Building enduring businesses around exceptional people.
Gurnet Holding Company partners with, invests in, and acquires service businesses. We are building a long-term home for owners who want to keep leading, remain invested, and build something larger with the right support.
Gurnet Holding Company
A partner for what you want to build.
We are building Gurnet for owners who see more ahead for their businesses and want a partner willing to do the work alongside them.
We focus on services that people depend on to keep their homes, buildings, and daily lives running. Within those industries, we seek businesses whose people have earned a reputation for knowing their work, serving customers well, and standing behind the result.
Our approach is to build on the brand, team, and relationships an owner has spent years developing, then work together to expand what the business can accomplish.
Approach
We invest around three main principles.
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The best businesses are built around the best people.
In a world of constantly changing technology, we invest in service businesses built around scarce assets: earned customer trust and expertise developed through years of real work.
The best operators know their customers, exercise sound judgment, and take responsibility for the result. That reputation takes years to earn and is difficult to replicate. We seek owners who think long term and want to help build something larger.
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The best people accomplish more with the right tools and resources.
AI can give capable people more time for their best work. Less time on paperwork, scheduling, and reporting can mean more time serving customers, developing teams, and growing the business.
As routine work and access to information become cheaper, we believe trusted relationships, applied expertise, and accountable service will become more important reasons customers choose one provider over another.
We want to work alongside operators to find bottlenecks and put better tools into practice, guided by their experience of the work.
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Long-term ownership allows value to compound.
We are building Gurnet without fund cycles or mandated exit timelines. We intend to own indefinitely and make decisions based on what will strengthen a business over decades.
That matters because the things we value take time. Trust is earned over years, and developing leaders and making technology useful require sustained investment.
Patient ownership lets us make investments whose full benefits may take years to emerge, while the work of improving the business starts today.
We believe exceptional operators, supported by the right tools, resources, and patient ownership, can build businesses whose competitive advantages and value compound over decades.
Partnership
You keep leading. We build alongside you.
We call our approach supported autonomy: you continue to lead the business, with a committed partner working alongside you on the priorities we set together.
Your company’s brand, leadership, and team are the foundation of the partnership. We want to bring capital, hands-on help implementing technology, and support for growth and complementary acquisitions.
A partnership can allow you to take liquidity while retaining meaningful ownership in what comes next. Together, we would decide where to invest, develop the operating playbook, and build on your vision for the business.
Early partners would also help shape the broader group as it grows. We are looking for owners who want a voice in what we build together and are excited to help make it happen.
About Gurnet
Gurnet Holding Company was founded by Collin van der Veen. His background spans investment banking at Goldman Sachs and investing and acquisitions at CrossHarbor Capital Partners.
Contact
Let’s talk about what you want to build.
If you have built a service business and see more ahead, we would welcome a confidential conversation about your goals and whether Gurnet could be the right partner.