Grow with us

Joining Carina means real capital, real autonomy, and a future that’s built to last.

Most conversations about selling start with a countdown — a fund life, a flip timeline, a private equity clock ticking somewhere in the background. This one doesn’t. If you’ve built something worth protecting and you’re not ready to hand it to someone who’ll sell it again in five years, you’re exactly who we want to talk to.

Who We Partner With

Proven software businesses that are:
01
Demonstrating consistent profitability and growth, and are ready to thrive.
02
Led by an owner who cares what happens after the deal closes.
03
Looking for capital and support

Wherever you are coming from

Owners & Operators

You’ve built something worth protecting. We keep your team, culture, and vision intact — and back it with the capital to grow further.

Advisors 
& Brokers

In-house capital and a team that’s done this before means your deals close on the terms and timeline you set — no waiting on financing or legal.

Divestiture & Carve-Outs

Separating a business unit doesn’t have to be complicated. Our in-house team handles the legal, financial, and operational detail so the transition stays fast and clean

Institutional Investors

Committed capital, in-house diligence, and a track record VC, PE, and family office sellers already trust.

Featured Founders

Since 2015, the company founded by Rodrigo has grown from a single-region operator into a national name — without ever changing hands. Same founder. Same team. Same mission. What’s changed is the runway: permanent capital, none of the pressure of a countdown clock.

Before partnering with Carina, growth meant trade-offs — reinvesting every dollar back into the business, turning down bigger contracts, stretching a small team thin. Since joining Carina, Rodrigo has had the capital and backing to build out the team all while staying exactly who he’s always been: the founder in charge.

Learn more about our founders and their path and trajectory

THE NUMBERS

The results of long term thinking.

10
years average partnership length
95%
of portfolio founders still lead their business today
50+

specialist software businesses

How It Works

When the vision’s aligned and the trajectory’s shared, get in touch — let’s take things further, together.

We listen first. No auction, no pressure — just a conversation about your business and what you want next.

We move fast and fair. Clear terms, straightforward process, no games.

We stay out of the way. You keep running the business. We show up as backup, not oversight.

Sign an NDA: We take the sensitivity of your information very seriously. Each conversation will primarily involve one of our senior operators and a couple of members of our corporate development and M&A team.

When the vision’s aligned and the trajectory’s shared, get in touch — let’s take things further, together.

What Founders ask us
Your leadership stays at the helm. We provide the foundation — capital, operational support, and a connected network of operators who’ve built and scaled in the same space. You run your business. We make sure you can run it further.
No. We acquire to hold permanently. There’s no fund life, no flip timeline, and no plan to sell you on to the next buyer.
Traditional PE has a fund life and an exit built in from day one. We don’t. We’re backed by permanent capital, which means we’re not working toward a sale — we’re working toward the business’s long-term success.
It depends on the business, but we move fast and fair once we’re aligned — clear terms, no drawn-out auction process.

That’s a fine place to start. Many of the conversations we have begin long before anyone’s ready to commit to anything.

Start the Conversation

Whether you’re actively exploring a sale or just want to know what permanent capital looks like in practice, reach out. No pressure, no obligation.

Phone Number

1 416 861 2279

Head Office

360 Adelaide Street West, Suite 500
Toronto, ON M5V 1R7, Canada

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