Pender West

Pender West Capital Partners Inc. is a private equity firm founded in 2000, based in Vancouver, Canada, with an additional office in Toronto. The firm specializes in investing private capital in small to medium-sized companies, primarily targeting sectors such as food, trucking and logistics, packaging, recycled products, niche manufacturing, distribution, branded consumer products, and business services. Pender West focuses on recapitalizations of family-owned and closely held companies, management buyouts, and strategic acquisitions, while avoiding investments in start-ups and early-stage companies, as well as the natural resource and high technology sectors. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $15 million in companies with recurring EBITDA ranging from $2 million to $6 million, often seeking a majority or control stake. Pender West does not engage in the day-to-day operations of its portfolio companies and maintains a long-term investment horizon of five to over fifteen years. The firm primarily operates in Canada and the Western United States.