Operator-Led · Permanent Capital

The Blue-Collar Holding Company.
Institutional Discipline.
Built to Last.

A long-term home for the businesses that build, make, and move America.

Our ApproachAcquisition Criteria →
Target EBITDA$1M – $3M
The PlatformFour Pillars
Hold HorizonLong-Term
ApproachOperator-Led
The Firm
Who We Are

Blue Haven is an operator-led acquisition firm. We buy lower-middle-market businesses and hold them for the long term — builders, not financial engineers, with discipline earned on the floor, not in a classroom.

A haven is built to last: a long-term home for good companies and the people who spent a lifetime building them. We leave every business stronger than we found it.

Our Focus
What We Acquire
Essential, cash-generative businesses in fragmented industrial markets — bought to hold, not to flip.
Criteria
EBITDA$1M – $3M
Revenue$5M – $30M+
GeographyUnited States — with a concentration where we operate
ProfileOwner-operated — succession-ready, or staying on
The Filter — every target clears the same bar
Essential, non-discretionary demandRecurring revenueTangible assetsSuccession gapLow tech-disruption riskDefensible niches
The Platform
Make → Move → Maintain  ·  Foundation
Make
Manufacturing
Precision machining, fabrication and engineered parts.
Move
Distribution
Value-added distributors of MRO, electrical and fluid power parts.
Maintain
Services
Compliance-driven service: fire and life safety, water treatment, HVAC.
Foundation
Real Estate
Our companies’ plants and yards, plus industrial flex and self-storage.
What Sets Us Apart
Operator DNA
“We buy businesses that matter, put our hands on them, and hold them for the long haul. That is the Blue Haven way.”

Operator Credibility

Our founders have built, fixed, and grown businesses from the ground up — with our own hands.

Long-Term Stewardship

We acquire to hold, not to flip. We measure success in decades, not quarters.

Grit & Discipline

Blue-collar work ethic meets institutional underwriting. Every dollar defended.

Hold Philosophy
Buy. Improve. Hold. Develop.
Patient, operator-led capital — built to last, not to flip.
01

Acquire

We buy established, cash-flowing businesses from owners ready for the right transition.

02

Improve

We add operating discipline — systems, margins, and team — without breaking what works.

03

Hold

No flip, no fire sale. We hold for the long term and let steady compounding do the work.

04

Develop

We reinvest to strengthen the platform and build durable value that lasts.

Leadership
Meet the Founders
Dalton Wayne
Founder & CEO

Turnaround operator, financial engineer, mentored by a former Fortune 50 (present day Fortune 10) CEO. Built Virginia’s largest and most diversified beef company from the ground up.

Shop Floor → PresidentTurnaround OperatorShark Tank Style Competition WinnerSchool of Hard Knocks Graduate
Devan Mosser
Co-Founder & Creative Director

Entrepreneur, designer, and the creative force behind Blue Haven — shaping the firm’s brand, look, and creative direction. Loving wife, mother, homemaker and the spark that keeps our family going!

Serial EntrepreneurDesign EyeBusiness Owner
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Two paths, one destination — a direct conversation with Dalton.
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A long-term partner who treats your capital with the same care as their own.

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I’m a Business Owner

Give your legacy a home.

We buy businesses to hold, honor, and grow — not to strip and flip. We want to hear your story.

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