DBA Investments
Control Acquisitions in Texas Specialty Trades and Real Estate Services
DBA Investments acquires controlling interests in established Texas businesses. We focus on specialty trades and real-estate-adjacent services companies with $15 million to $30 million in revenue: top-quartile operators in growing markets, at a fair multiple of EBITDA.
We buy majority positions including voting rights, and we want the seller to stay in. Rollover equity and carried interest are not just accommodated, they are preferred. The businesses that work best are the ones where the person who built it still has real upside. We install a professional operator and take a board seat rather than running day-to-day.
Each acquisition is funded deal-by-deal alongside anchor capital partners. Founder Alan Daniel has been investing in Texas real estate, construction, and technology businesses since 2000, and previously helped build and sell Pella Windows & Doors of Austin into one of the top-performing distributorships in the country.
Recent activity includes an investment in Premium Cabinets of Texas alongside the former Pella Windows & Doors of Austin leadership team, and a strategic investment and advisory partnership with JPI Electric, an electrical contractor serving residential and commercial construction across Texas. We structure each transaction around continuity of leadership, then build the operating and growth infrastructure after closing.
We are not a blind-pool fund. Capital is committed deal-by-deal alongside anchor partners, which means we evaluate a specific business on its own merits rather than fitting it to a mandate. For an owner, that means one decision-maker, a defined path to close, and a buyer who intends to hold and build rather than flip.
Our Past Investments
