An individual buyer  ·  North Atlanta, Georgia

Looking for one good Georgia business — to keep.

Crescent Shores Ventures is the personal search of Kurt Seippel, a husband and father of four who wants to own and run one great small business in the North Atlanta area for the rest of his career.

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Kurt Seippel with his wife Stephanie and their four boys outside their home north of Atlanta.
Est. North Atlanta
The Seippels
Kurt, Stephanie & the boys: Jackson, Levi, Macklin, Callahan.

One buyer

One person making the offer, signing the check, and showing up after close.

One business

I'm buying once, to own and operate for decades.

One promise

Your people, your customers, and your name carry forward.

I'm Kurt Seippel. I've spent the last fifteen years building software — now I'd like to build something that's mine.

By trade I'm a software engineer at Microsoft. Over that time I've shipped products used by millions of people, worked across large cross-functional teams, and learned what it means to keep something running that other people's livelihoods depend on.

What I want next is something rooted. A real business with real customers, in a place I love, that I can show up at every Monday morning for the next twenty-five years and gradually make a little better each year.

My wife Stephanie and I are raising four boys north of Atlanta. The communities, the small businesses, the people here. This is home. Whatever I buy stays here.

I'm patient. I'm not in a hurry to close on the wrong thing. When I find the right business and the right seller, I'll be ready to move quickly and quietly.

I know that building software and running a small business are different jobs. What I'm looking for is a seller willing to stay involved through the transition, because that's how it goes well.

The plain version

"I want to buy one good business in the North Atlanta area, run it myself for a long time, and leave it to my boys."

The Seippel family — Kurt, Stephanie, and four boys at their home north of Atlanta.

Stephanie, four boys, and the reason for all of this.

Whatever I buy, my boys grow up around. They'll know the people who work there. They'll work summers there as teenagers. And one day, if any of them want it, it's theirs to run.

  • StephanieWife · co-conspirator · keeper of order
  • JacksonThe eldest · due diligence
  • LeviThe second · legal team
  • MacklinThe third · security
  • CallahanThe youngest · the chaos
What I'm seeking

A short list, honestly held.

Flexible on industry. Strict on character. If your business looks like most of the items below, I'd love a conversation.

EBITDA
$500k+

Profitable, healthy cash flow, no rescue projects.

Location
North Atlanta

Including businesses currently outside the area that can relocate here.

Industry
Tech-enabled

IT services, MSPs, software-enabled operations: businesses where my engineering background is an asset, not a learning curve.

Team
Intact

A capable team I would be proud to walk in alongside.

Tenure
10+ years

Long-running businesses with proven customer relationships.

Owner
Retiring

Sellers looking for a careful, patient successor.

Funding
SBA 7(a) financing. One decision-maker, no board, no clock.

I am a fund
an individual buyer.

I'm buying one business to run for the rest of my career. The decisions are mine, and so is the accountability. I show up on day one myself, and I'm still there on day five hundred.

What you built took years. I'm not going to spend ninety days "transforming" it.

  • Your employees
    Keep their jobs. The good ones get a raise, not a pink slip.
  • Your name
    Stays on the door if you want it to. The relationships you've built still mean what they meant.
  • Your customers
    Keep getting the same call from the same number. I show up Monday.
  • Your timeline
    We agree on a transition window that works for both of us. I need enough time to learn the business; you get a real exit, not an open-ended obligation.

How a deal would unfold.

Most introductions happen through a broker or intermediary, and that's fine. However the conversation starts, what follows is the same: a patient, transparent process where you set the pace and nothing moves without your say.

  1. 01
    First conversation

    Whether it comes through a broker, a referral, or a direct email, the first conversation is just that. I'll tell you about myself and what I'm looking for; you share as much as you're comfortable with.

    1 hour
  2. 02
    Indication of interest

    A price range on paper, plus a clear walk-through of how the deal is financed.

    2 weeks
  3. 03
    Diligence & SBA

    Quiet, professional, on a calendar you control. No outside team showing up at the office.

    60–90 days
  4. 04
    Close & transition

    We plan a working transition together: enough time for your customers, employees, and vendors to feel confident in what comes next. Your knowledge of the business is irreplaceable, and I'll need it to get that right.

    90+ days

One email.
A real conversation.

Every conversation is confidential. Whether it goes anywhere or not, you'll hear back from me personally, not an associate and not a form letter.

Kurt Seippel · Principal
Based in
North Atlanta
Response time
Within 24 hours