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Software & IT Services
- Cybersecurity services
- IT managed services
- Niche software
Recurring, mission-critical digital capability
Specialist investor in niche SMEs
We buy great niche businesses from retiring founders — and build them into category leaders.
Singapore • Established 2024 • info@renewcapital.co
At a glance
Built for overlooked champions
Our mission
We buy hidden emerging champions — and help them flourish for the next generation.
A private investment office combining SME private equity experience, operational leadership and personal capital in every deal.
Aligned by time, capital and outcome
2024
Established in Singapore
50+ years
Combined SME investing and operating experience
3 industries
Software & IT • Technical Services • Industrial
US$2–5M
Target profit profile per company
4 deals • 2.9x • 34%
Transactions • avg. net return • IRR
Executive profile
Basheer Eric Cassim
MBA, London Business School · MSc Finance, Paris Dauphine–PSL
Singapore · info@renewcapital.co
linkedin.com/in/basheercassimM&A & Exit Execution | PE / Venture-Backed Transactions | Technology-Enabled Services
International CEO with 25+ years progressing from financial roles to enterprise leadership across Europe, APAC and the Middle East.
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Proven leadership
25+ years scaling SaaS and technology-enabled services across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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Domain expertise
M&A record spans both sides of the table: acquiring and integrating businesses, preparing portfolio companies for sale, leading diligence and fundraising, and managing post-transaction integration.
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Track record
Led 12 rounds of capital raise, 4 acquisitions, 3 successful exits and helped build ServiceSource APJ to US$120M ARR ahead of its Nasdaq IPO.
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Strategic vision
Restructure the operating model, sharpen the equity story and deliver a transaction that creates strategic value.
Opportunity & criteria
The succession gap creates a rare entry point
Proven businesses. Uncertain succession.
Too small for traditional PE — yet rich in expertise, customer trust and durable value.
What we look for
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US$2–5M profit
Already profitable, proven and operating over a long history.
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A genuine transition
An owner seeking succession, with a well-run core business.
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Durable relationships
Specialist expertise and strong customer connections.
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A next-generation leader
Ambition to build on what the founder already created.
Target sectors
Three resilient B2B arenas
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Technical Services
- Fire safety
- Testing, inspection & certification
- HVAC
- Health & safety
Compliance-led services with durable demand
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Industrial & Manufacturing
- Niche manufacturing
- Engineering & infrastructure services
- Specialist distribution
Specialized physical-economy expertise
Our model
Acquire. Professionalize. Scale.
A disciplined path from founder-led company to enduring category leader.
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Acquire
High-quality niche SMEs from retiring owners — preserving the legacy they built.
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Professionalize
Operational improvement, commercial discipline and professional management.
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Scale
Long-term growth and targeted bolt-ons.
The result
Resilient businesses with strong cash generation, attractive reinvestment and meaningful value creation.
Responsible succession • continuity for employees • growth beyond transition
Founders & investors
One partnership, two promises
For retiring founders
Your company is more than an asset — it is a life’s work.
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Preserve what you built and protect your people.
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Create a thoughtful transition for employees, customers and stakeholders.
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Carry the business into its next chapter with a committed long-term partner.
For co-investors
Access overlooked value in the real economy.
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Undervalued buyouts sourced from retiring founders.
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Defensible positioning, recurring customer value and operational upside.
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A co-investment structure with our own capital in every deal.
Shared alignment • Continuity for the business • Conviction for the investor
Values & responsibility
Values turn capital into stewardship
Alignment
Collective ownership and real skin in the game.
Integrity
Rigorous assessment, diligence and dedication to detail.
TRUST
THAT
ENDURES
Empathy
A human touch in SME transition and growth.
Community
Transparent communication and hands-on partnership.
Responsible investing
Sustainability factors inform strategy and decisions — because long-term financial performance and societal well-being reinforce each other.
Acquisition process
Hands-on from first conversation to exit
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Deal sourcing & origination
- Identify high-potential SMEs aligned with our sector expertise.
- Activate owners, advisors and intermediaries across three industries.
- Reach off-market succession opportunities in family-owned businesses.
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Transaction execution
- Negotiate acquisitions and structure the right deal terms.
- Coordinate diligence; raise equity and secure debt financing.
- Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics in succession scenarios.
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Post-acquisition value creation
- Build effective Boards and define value-creation plans.
- Recruit key talent; improve operations and digital capability.
- Drive bolt-ons and prepare the business for a successful exit.
Track record & edge
Low volume. High conviction.
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transactions
2.9x
average net return
34%
IRR
A handful of transactions each year — motivated by capital gains at exit, not AUM or fee income.
Unrivalled experience
Five decades leading SME succession buyouts and supporting growth under new management.
Flexible mandate
Talent, business quality and thesis come first — across organic growth and roll-ups.
Aligned incentives
Significant personal time and capital committed alongside every investor.
Operator network
Sector experts, deal introducers, lenders and Board candidates for off-market opportunities.
Advisory approach
A practical mandate from carve-out readiness to value creation
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Transaction readiness
Vendor diligence preparation, carve-out financials and separation planning.
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Financing narrative
Build the equity story and value-creation plan for lenders and investors.
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Negotiation support
Structure and negotiate with Owners and financial counterparties.
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Post-completion
Define the 100-day plan, operating governance and growth acceleration.
From transaction mechanics to the first 100 days — one integrated advisory mandate.
Mandate fit
Four reasons why Renew Capital
Proven exit execution
Led Magellan X’s four-business transformation and strategic sale — directly relevant to a complex carve-out.
Buy-side + sell-side fluency
Combines acquisition audits, diligence and integration with hands-on preparation and sale of three backed businesses.
Value creation before exit
A quantified operating record supports the credible post-buyout plan lenders and equity investors will expect.
Sector-adjacent credibility
Industrial IoT, analytics and offshore advisory work bring practical context for energy-focused customers and operations.
Renew Capital
Let’s build the next champion.
Entrepreneurial SME investors at heart
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Lived experience
We grew up in families of small-business owners.
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Dedicated expertise
We back the next generation of CEOs to acquire and grow.
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A competitive edge
Our experience helps niche SMEs win in demanding markets.
Contact us
Start a conversation
Whether you are a founder thinking about succession, a co-investor or an advisor with an opportunity, we would like to hear from you. Every conversation is treated in confidence.
- info@renewcapital.co
- Basheer Cassim
- basheer@renewcapital.co
- Office
- Singapore