Every great business has its next arc.
We’re looking to acquire one exceptional business and lead its next chapter — honoring what was built and unlocking what's next.
You’ve built something special.
You've spent years, maybe decades, building your business. Your team trusts you. Your customers rely on you. And quietly, you've started thinking about what comes next.
If this sounds familiar, we may be the perfect transition for you.
We want to find one great business, step in to lead it, and carry it forward with the same care it took to build it.
We’ve been the founder. Now we’re the buyer.
Our Founder, Melissa Sariffodeen is an award-winning entrepreneur — recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 and RBC Entrepreneur of the Year — with nearly two decades of building, leading, and scaling organizations that create real economic and social impact.
Now Melissa is focused on what's next — acquiring and operating one great business, and helping it grow stronger for the long term.
Melissa is not a typical buyer. She's a founder who built an organization from an idea into a national organization with hundreds of thousands of customers and a million learners — and then navigated its acquisition in 2025 managing everything from the due diligence to guiding her team through the transition.
To support Melissa in this next chapter, Arcbright is backed by a select group of experienced investors and operators from across North America with decades of collective experience helping entrepreneurs acquire, and build exceptional companies. With their investment, Arcbright can confidently and quickly close transactions ranging from $10M to over $80M.
This experience gives Arcbright and Melissa something rare: Melissa knows exactly what it feels like to be you, the seller. And that perspective informs everything about how she approaches this chapter.
Every business is different. This isn’t a full or firm list — we’d love to explore businesses of any size that play to our skills and experience.
The business we're looking for.
Human-centric, service-based businesses in industries like workforce training, education, healthcare and essential services
Recurring, repeating or contractual revenues
Diverse and loyal customer base
Strong middle management and work force
$2M+ annual EBITDA
15%+ EBITDA margin
History of stable and consistent cashflows
Full ownership transition. Melissa will step in as CEO to run the day to day, allowing the owner(s) to either transition out completely or scale back their time.
What you can expect from us.
You'll know exactly who's stepping in.
We aren’t a buyer with a portfolio of companies and a team you'll never meet. Our Founder, Melissa is excited to roll up her sleeves and take on the CEO role in the business. She’s built teams, launched products, and managed through growth and change. Melissa understands what makes a business thrive day-to-day and how to help it grow without losing what makes it special.
We've been on your side of the table.
Melissa has navigated an acquisition as the founder being acquired. She knows what it feels like to hand something over that you built with your own hands. We understand that selling your company is deeply personal as we’ve done the same before. We are committed to carrying forward your reputation, values, and culture with care, transparency, and a long-term view.
We're in it for the long term.
We're looking for one great company to acquire and grow — and we intend to be fully committed to it. Your team, your customers, and your legacy matter to us. We know that great companies are built by great teams — and anything great takes time and stewardship. Melissa built and led her last business for almost 15 years.
If you're thinking about transition,
we'd love to connect.
Whether you're ready to sell, just curious about the process, or know someone who might be — we’d be privileged to have an initial confidential conversation.
Follow our search.
On this journey, we regularly share what we're working on and what we’re learning as we look for the right business.