For HNW investors, family offices, and independent sponsor investment funds

    Own Main Street alongside the people who run it.

    Clearly Acquired is a full-stack independent sponsor. One team and one platform source, underwrite, finance, operate, and report on control acquisitions of essential Main Street businesses with $500K–$5M of EBITDA. Our capital goes in beside yours on every deal.

    $1MGP commitment, invested through our Co-Investment Vehicle, which participates in every deal we sponsor
    5 of 5Stages run in-house: source, underwrite, finance, operate, report
    100sOutreaches to business owners every month, run from MainStreet OS
    10xTeam output with AI agents working every stage
    The full stack

    Every stage of a deal, under one roof, with your capital riding the whole chain.

    Most sponsors outsource three of these five. We run all five ourselves, on one platform, with one team.
    01SourceMainStreet OS, outreach, intermediaries
    02UnderwriteQofE and AI models in-house
    03FinanceCapital stack placed by our lending desk
    04OperatePrincipals in the seat from day one
    05ReportDashboards, board seats, K-1s
    Your capital enters here, alongside oursand reports back here, monthly
    The engine

    From signal to signed. Agents do the volume; a named person owns every decision.

    Four streams of signal converge on MainStreet OS. The deal moves through eight stages, and the room fills as the stakes rise: one person at sourcing, six at committee and in the business after close. Partners see what clears before anyone else.

    ORIGINATE → UNDERWRITE → FUND
    DECIDE → CLOSE → OPERATE
    co-underwrite from LOI
    SIGNALS, LISTED AND UNLISTED
    Listed deals
    brokers, marketplaces
    Off-market owners
    outreach campaigns at scale
    Search and social
    intent and exit signals
    Intermediaries
    CEPAs, exit planners, wealth managers, brokers, bankers, agencies
    THE PLATFORM
    MainStreet OS
    pre-contact intel · valuation · outreach · agent team
    Partners see it first
    deal brief and model at LOI
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    Diligence and closing
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    Who is in the room
    J Josh Lowman · S Samson Jagoras · SL Spencer Linder · SS Sam Skipworth · JG Jeremy Gerk · M Michael Collins
    AI agents at every stage
    gather documents, deep research, follow-up, underwriting, IC memos, reporting
    2026 Independent Sponsor Report

    The asset class now has data. Selection and access decide who captures it.

    The first large-scale study of independent sponsor deals, from UNC's Institute for Private Capital and the SBIA, benchmarks 846 transactions against matched U.S. buyouts. Our analysis of what it means for allocators is below.

    846independent sponsor deals studied, investor-reported
    23.8%median gross IRR, versus 18.5% for matched buyouts
    +5.3 ptsmedian excess IRR, statistically significant
    2.1xmedian TVPI on seasoned and exited deals
    Noadded downside: 23.5% loss incidence vs. 21.6%, not a significant gap
    The dispersion is the whole game: about 5% of deals were write-offs and about 25% returned 4x or more. No single deal trait predicted the winners. The study's own conclusion is that capturing the premium takes a sponsor network, deal-by-deal underwriting, and the judgment to pick both the operator and the asset, built yourself or borrowed from someone who already has.Source: Brown & Volckmann II, “Independent Sponsors: Investment Characteristics and Performance,” IPC / SBIA, June 2026.
    What a partner owns

    Four things a fund cannot sell you.

    Deal flow you could not buildEvery sponsored deal clears MainStreet OS before a principal spends an hour on it. Partners see the pipeline, not just the raise.
    Economics of the sponsorA share of carried interest and transaction fees on anchored deals, and on every deal at the co-GP tier. Set in writing before the first close.
    Control and informationBoard or observer seat, monthly dashboards, quarterly calls with the principals, consent rights on leverage, add-ons, and exits.
    Access to the platformBring your own deals through the same engine. Co-GP partners can take equity in the management company, and so in MainStreet OS itself.
    Three ways to partner

    Most partners start with one deal and move up as the relationship earns it.

    Three structures, one thesis. Economics are set per tier in each deal's documents and shared in the Partner Memo.

