An individual buyer · North Atlanta

Looking for one good Georgia business — to keep.

Crescent Shores Ventures is the personal search of Kurt Seippel — husband, father of four, and the next operator of a great small business in the North Atlanta area. Not a fund. Not a flip.

Start a conversation Meet Kurt
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.
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One buyer

A single individual — me — not a committee or a fund.

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One business

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

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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. It's been a great career — I've shipped products used by millions of people, worked with brilliant teammates, and learned how to take care of systems other people 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.

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.
The family

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
  • LeviThe second
  • MacklinThe third
  • CallahanThe youngest
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.

Location
North Atlanta

With flexibility for the right business elsewhere in metro Atlanta or Georgia.

EBITDA
$500k+

Profitable, healthy cash flow, no rescue projects.

Tenure
10+ years

Long-running businesses with proven customer relationships.

Owner
Retiring

Sellers looking for a careful, patient successor.

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.

Funding
Self-funded with SBA 7(a) financing. No outside investors, no board, no clock.
→ Cleared, pre-qualified
A note to sellers

I am a fund
an individual buyer.

No investment committee. No five-year exit clock. No outside consultants on day one renaming things and trimming staff. Just me — buying one business, to run for the rest of my career.

What you built took thirty 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. Forty-year handshakes still mean what they meant.
  • Your customers
    Keep getting the same call from the same number. I show up Monday.
  • Your timeline
    You decide how long the transition lasts. Two months. Two years. I'm patient.
The approach

How a deal would unfold.

A patient, transparent process. You set the pace; I keep you informed at every step. Nothing happens that you don't want to happen.

  1. 01
    Coffee

    We meet. No commitment, no broker pitch — a conversation about you, your business, and what you want next.

    1 hour
  2. 02
    Mutual NDA

    Confidentiality both ways. You share enough that we both know if continuing makes sense.

    1–2 weeks
  3. 03
    Indication of interest

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

    2 weeks
  4. 04
    Diligence & SBA

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

    60–90 days
  5. 05
    Close & transition

    I work alongside you for as long as you want. You hand off when you are ready — not before.

    90+ days
Reach out

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, not a form letter.

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