The best succession solution for entrepreneurs.
We partner with business owners in the UK, who care deeply about their team, customers, and legacy, to build enduring B2B software and service companies.
We continue your legacy.
Building successful businesses takes years of hard work and commitment. Continuation Partners builds upon your legacy and offers a solution to business owners seeking a pathway to retirement.
Get In TouchAbout us.
Continuation Partners is a private investment firm, which provides a clear succession plan and exit exclusively to a UK B2B software or services founder.
We are looking to acquire one business and transition the firm’s founder, Daniel Langley, into the business’ new day-to-day leader.
Daniel has assembled a team of long-term oriented, entrepreneurs, operators and investors, which provide patient growth capital and access to successful operating executives, to grow a business that stands the test of time.
What we look for.
We specialise in recurring and repeat revenue business models, which broadly present themselves across B2B software and service markets.
Additionally, we look for companies that are positioned in growing industries, with strong unit economics and business ‘moats’.
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B2B Software.
- Product-led business that have developed proprietary products, solving a critical customer pain-point, with a focus on vertical applications.
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B2B Software Services.
- Service-led models that operate independently or within larger software vendor ecosystems, e.g., channel partners, IT managed service providers.
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B2B Services.
- Mission-critical outsourcing and compliance-led service businesses, which typically operate in fragmented markets, e.g., TICC, Training and Education.
Our long-term approach.
We retain your employees, invest for long-term growth, maintain your culture, and work together on a structure and role that is right for you post acquisition.
learn moreWe are driven by values. Not just valuations.
Whilst a fair valuation and flexible terms are important when selling your life’s work, we appreciate the strong relationships a privately owned business has built with their employees and customers over many decades. We place tremendous value on integrity, teamwork, openness and excellence.
A transparent process. Every step of the way.
Our process focuses on building trust. We respect the value of your time and will provide you with a clear, realistic timeline and diligence list. Separately, we will work together on a structure and role that is right for you post acquisition.
We measure success over decades. Not years.
We have a long-term ownership mindset. You made investments that took years to mature and our mission is to continue your legacy. We provide patient capital to invest in building the company’s products and teams for decades to come.
Founder.
Daniel Langley founded Continuation Partners in 2023. Prior to Continuation Partners and recognising the difficulties that small and medium sized business owners face in managing their cash flow and payments, he co-founded FlowPay, a software and payments business for UK SMBs, which he exited in 2023.
Before that, Daniel spent 7-years as an investor in public and private markets, working closely with talented management teams and Boards to create long-term value. He began his career in M&A at Goldman Sachs in London and graduated from the London School of Economics in 2012.
A selection of our investors.
Daniel has assembled a team of long-term oriented, entrepreneurs, operators and investors, which provide patient capital and access to successful operating executives and talent networks.
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We would love to connect to better understand your business, the people, and your plans for the future.
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