    TIER 01Co-InvestDeal-by-deal
    —Alongside LPs in the deal SPV, on LP terms—Standard LP fees, no carry share—Sees deals at raise, quarterly reporting
    TIER 02AnchorLead a deal, or anchor Catalyst
    —Lead or majority of the SPV equity—Participation in sponsor carry and transaction fees on anchored deals—First look before the broader LP base—Board or observer seat; option to convert to equity in the firm
    TIER 03Co-GPA program across deals, or equity in the manager
    —Every deal we sponsor, plus the management company—Participation in carry and fees across every sponsored deal; no fund-level fees—Investment committee seat, consent rights, co-underwriting from LOI—Equity in the management company, with a path to majority

    What does not change by tier: the GP commitment invests through our Co-Investment Vehicle in every deal, debt stays under 3x EBITDA, and we run the company.

    Current theses

    Open to qualified partners now.

    Mountain West ConstructionGATED

    Essential civil, environmental, and specialty-trade contractors across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, where federal infrastructure spend meets a generation of owners without a successor. Our first sponsored SPV came out of this thesis. [Target EBITDA band, pipeline count, roll-up logic.]

    Request the Construction Thesis
    Independent Pharmacy and WellnessGATED

    Independent pharmacies and adjacent wellness businesses with loyal local customers, recurring scripts, and owners who built the business for one town. We buy the store, keep the pharmacist, and add compounding, clinical services, and wellness revenue the chains cannot. [Target EBITDA band, pipeline count, platform play.]

    Request the Pharmacy Thesis
    2026 Investment DeckGATED

    The full 2026 deck: how we source, structure, and operate Main Street acquisitions, the fund and co-investment structures available to partners, and the track record and pipeline behind both sector theses.

    Request the 2026 Investment Deck
    Request a thesisFull thesis, pipeline, and model by email within one business day, after a short accreditation check.
    Thesis requested
    Theses are shared with verified accredited investors and institutions only and are not an offer to sell securities. Prefer to skip the inbox? Book a call.
    How we stay aligned

    Paid for outcomes, not activity.

    Our money goes in beside yoursThe $1M GP commitment is invested through our Co-Investment Vehicle, which participates in every deal we sponsor.
    One fee schedule, publishedSame numbers on every page and in every document. Anchor tiers [offset] transaction fees.
    Leverage disciplineDebt capped at 3x EBITDA at close, reserves held, partner consent to exceed.
    You see what we seeMonthly dashboards from MainStreet OS, quarterly calls, K-1s by [date].
    Who this is for
    A good fit: an HNW investor, family office, RIA, or independent sponsor investment fund with a mandate for direct ownership; a 5–7 year hold; [$1M+] per deal or [$5M+] across a program; wants a seat at the table and will use it.Not a fit: quarterly liquidity, exposure without governance, or wanting to run the companies yourself.
    If you have sold a company and want to own the next one without being the operator, you are the person we built this for.
    Questions partners ask

    The ones we get on the first call.

    You are an emerging sponsor. Why back you before a fund-level track record?Because that is when the economics are available. Our attributable record is the principals' own companies and our first sponsored SPV, both open to your diligence. The carry and fee participation on this page will not be on offer at Fund III.
    How is this different from a search fund?A search fund is one person buying one company with your money. We are a team that has run companies, sourcing from a platform, with QofE, financing, and integration in-house. And you can own part of the sponsor.
    What happens to the LP investors on a deal we anchor?They invest on the LP terms disclosed to you at LOI, in the same SPV, behind the same preferred return. Anchor and co-GP economics come out of the sponsor's share, not the LPs'.
    How are you regulated?Offerings are made under Regulation D Rule 506(c) to verified accredited investors by private placement memorandum. [Manager's adviser status.]

    Start with one deal.

    Most of our partners anchored a single SPV before they committed to a program. Request the memo, or skip it and talk to the principals.

    Not an offer to sell securities. Any offering is made solely by means of a Private Placement Memorandum to verified accredited investors under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D. Partner-tier economics, governance rights, and any equity in the management company are subject to definitive agreements. Investments in private companies are illiquid and speculative and involve risk of loss of principal. Past performance of the principals in prior companies is not indicative of future results.