THE PROCESS
A founder-friendly process. LOI in 3 weeks, close in 60 days.
Most M&A processes are designed for the buyer. Ours is designed so you can keep running your business while we run the diligence.
Intro Call
45 minutes
What you’ll need
Nothing prepared. A rough sense of revenue and what you're exploring.
What we promise
A direct conversation with a partner — not a junior associate. You'll know if there's interest by the end of the call.
NDA & High-Level Numbers
1–3 days
What you’ll need
Last 2–3 years of financials, a brief overview of the business. No deck required.
What we promise
A signed NDA before we see a single number. Confidentiality is not negotiable for us.
LOI
Within 3 weeks of intro call
What you’ll need
Answers to follow-up questions. A sense of your walk-away number.
What we promise
A clean LOI with a fair valuation — no games, no low-ball. If we can't get to a fair number, we'll tell you and explain why.
Diligence
≤45 days
What you’ll need
Financial records, key contracts, employee census, customer list (anonymized is fine initially), cap table.
What we promise
A focused, respectful process. We'll send one document request list, not dozens. We don't use diligence as a retrade mechanism.
Close
Wire on the agreed date
What you’ll need
Executed purchase agreement, representations and warranties.
What we promise
The wire lands on the date we agreed. No last-minute surprises. After close, you'll hear from us regularly — but not constantly.
What happens after the wire.
Close day is not the end of the relationship — it’s the beginning. In the first 30 days, we focus on three things: meeting the team, understanding the business at a deeper level, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks in the transition.
We do not arrive with a 100-day transformation plan. We do not rebrand. We do not reorganize the leadership team. We listen first.
Over the following months, we work with the CEO and leadership team to build a shared operating plan. We share financial information across the portfolio. We make introductions. We look for ways to help without getting in the way.
Longer term, we hold forever. The business you built stays the business you built. We invest in it — in the team, in the operations, in the infrastructure — because we plan to be here for decades.
What founders say
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