# Quadshift

> Quadshift acquires and builds category-leading vertical software platforms in regulated and essential industries, amplified by AI and the power of a connected portfolio.

Quadshift Inc. (founded 2017, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario; founder and CEO John Paterson) buys B2B vertical market software companies and holds them for the long term. Acquired companies keep the autonomy to run their business and plug into Quadshift's central services — creative studio, finance, technology infrastructure, and a dedicated AI enablement team — plus platform groups that share development, customer support, go-to-market resources, and management capacity.

What Quadshift looks for in an acquisition:

- Vertically-focused systems of record in regulated or essential industries
- Recurring/subscription or outcome-based pricing with low churn
- $500K to $10 million in revenue, profitable or near-profitable
- Market leader or emerging leader in its category

Platform groups: Chemical Compliance (SDS management, chemical inventory and risk, regulatory reporting), Environmental (municipal waste and recycling, fleet intelligence, resident engagement), Pharmacy (systems of record for Canadian retail pharmacy), Food & Agriculture (grain management, food safety, agricultural compliance), and Communication Software.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://www.quadshift.com/): Quadshift — AI-Native Vertical Software Platforms. Category-leading platforms in regulated and essential industries, amplified by AI and the power of a connected portfolio
- [AI Transformation](https://www.quadshift.com/ai-transformation): Your software has the data. We have the playbook. How Quadshift rewires vertical software companies with AI across products, teams, and operations
- [Central Services](https://www.quadshift.com/central-services): Expert talent across AI, creative, go-to-market, finance, and technology — Quadshift portfolio companies plug in from day one, without the in-house overhead
- [Platforms](https://www.quadshift.com/platforms): Enduring vertical platforms in regulated and essential industries: chemical compliance, environmental, pharmacy, food and agriculture, communication software
- [For Founders](https://www.quadshift.com/founders): Why founders choose to work with Quadshift — simple, founder-friendly deals, real operating support, and AI acceleration for your vertical software company
- [Team](https://www.quadshift.com/team): Institutional discipline, entrepreneurial DNA. The Quadshift board of directors, management team, business executives, and platform leaders
- [Resources](https://www.quadshift.com/resources): Insights for vertical software leaders — essays on building, buying, and growing B2B software businesses
- [Get In Touch](https://www.quadshift.com/contact): Sign our simple NDA to start a conversation about a deal, or send a general inquiry to info@quadshift.io

## Case studies

- [Non-Technical Builder Rebuilds a Product](https://www.quadshift.com/case-studies/everyone-is-a-builder): How a non-technical builder at ScrapIT ships AI features and rebuilt the front end with agentic engineering
- [AI-Assisted Development and Taskworx](https://www.quadshift.com/case-studies/ai-assisted-development-taskworx): Inside IdeaPoint's fully AI-assisted development team and the AI-native task platform it built
- [AI Agent for Chemical Compliance](https://www.quadshift.com/case-studies/ai-agent-chemical-compliance): How MySDS / CanadaSDS turned the SDS bottleneck into a data advantage with an extraction agent and Rex, its regulatory-expert AI
- [AI-Powered Contamination Detection](https://www.quadshift.com/case-studies/ai-powered-contamination-detection): How Prairie Robotics uses truck-mounted computer vision to detect recycling contamination at the source

