Operator-led acquisitions

Good businesses deserve the right next owner.

Puzas Capital acquires established, profitable businesses from founders who care about what happens next. We bring commercial leadership, operating discipline, and a long-term mindset to protect what works—and build from there.

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• Founder-first transitions • Long-term ownership • Pacific Northwest primary

PUZAS CAPITAL

Built around people, customers, and the legacy behind the numbers.

We are looking for businesses worth owning—not transactions worth flipping.

Why it matters

You built more than EBITDA.

A sale has a price. A transition has consequences—for employees, customers, family, and the reputation you spent years earning. We believe the best acquisitions respect all of it.

Protect the legacy

The name, reputation, customer trust, and operating DNA of a good business are assets—not obstacles to replace.

Respect the team

Great employees often know where the business can go next. We want to retain, empower, and invest in them.

Keep customers first

Growth that damages the customer relationship is not growth. Durable companies win because customers keep choosing them.

Build the next chapter

We add structure, leadership, and commercial discipline where useful—without fixing things that were never broken.

Acquisition profile

What we look for.

We prefer established companies with durable economics, loyal customers, capable people, and a clear reason they should still matter ten years from now.

Established & profitable

Great employees often know where the business can go next. We want to retain, empower, and invest in them.

Repeat or recurring demand

Customers return because the company solves an important problem well.

Great people

A culture worth preserving and employees who care about the work and the customer.

Preferred sectors

Specialized B2B services, distribution, compliance or regulated businesses, and other durable niches.

Management depth

A strong 2IC or team that can keep the business moving through a thoughtful transition.

Defensible niche

Specialization, reputation, relationships, know-how, regulation, or another meaningful barrier to entry.

Room to grow

Commercial, operational, geographic, or leadership opportunities that can be pursued without changing the soul of the company.

Geography

Seattle–Tacoma and the broader Pacific Northwest are primary, with selective opportunities elsewhere in the U.S.

This is a preference, not a rigid formula. Fit, transferability, people, and durability matter more than checking every box.

Our approach

Clear, direct, and built for a real transition.

We move quickly when the fit is real, communicate plainly, and avoid manufactured complexity. A seller should always understand where things stand and what comes next.

01 / CONVERSATION

Start confidentially

Understand your goals, timing, business, team, and what a successful exit actually means to you.

02 / FIT

Learn the business

Get beneath the headline numbers to understand customers, operations, leadership, and transferable value.

03 / STRUCTURE

Build a workable deal

Develop a practical structure that reflects risk, continuity, seller objectives, and the needs of the company.

04 / TRANSITION

Carry it forward

Protect continuity first, then thoughtfully build the systems and growth engine for the next chapter.

About

Operator experience before acquisition theory.

Mark Puzas is a senior commercial operator and sales leader with experience leading national teams, complex enterprise relationships, and substantial revenue responsibility. Most recently, he led Avid Technology's U.S. Pro Video business across major enterprise, media, sports, institutional, and public-sector customers.His acquisition philosophy is straightforward: buy businesses that are already good, understand why they work, put capable people in positions to win, and add the leadership and commercial discipline that helps them grow without stripping away what made them valuable in the first place.

Customer-first, consultative operating style
Experience leading teams through complex, high-value sales environments
Bias toward autonomy, accountability, and strong management teams

“The goal isn't to buy a business and erase its history. It's to earn the right to carry it forward.”

— Puzas Capital

Let's talk

Considering a transition—even if it’s a year or two away?

A good conversation does not require a process, a broker, or a decision. If you're thinking about what comes next, we would be glad to hear the story behind the business.

Confidential inquiries are welcome from owners, brokers, advisors, and referral partners.

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