Keller Capital is the private investment arm of Gary
Keller, co-founder of Keller Williams Real Estate International, and a few
select partners. As a family office, we
are active in real estate community as well as growth capital for Texas based
businesses.
What
do you look for in potential investments?
Most important to us is to do business with founders
and teams with a track record of integrity, intelligence and drive. Keller Capital
looks for businesses in the basic industries with strong moats. We evaluate investments primarily by looking
at free cash flow, risk level and cash on cash returns.
How
do you invest?
We provide growth capital for Texas based businesses
with $2M to $50M in revenue. We prefer
to write $2M to $5M checks. We don’t
need control. We don’t need a short-term
liquidity event so we don’t push for a quick merger/acquisition. We bring a long-term partner approach to the
process. We do prioritize the return of capital and pursue deal structures with
this in mind.
What
sectors do you look at?
We are industry agnostic. Our rule of thumb is that we need to be able
to understand it. And if you can’t explain your business to a 10 yr old, it’s
probably too complex for us.
What
else do you bring to the investment?
Three things: (1) a long term partner approach, (2)
a hiring expertise and (3) Gary as a mentor or advisor. And obviously we have a
real estate expertise that can be helpful from time to time.
How
do you syndicate deals?
We will from time to time. We are open to syndicate
deals with other groups—mostly family offices with whom we have a relationship.
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