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Acquire with conviction
We pursue established companies with healthy cash flow, loyal customers, and a clear reason to remain relevant.
View our criteriaEssential service businesses. Long-term ownership.
Building a portfolio of enduring businesses.
Cicada Capital Holdings seeks to acquire and grow essential service companies with durable demand, recurring revenue, and strong local reputations.
Currently sourcing acquisition opportunities and building aligned relationships.
Target enterprise value$1M–$2.5M
Target EBITDA$500K+
Preferred history10+ years
Preferred recurring revenue70%+
What we are building
A focused holding company, built one exceptional business at a time.
Cicada is designed to preserve what makes a company valuable, strengthen the operating foundation, and create the conditions for responsible long-term growth.
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Protect the foundation
We respect the employees, customer relationships, culture, and operating knowledge that built the business.
Our promise to owners03
Compound over time
We reinvest in leadership, systems, sales, and selective add-on acquisitions over a long holding period.
Our investor approach17Yearsof seventeen
The cicada clock
Periodical cicadas develop underground for 13 to 17 years before a single season in the open. We think about ownership on a similar clock.
For business owners
Your company deserves a thoughtful next chapter.
A sale decides what happens to your employees, your customers, your reputation, and the work of many years.
Cicada seeks transitions built on discretion, direct communication, and a serious effort to preserve what already works.
The first yearAfter the closing
What we protect first.
The customer relationships, the local reputation, the operating knowledge, and the people who built it. None of it appears on a balance sheet, and a careless transition can lose all of it.
The middle yearsThe long horizon
Why we hold.
We reinvest in leadership, systems, sales, and selective add-on acquisitions, and we hold long enough for that work to pay off.
Explore a transition with Cicada EmergenceHow we work
A clear process from first conversation to long-term ownership.
- 01ConnectConfidential introduction
- 02UnderstandFit and objectives
- 03EvaluateDiligence and structure
- 04CloseThoughtful transition
- 05BuildOperate for the long term
Sectors of interest
Durable, local, and difficult to displace.
Our focus is intentionally narrow. We favor essential service industries across Southern California where customer relationships, route density, technical knowledge, or compliance requirements create durable value.
- Pest control
- Commercial janitorial
- Fire and life safety
- Pool service routes
- Commercial carpet care
- Related essential services
For prospective investors
Build relationships before the opportunity arrives.
Cicada is developing a network of aligned investors who value disciplined underwriting, transparent communication, and active long-term ownership.
Future participation is expected to be opportunity-specific and supported by separate transaction materials.
Enter the investor networkWe are building one durable operating company, through a small number of carefully chosen acquisitions.
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Tell us how you would like to engage with Cicada.