Permanent Equity

Brent Beshore, Founder and CEO, leads investment evaluation and firm strategy. He founded Permanent Equity in 2007 after an early entrepreneurial career and is directly involved in assessing new opportunities and maintaining relationships with portfolio company operators.

The firm sources through a long-duration, reputation-based funnel built on its daily written column by CIO Tim Hanson, founder Brent Beshore's public presence, and direct outreach to owners of family-held businesses. Its 'no intention of selling' mandate functions as a primary differentiator when competing for founder-led companies.

Permanent Equity only executes direct control and minority investments into operating companies. It does not operate as a fund-of-funds, nor does it allocate to external GPs. All capital is deployed directly into U.S. and Canadian private businesses.

The firm targets two bands: mature businesses generating $3–25 million in net profits, and growing businesses with $2–15 million in net profits and 15%+ annual growth rates. It provides both growth equity and buyout capital exclusively for private, for-profit companies.

Permanent Equity does not formally publish sector exclusions. Its disclosed portfolio broadly clusters around industrial manufacturing, niche services, building products, and regulated trades — indicating a default avoidance of biotech, pure software, and speculative technology requiring venture-style burn rates.

The firm has not publicly documented any co-investment vehicles or syndication practices. All disclosed transactions appear structured as direct, bilateral acquisitions without external GP co-investors, consistent with its self-contained permanent capital structure.

There is no publicly disclosed philanthropic foundation or charitable vehicle explicitly tied to Permanent Equity or Brent Beshore. The firm's public materials do not reference grant-making or impact investment carve-outs separate from the main buy-and-hold strategy.