Post-Transaction Tools to Help Businesses Take Off. Post investment, our involvement model is built around troubleshooting and building best practices at our investee businesses. It’s about letting people do what they do best.

Not all private equity funds have the same approach, nor do they have similar operating philosophies regarding investments. Some are decidedly hands off, while others roll up their sleeves and get involved. TOM can be either. We respect the autonomy of investee businesses, but are ready and willing to help.

TOM has assembled an internal team with strengths in (for example) financial management, law, tax, human resources, acquisitions, insurance and risk management. What some businesses have to handle every few years, our people work with every day, allowing us to keep abreast of legal, tax, insurance and investment industry trends and developments.  Our team becomes their team, at a tremendous saving of cost, time and hassle.  Our knowledge becomes their knowledge.  When invited into a business, our team can really make a positive difference.

Many smaller and mid size businesses don’t have the internal “critical mass” to support the overheads of a full time legal department, risk manager, etc. When non-routine situations arise, it can be extremely distracting to management. Out-sourcing may be an alternative, but can be very expensive and impersonal.  Core institutional knowledge over crucial functions is handed to outsiders.  The TOM solution works making, for example, our in-house counsel into their in-house counsel, at great cost savings relative to outside firms, and growing our inter-institutional knowledge - the key to strategic management. Free from non-routine burdens, management can apply themselves to what they do best.  They can focus on building their businesses - doing what they are passionate about - with amazing results.

We call this “inside outsourcing”. So far as we know, the level at which we do this is unique to TOM, and has contributed towards an outstanding tangible track record of success with our investee businesses.

Good relationships are based on trust, excellent communication, a positive winning attitude and the long-term mutual growth of both parties. TOM can provide not just money, not just attitude … but actual help & assistance.