Operator-led acquisition

We buy service
businesses and
operate them ourselves.

Recurring revenue. $1M–$5M. SBA-backed. We close.

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Track Record

Operating · Denver & Houston

Kathy Clean.

Residential and commercial cleaning company. Acquired January 2025.
Denver, CO · Houston, TX (launched 2026).

kathyclean.com

A 15-year-old cleaning business in Denver, anchored in low-margin commercial contracts with one customer at ~40% revenue concentration and a Google profile with 7 reviews. 15 months later: three transformations and a new market.

What we've achieved in the
first 15 months.

Monthly residential revenue

Feb 2025 — Apr 2026

3.0x

$37K

Feb 2025

$111K

Apr 2026

7 4.3 ★ 190+ 4.9 ★

Google reviews

230 600

Homes cleaned per month

82%

Recurring residential revenue

~50%

Gross margin

How we did it

Three changes.

Strategic repositioning

Exited low-margin commercial subcontracting in favor of direct-to-consumer recurring B2B and residential cleaning. Residential gross profit roughly doubled and crossed above commercial mid-2025, eliminating the customer-concentration risk we identified at acquisition.

Brand and demand engine

Customer at the center: easy to book, fast to respond, the right cleaner matched to each home. New visual identity, residential website with local SEO, optimized Google Business Profile, automated review workflow, and a real-time quoting tool that converts inbound leads in minutes. Google Ads is one of several acquisition channels.

Operational infrastructure

Replaced manual scheduling and contractor coordination with a systemized model. The result is a business that runs on documented processes — not founder presence.

Expansion

We launched Houston as our second market — same playbook, same operator, on the ground from day one. More to come.

Market 01

Denver, CO

Original · 2025

Market 02

Houston, TX

Launched · 2026

Market 03

Coming soon

Sourcing · 2026

What We Buy

Service businesses
other buyers miss.

Too small for private equity. Too operational for search funds. We buy the businesses in between — established, profitable, and held back by systems the current owner hasn't had time to build.

Criteria

Revenue: $1M – $5M
Sectors: Cleaning · Facilities · Home services · Adjacent service businesses
Geography: United States. Currently active in Denver, Houston, and Miami.
Cadence: 1–2 acquisitions per year. We're selective.

What we look for

Recurring revenue — customers who come back weekly, monthly, or annually
Strong customer retention and a real book of business
Operational upside — room to improve systems, pricing, and growth channels
Owner ready to transition, with or without a transition period

How We Operate

We don't hand it off.
We get in and run it.

M ost buyers acquire a business, install a manager, and wait for results. We operate differently. When we acquire a business, one of us moves in — not a hired GM, not a quarterly check-in. We run the operation alongside the existing team until it performs at a higher level.

That's how Kathy Clean went from a commercial-heavy book with no digital presence to +$150K/month in 15 months. Not strategy decks. Execution.

Technology & systems

CRM, scheduling, reporting, lead generation. The tools that let a business run without constant intervention.

Process & execution

We document what works, fix what doesn't, and build playbooks the team can actually follow. Repeatable beats heroic.

Revenue & growth

Pricing, retention, inbound channels. We build the revenue engine after the operational foundation is solid.

Team & culture

We keep what's working, support what isn't, and give the existing team the structure to perform better than before.

The Team

Four senior operators.
Complementary skills.

We get inside traditional service businesses and turn them around. Not financiers who happen to buy companies. Not consultants who write decks. The kind of people who actually run things.

01 Strategy · 02 Finance · 03 Growth · 04 Operations

Luis Jaramillo

Managing Partner

Former CRO at Addi (a16z-backed) and Leal (Rakuten-backed). Led revenue across multiple markets and stages. Now focused full-time on acquiring and operating service businesses in the US.

Juan Moreno

Finance

17+ years in corporate and investment banking at Citibank. Brings financial rigor, deal structuring, and capital markets experience to every acquisition.

Ignacio Dorado

Growth

Product leader and operator focused on scaling early-stage and growth businesses across international markets. Builds the demand engine and the systems that compound it across the portfolio.

Santiago Jácome

Operations

Business Strategist with experience scaling revenue teams and GTM operations across high-growth companies. Drives operational continuity and process implementation across the portfolio.

For Sellers & Brokers

If you're selling a service business,
talk to us first.

We move fast. We have financing in place.
We don't waste anyone's time.

What we close

01 Service businesses with $1M–$5M in revenue
02 Recurring or repeat customer base
03 Cleaning, facilities, home services, and adjacent sectors
04 US-based, with preference for Denver, Houston, Miami, and surrounding markets

How we work

LOI: Within days, not weeks
Financing: SBA and conventional — committed and ready
Diligence: Clean. No fishing expeditions.
Respect: We respect what you've built. The team you have matters.

For brokers

We're active buyers with a track record of closing. We work repeat relationships and we don't tire-kick.

Get in touch

Curuba Ventures info@curuba.ventures

One email reaches the team. Same-day reply from a partner.

For Investors

We're building a portfolio.
Join us.

We acquire undervalued service businesses with recurring revenue, improve operations, and create value through execution. No financial engineering. No turnarounds. Real businesses, run better.

Target revenue: $1M – $5M per acquisition
Financing: SBA and conventional debt
Cadence: 1–2 acquisitions per year
Value creation: Operational improvement and disciplined growth

If you're interested in co-investing or want to understand our pipeline in more detail, reach out.