Essential businesses
Services that customers and communities rely on, supported by recurring or resilient demand.
Long-term partners in the lower middle market
Built with care.
Carried forward
with purpose.
Surulere Capital partners with founders of enduring, profitable businesses in select Canadian and U.S. markets to preserve what works and thoughtfully build what comes next.
Our approach
Your business is more than a transaction.
It is years of relationships, hard decisions and service to a community. We approach ownership transitions with the patience and respect that history deserves.
What partnership means
Continuity first.
Growth with intention.
We take a focused, hands-on approach to each business—not a one-size-fits-all playbook.
- ✓Protect the reputation and legacy you built
- ✓Preserve customer and community relationships
- ✓Support the people who make the business work
- ✓Invest in people, systems and sustainable growth
What we look for
Good businesses. Good people. Lasting potential.
We pursue lower-middle-market opportunities across select Canadian and U.S. markets. Our current areas of interest include healthcare services and the diagnostic imaging value chain, while remaining open to exceptional businesses in other essential service sectors.
Durable economics
Established operations, positive cash flow and clear opportunities for thoughtful, sustainable growth.
Founder-led quality
A strong reputation, capable team and owner seeking the right long-term succession partner.
Typical profileLower middle marketprofitable and established
OwnershipFounder-ledindependent or family-owned
GeographyCanada & U.S.select markets
The process
Clear, personal and confidential.
No auction is required. No commitment is assumed. Every conversation begins with discretion.
A private conversation
We begin by listening. Share as much or as little as you are comfortable with.
A fit assessment
We learn about your goals, business, team and timeline, then decide together whether to continue.
A tailored path
We shape a flexible transaction—whether a full exit, continued involvement or a gradual transition.
A thoughtful transition
We work carefully through diligence, closing and handover, with continuity at the centre.
Who you will speak with
Tolu Samuel Adewumi
MBA, CPA, ACCA · Principal
Tolu brings more than a decade of experience across private-market investing, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, structuring and governance. His background includes growth capital and private equity investing, along with M&A advisory at KPMG in Canada and Nigeria.
Through Surulere Capital, he seeks to build enduring businesses through thoughtful partnerships with the people who know them best.
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Considering what comes next?
Whether your timeline is six months or several years, an early conversation can be useful. It will always be treated with care and confidentiality.
Email Tolu directly tolu@surulerecapital.com