Lubercy Polycarpe founded Stratum Capital Partners to close the gap between what owner-operated HVAC businesses earn and what they actually keep.
Lubercy operates as a Cash Conversion and Operational Leverage Specialist — diagnosing where cash gets trapped inside a business and rebuilding the systems that convert revenue into durable working capital. That specialization is where the Criterion Method's core thesis comes from: most operators don't have a revenue problem, they have a cash conversion problem, and it's almost always fixable with the right operational infrastructure.
Stratum's model, Earn-In Capital, reflects the same principle applied to ownership: equity isn't purchased up front, it's earned — through a structured diagnostic, a measurable improvement engagement, and a performance track record, before any equity conversation happens.
The current build is centered in El Paso and Dallas, with expansion markets mapped in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Denver, and Las Vegas. The long-term goal is bigger than any single deal: building the Criterion Method into standard underwriting infrastructure for a segment of the trades economy that institutional capital has largely ignored.