A Permanent Home for Exceptional Traditional Businesses.

A long-term owner and operator of established, essential businesses. We buy them to keep them.

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GANAYA GROUP

ACQUIRE · OPERATE · COMPOUND

Normalized cash flow: $2M+
Operating history: 5–10+ yrs
Debt service coverage: 2.0×+
Seller transition: 3–12 mo

Who we work with

Sellers

Sell on your terms. Your people, culture, and legacy stay intact.

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Brokers

Clear criteria, one decision-maker, a clean path to LOI.

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Lenders

Conservative structures built on verified earnings.

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Who we are

Long-term owners, not short-term capital.

We buy established, essential businesses and keep them, protecting the founder's legacy while building systems and compounding value through organic growth and add-on acquisitions.

What we are

A long-term owner, operator and holding company, with active stewardship after closing and no exit deadline.

What we are not

A quick-flip fund or a software agency. We do not buy businesses to cut headcount or force a sale.

Acquire

Acquire with conviction.

Operate

Operate with discipline.

Compound

Compound value over time.

What we look for

Essential businesses with earnings you can verify.

Business quality

Track record: 5 to 10+ years of stable operations in essential B2B services, niche trades or logistics.
Owner autonomy: A capable second layer of management or a dedicated workforce.
Market position: Strong retention, a local reputation and a diversified customer base.
Sectors: Commercial cleaning, grounds and facilities, aviation services, specialty trades, logistics.

Financial benchmarks

Earnings scale: $2M+ normalized cash flow (EBITDA or SDE).
Margins: Profit margins of 15% to 20%+.
Financial integrity: 3 to 5 years of tax returns and bank statements, plus a Quality of Earnings (QoE) review.
Cash flow safety: Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) of 2.0× or better.

Our approach

Five stages, on every acquisition.

01
Underwrite Reality

We rebuild normalized cash flow from source documents and audit every add-back before pricing.
02
Structure for Resilience

Conservative debt and seller notes, sized for a DSCR of 2.0× or better.
03
Preserve Through Transition

A seller advisory period of 90 days to 1 year transfers knowledge and keeps employee and customer trust.
04
Measure & Systemize

Weekly KPIs and documented SOPs remove bottlenecks and key-person dependency.
05
Compound Through Growth

Cash flow is reinvested in organic growth, new service lines and add-on acquisitions.

Founder & Managing Director

Girish Narayanan

Leadership

Engineering rigor, applied to traditional businesses.

Girish Narayanan is the Founder and Managing Director of Ganaya Group. He spent nearly eight years building and scaling systems that measure, grade and score complex work at volume, leading cross-functional teams to deliver reliably.

He now applies that discipline to traditional businesses: KPI visibility, clear SOPs and cost control, so frontline teams can run without depending on the owner.

Credentials & Education

Strategic Leadership, Operations Management & Managerial Accounting

Professional certificates, with Managerial Accounting completed With Honors

Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Owners & brokers

Start a confidential conversation.

Tell us about the business and what comes next. Every inquiry is reviewed personally by our founder, in confidence.

Seller transition terms

Absolute Confidentiality
Strict discretion from first contact through closing.
Flexible Advisory Handoff
90 days to 12 months, built around your timeline.
Workforce Protection
Your management and frontline team stay.
Legacy Preservation
Your reputation, culture and customer relationships are protected.

Contact

Email the founder: girish@ganayagroup.com