## Articles

- [Let's Get Specific: How Exactly Does Quadshift Help?](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/quadshift-how-we-help): How Quadshift helps vertical software companies grow stronger, smarter, and faster
- [What's it like being a Quadshift Company?](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/quadshift-what-its-like): How Quadshift manages software companies across different industries — when to centralize, when to step back
- [Quadshift's B2B Growth Grid: a shortcut to prioritizing your growth efforts](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/quadshifts-b2b-growth-grid-heres-shortcut-your-efforts-john-paterson): A framework for prioritizing growth efforts as a bootstrapped B2B SaaS company — plot market size against revenue per customer to decide whether to fish or hunt
- [Inbound Lead Gen 101: ICP, Keyword Research, Branding and Marketing Assets](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/inbound-lead-gen-101-icp-keyword-research-branding-assets): Laying the inbound foundation for vertical market software companies — ICPs, keyword research, branding, and core marketing assets
- [Inbound Lead Gen 201: Building a High-Performance Vertical Market Software Company Website](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/inbound-lead-gen-201-high-performance-vms-website): Site structure, copywriting, SEO foundations, design principles, and post-launch optimization for a B2B software website
- [Inbound Lead Gen 301: Sparking Inbound Momentum](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/inbound-lead-gen-301-sparking-inbound-momentum): Organic and paid inbound strategies, including how to get your software recommended by AI-powered search tools
- [B2B Cold Outreach Fundamentals (free template)](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/b2b-cold-outreach-sales-process-template): The cold outreach fundamentals an AI agent cannot decide for you — LinkedIn profile setup, touch sequencing, message structure with email examples, and the phone, voicemail and text scripts
- [Software Product Demo Process (free template)](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/software-product-demo-process): Six things every great software demo must include, plus a free template
- [5 AI Predictions We Got Right in B2B SaaS](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/5-predictions-ai-future-b2b-saas): Five predictions about AI in B2B SaaS, the scorecard, and what we are seeing across the portfolio now
- [The Software CEO's Guide to AI Outbound Sales](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/ai-outbound): How to build a four-part AI stack that automates outbound busywork so reps focus on relationships and closing
- [The science behind clear, concise communication](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/the-science-behind-clear-concise-communication): How Cognitive Load Theory and Hick's Law make writing more effective in emails, presentations, and more
- [Good design is good business](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/good-design-is-good-business): Why companies that obsess over the customer succeed, from Amazon's logistics to McDonald's processes
- [How are you spending your time?](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/how-to-spend-time-wisely-productivity-lessons): How to step back and design your personal "machine" for maximum productivity
- [4 Simple but Powerful Keys to Driving Higher Profits in Vertical Market Software](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/4-keys-driving-higher-profits-vms): Four levers Quadshift uses to drive 5 to 10 percentage-point EBITDA improvements
- [The Key to Small Business Acquisition Success](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/small-business-acquisition-success): Why recurring revenue is a major predictor of success in small business acquisitions
- [Part 1: Is your recurring revenue valuable? Here's how to find out](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/recurring-revenue-metrics-how-to-calculate): Part 1 — preparing customer revenue data, building the calculation model, and producing a SaaS metrics waterfall
- [Part 2: How to analyze your SaaS/recurring revenue metrics: churn and retention](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/analyze-saas-recurring-revenue-metrics-churn-retention): Part 2 — measuring and benchmarking logo churn, why retention drives lifetime value, and customer cohort analysis
- [Part 3: The most important recurring revenue metric of all](https://www.quadshift.com/articles/most-important-saas-recurring-revenue-metric-nrr): Part 3 — why net revenue retention is the single most important SaaS metric and what levers drive it above 100%

## Team

- [John Paterson](https://www.quadshift.com/team/john-paterson): Founder & CEO, Director
- [Danny Ardellini](https://www.quadshift.com/team/danny-ardellini): Chairman, Board
- [Dave Gurney](https://www.quadshift.com/team/dave-gurney): Director, Board
- [Paul Coffey](https://www.quadshift.com/team/paul-coffey): Director, Board
- [Trevor Speis](https://www.quadshift.com/team/trevor-speis): Director, Board
- [Mike Notto](https://www.quadshift.com/team/mike-notto): Director, Board
- [Brad Downey](https://www.quadshift.com/team/brad-downey): Strategic Advisor, Board

The rest of the management team, business executives and platform leaders are listed on the [Team page](https://www.quadshift.com/team): Liam Jackson (VP, Corporate Development), Rad Giurasevici (Chief Finance and Compliance Officer), Orsolya Finesz (VP, Finance), Brittany Hammermeister (VP, Operations and Integration), Johnny Del Guercio (Creative Director), Nick Ceriello (CTO, Communication Software), Roger Dilsner (CEO, Ideapoint), Duane Walker (CTO, Ideapoint), Chad Rueffert (CEO, From Your Friends), Lorne Cohen (CEO, ScrapIT Software), Sam Dietrich (CEO, Prairie Robotics), Stevan Mikha (CTO, Prairie Robotics), Gary Toste (CEO, Chemical Compliance), Tyler Strobel (CEO, Strinos), Jeff Galad (CEO, Recycle Coach) and Mark Dunlop (CEO, Positec).

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.quadshift.com/privacy-policy): How Quadshift Inc. and its subsidiaries collect, use, and protect personal information across our websites