What we do
At Relay Strategy Partners, we deliver strategic insight and candid partnership to owners navigating major transitions.
Built for Clarity, Not Commission
We advise companies navigating inflection points—ownership transitions, liquidity events, and long-range planning. Our approach combines institutional experience with practical insight, without the transactional bias of success-fee-driven advisors.
Core Offerings
This is how we help.
Private Ownership Advisory
One-on-one guidance for what’s next—whether you're planning a transition, exploring options, or bringing structure to big ideas.
Pace Groups
Monthly 5:1 sessions with experienced operators, designed to give you direct access, honest answers, and practical guidance—alongside peers.
Owner-Founder Retreats
Quarterly gatherings for qualified business owners—no pitches, no sponsors, just clear conversations with high-caliber speakers.
Who we are
Independent Advisors with Institutional Roots.
Relay Strategy Partners is an independent advisory firm rooted in experience at the world’s top financial institutions.
After advising hundreds of companies and private equity investors through complex transactions, we saw a gap: middle-market owners face similarly high-stakes decisions—but often without access to the strategic tools or perspective that larger firms take for granted. Relay was built to close that gap. We bring institutional-grade thinking and capital strategy into reach for founder-led businesses navigating the most important opportunities in ownership, capital, and control. Our mission is to empower owners with clarity, options, and trusted partnership—so they can move forward on their terms.
What sets us apart
The Difference Maker
Relay Strategy Partners engages with companies during trajectory-setting moments. Here, decisions made wisely can create generational compounding effects, financially and in the lives of stakeholders.
Unbiased education and insight are foundational to this work. When owners understand their full range of strategic alternatives, they make better decisions, capture outsized value, and act with fewer regrets.
To deliver these insights effectively, we must maintain complete alignment of interests with our clients. While the industry’s prevailing advisory model hinges on “transaction success” fees, that structure creates an inherent bias toward our own financial returns.
Instead, our model is deliberately outcome-agnostic. We don’t earn an incentive by pushing any particular decision. No pressure-driven outcomes. No foregone conclusions.
We are dedicated only to the best ideas for each company.
A word from our founder
“I started this firm to offer the kind of steady, strategy-led advice I wish more founders had access to. We’re not here to close deals—we’re here to guide good decisions, quietly and consistently. Our role is to bring clarity to complexity, and to stand beside our clients when the stakes are high.”
Roy Mossy
Founder
Frequently Asked Questions
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Think of us as a very hands-on board advisor.
You know all about operating your company, and we inject our experience in planning business transitions. We work to understand the nuances of the business, map goals against market possibilities, then guide it into reality.
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No. In fact, we don’t sell businesses. While we believe very much in the value of investment banks, we don’t think the world needed another one. Relay Strategy Partners is different.
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Relay focuses primarily on established businesses with $3-20 million in EBITDA.
We work across most industries with just a few exclusions: real estate, pharmaceutical research, oil & gas, and restricted sectors (e.g. cannabis, firearms)
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We work exclusively with companies headquartered in the Southeastern US.
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The best outcomes take time to achieve, and we’re patient. We sit elbow-to-elbow to guide companies through the key pillars that support best-outcome transitions.
We are not a last-inning executor. RSP is there before the game starts, and we stay until the home team wins.