Motivant

Partner With Us

Three ways to begin a conversation.

Whether you’re a family office looking to co-invest, a founder building an operating business, or an individual partner seeking senior counsel — find the right entry point below, with criteria published by sector and a principal named for every conversation.

Three Doors

Find the one that matches.

Family Offices

Co-investment partners.

Operating family offices we work with across life sciences, real estate, hospitality, and restaurants. We look for partners whose DNA matches ours — long-term holders who bring operating perspective alongside capital.

Founders & Operators

Businesses we can help build.

If you're running an operating business in one of our sectors and looking for a capital partner who brings operating depth, we'd like to hear from you. Criteria are published by sector so the conversation starts from alignment.

Individual Partners

Private advisory and credit.

For individuals looking for a family-office partner for structured credit, senior counsel, or specific situational work. Highly personalized, off-market, and designed around the partner — not a product.

Acquisition Criteria

What we look for, sector by sector.

Each sector publishes its own criteria. If your opportunity fits, the conversation starts from alignment instead of from a questionnaire.

01 · Sector

Life Sciences

Clinical diagnostics, extra-cellular R&D, and regenerative education.

  • Clinical or diagnostics-adjacent operating business with verified outcomes data.
  • Founders open to a multi-year operating partnership, not a near-term exit.
  • Operations in a market we already touch (Oklahoma City lab cluster, BHRC clinical footprint, Asciere distribution).
  • Headcount, capital structure, and governance designed for long-term hold.
Open the life sciences page →

02 · Sector

Aviation

Aviation as operating expertise — held inside the firm, not externally branded.

Sector criteria are held privately. Reach the sector’s principal directly to start a conversation.

Open the aviation page →

03 · Sector

Sal Afridi · CFO

Real Estate

Operating real estate, with a principal directly involved in how it runs.

  • Operator-led portfolio with the cash flow and discipline that come from running it day-to-day.
  • Northeast Ohio, Florida, or other geographies where Motivant principals already operate.
  • Mixed-use, multifamily, or service-asset positions with operating businesses inside the asset.
Open the real estate page →

04 · Sector

Sal Afridi · CFO

Hospitality

Hospitality held as franchisee-operator, not franchisor.

  • Marriott-affiliated property positions where we can sit at the franchisee-operator layer.
  • Sub-brand and unit-economics fit the firm’s existing footprint and operating bench.
  • Confirmed appetite from ownership for a long-term operating partnership.
Open the hospitality page →

05 · Sector

Sal Afridi · CFO

Restaurants

Restaurant brands we back at the franchisee and area-developer layer.

  • Franchisee or area-developer position in a brand we’d back the founder of.
  • Operating partner in seat with multi-unit ambitions and operating discipline.
  • Capital structure and unit count where Motivant capital genuinely changes the build.
Open the restaurants page →

06 · Sector

Private Credit

Credit shaped by operating perspective.

  • Borrower runs an operating business we already understand inside-out.
  • Situation benefits from operating perspective — patience, alignment, and willingness to hold through the full arc.
  • Structure designed around the partner, not a fund product.
Open the private credit page →

How We Decide

The operating-firm version of moving a deal forward.

Principal decisions

The people evaluating your opportunity are the ones who will work alongside you in the business. No committee of twelve.

Family-office speed

No fund deadline. No forced deployment. When conviction is clear, we move — when it isn't, we say so early.

Published criteria

Sector-by-sector, so the right opportunities self-qualify in the first read. Saves your time and ours.

Live Opportunities

For a specific deal — contact a principal directly.

We don’t route live opportunities through a web form. Every sector has a principal who owns the conversation. Reach them directly.

General Inquiry

Not a specific deal — start a conversation.

Anything else — partnership introductions, service providers, or general inquiries — goes through the form or the partnerships desk.

partnerships@bemotivant.com