Great businesses are not built on spreadsheets. They are built on people, process, reputation and trust earned over years. Centrepoint Partners was built around that belief, and everything we do starts from it.
Too many founders face the same two bad choices: sell to a financial buyer who strips the company of everything that made it worth buying, or try to scale alone with limited capital, limited bandwidth and no one in the room who has done it before.
Centrepoint exists to give founders a better option.
Sometimes that means acquiring and holding businesses for the long term. Other times it means partnering with founders who want to keep control and scale faster, using capital, operators and a network built over years across multiple industries. Same mission either way: protect what works, scale what matters, build businesses that last.
About Centrepoint Partners
Our Story
Centrepoint Partners was founded by Pauline Teng.
Pauline spent her career on the operating side of growth, not just the advisory side. She has built and led teams of more than 150 people across multiple sites, taken businesses through international expansion, re-engineered technology infrastructure to support scale, and structured companies for exit in a way that protects the founder, not just the transaction. She took a healthcare venture from concept to profitable operation in under 90 days.
That background shapes how Centrepoint works. When a founder partners with Centrepoint, they work directly with Pauline. Not a junior associate. Not a rotating team. Pauline gets into the business, finds what is holding it back, builds what it needs to grow, and stays until the work is done.
She also brings a network that most operators cannot access. When a founder needs a connection to someone who has scaled a brand to a nine-figure exit, a capital source for an acquisition, or a specialist in a market they are entering, Pauline makes that introduction. The network is part of what she delivers.
The Team
Pauline Teng
Pauline has spent her career building and operating businesses from the inside. She has led teams of more than 150 people across multiple sites, executed international expansions, restructured technology stacks for scale, and prepared companies for exit with founder protection built into the structure.
She took a healthcare venture from zero to profitable in 90 days.
When you work with Centrepoint, you work with Pauline directly. That is not a limitation. That is the point.
Founder
Edward Chia
Edward brings a background in physiotherapy and firsthand experience founding his own company, Inclusive Spaces Co, to Centrepoint Partners' Healthcare Partnership team. His clinical background gives him a genuine understanding of how healthcare practices operate, and the credibility to have real conversations with the owners of those businesses about their future.
Healthcare Partnerships
Gabrielle is the engine room of Centrepoint Partners. He runs the operations, systems and pipeline that keep every deal moving with precision. A seasoned business development leader, he has led international sales teams and brings investment banking experience from JPMorgan Chase in the U.S.
Operations LeadGabrielle Deray
Get in Touch
Thinking about the next chapter for your business? We'd welcome a confidential conversation.
Even if you're not ready to sell, if you'd like to talk through the process or get a second opinion on how to improve your business, reach out. We want to learn more about your business.