Blue Water Capital

Our mission is to acquire, operate and build a well-established business for the long term

Our Vision

Blue Water Capital is looking to acquire one outstanding business in the Chicagoland area. The goal is to continue to grow and evolve the business while honoring and continuing the legacy of the current owners.

Blue Water Capital is not a private equity firm or a search fund. We are an organization founded by an individual looking to buy and personally run one amazing business.

Our Criteria

Blue Sky Capital is looking to acquire a company with the following attributes:

  • Established business with history of profitable growth

  • Consistently earning $750k+ in EBITDA

  • Located in the Chicagoland area with a focus on the western suburbs

  • Qualifies for SBA lending

  • Seller financing part of the deal structure

About Me

Hi. I'm Thano Emerick. I started my career working at a small family-owned awning business where I was hands on in designing, installing and even sewing our products, as well as running the finances. After graduation from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, I went on to solve problems for some of the world's biggest and most admired companies as a consultant at Accenture and then later at a smaller digital agency.Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with 100’s of different clients in a wide range of industries learning their business to help them respond to market and business challenges. I advised them on how to grow top line revenues and streamline operations to become more efficient. I've delivered strategic roadmaps, product visioning, websites, intranets, e-commerce sites, CRM systems as well as business intelligence & analytics solutions.After seeing several members of our family buy and sell businesses, I became curious about entrepreneurship through acquisition and started studying it. I enjoy sales and business operations & look forward to getting back to my roots in small business through this acquisition.

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