Empowering financial growth
Accelerated Growth, Indusrty Expertise.
For more than 50 years, Westmister Capital has helped hundreds of growing companies in our five target industries reach their full potential. We partner with you to accelerate growth and create lasting shareholder value. $30B+ Invested Since Inception DHS Ventures & Holdings has partnered with the management of 535 companies globally with an aim to build lasting value.
Trusted by top businesses in finance and consulting
Investment Approach
Our Investment Approach
Whether Westmister Capital is a minority or a majority investor, we partner with owners and management teams to build outstanding businesses. We focus on profitable businesses with strong management teams and proprietary products and services. We take a long-term approach, and provide flexible financial structures that are driven by your objectives.
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Empowering businesses with investment solutions
Our story spans more than five decades, hundreds of investments in leading growth companies, and more than $30 billion invested within dynamic industries worldwide.We use leverage judiciously and, when needed, offer flexibility in capital structures through access to Westmister Capital captive subordinated debt.We are a long-term, patient growth investor looking to build value over time, with a holding period that has averaged more than 5 years over the past 15 years.
Comprehensive financial strategies
Global Private Equity
Westmister Capital Global Private Equity business is one of the world’s largest and most diversified private equity platforms, spanning industries, geographies and strategies to deliver transformational results for our partners—management teams, portfolio companies, and fund investors. At DHS Holdings, we strive to build better businesses through our global platform, local insights, and deep industry expertise.
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Industry Focus
We invest in companies within five core sectors, offering deep domain experience and demonstrated success across business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technology industries.
Growth Stage Focus
We partner with profitable, growing companies with an identified opportunity to grow organically and/or through acquisitions.
Global Focus
Our firm’s extensive international team invests in companies across North America, Europe and Asia, providing access to a broad global network of resources.
Uses of Our Capital
Our capital is commonly used to provide liquidity to shareholders, working capital for growth and/or financing for acquisitions.
Accelerated Growth
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Accretive Acquisitions
We help complement organic growth with strategic acquisitions. We actively supported more than 450 acquisitions completed by Westmister Capital portfolio companies over the last 5 years.
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Median Growth
We know growth companies. The businesses in which we have invested over the last 5 years have achieved median EBITDA growth of 26% in the year of our investment.
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Capital Markets Transactions
We have led $108+ billion of capital markets transactions completed by Westmister Capital portfolio companies since 2014 to finance acquisitions, provide shareholder liquidity and fuel growth.
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Public Offerings
Whether or not a company chooses to go public, our firm focuses on building businesses of lasting value.
Westmister Capital transformed our financial strategy, leading to significant growth and efficiency improvements. Their expertise is unmatched!
Megan Taylor
Sales Director