USK Group LLCAn American holding company
Good businesses.Built to last.
USK Group LLC brings research, engineering and long-term ownership together. For founders and operators building a business, improving one, or considering its next owner.
Founder-led. Gerfach Labs is our first operating brand.
- Entity
- USK Group LLC · Wyoming LLC
- Registered in
- Wyoming
- Structure
- Holding company · operating companies
- Horizon
- Decades, not quarters
What are you working toward?
- 01
Build or partner
You have an operating problem or a business to build. Explore where USK’s research, engineering and ownership approach could help.
Discuss a partnership - 02
Sell a business
You run a business with real customers and are thinking about its next owner. Start a conversation about a home with a long horizon.
Discuss your business - 03
Research
Commission or collaborate on research where the evidence has to be reproducible. Gerfach Labs is the first venue; the standard applies everywhere.
Discuss a research question - 04
Invest
Investor conversations are open at the operating-company level. A data room is available on request and under NDA.
Discuss an investment
A holding company with work behind it.
Our first operating brand
Gerfach Labs
Security research and authorized assessment of AI agents and the tool surfaces they expose.
- Legal entity
- USK Group LLC · Wyoming LLC
- Leadership
- Founder-led and small by design.
- Starting point
- Software and security. A mandate to build across industries.
Understand the problem. Build the capability. Keep it working.
Research
Independent investigation into systems that are changing state: a protocol, a market, a material, a city block. The output is understanding good enough to act on.
Build
Engineering and operations. The products, tools and businesses the research makes obvious, built to be run for a long time.
Own
Operating companies and holdings under one parent. Founded or acquired, they are held for the long term and expected to compound. Gerfach Labs is the first.
A few useful answers.
Does the business have to be in technology?
No. USK is structured to research, build and own businesses across industries. Software and security is the first operating area. Other sectors remain areas of interest, rather than a portfolio of existing companies.
Can I talk to USK about selling my business?
Yes. USK looks at small, founder-run businesses under about $1M in revenue, in any industry, and holds them rather than reselling them. There is no committed acquisition fund: each transaction is financed on its own terms, and we will say what we can support before you send anything confidential. The criteria, financing and process are set out on the Sell your business page.
Do I need a proposal or a pitch deck?
A short introduction is enough to start. Describe the business or problem, what is changing, and where you want help. Keep the first message at a level you are comfortable sharing by email.
Are investment conversations about the holding company?
The opportunities currently described on this site are at the operating-company level. Use the investor contact to say which company interests you and request further information.
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