing philosophy allowing us to see profit as a measure of value creation rather than simply value extraction; and 3) We primarily invest our own capital to allow for better alignment and legacy preservation. Simply put, Lab One Capital stewards companies that care what happens next. We have an active and profitable portfolio, deploy ‘permanent equity’ with no intention to ever sell, and deeply enjoy our work. With an active mandate of investing in family-held companies paired with our constant pursuit of better, we are committed to being the purchaser of choice for retiring business owners in Western Canada.