FOR FOUNDERS
Sell your Southeast Asian business to the buyer you wish existed.
Fair terms. Fast close. A permanent home for your team. Read the page — then start a confidential conversation.
Why founders choose us
We don't flip.
We've sold zero of the companies we've acquired. Our capital has no clock and no fund mandate requiring an exit.
We move in 60 days.
LOI in three weeks. Close in sixty days. No 200-person investment committee. No year-long process.
We know the region.
Our founder spent more than a decade in Southeast Asian M&A. We understand industrial and manufacturing businesses — and the families that built them.
What we pay for.
- →Recurring revenue and real earnings
- →Durable customer bases — ideally 10+ year relationships
- →Strong second-line leadership that can run the business
- →Industrial, manufacturing, distribution, or food-processing operations
- →At least 10 years of operating history
What we don’t.
- ✕Software or technology businesses
- ✕Hockey-stick projections
- ✕Promises that depend on tripling the business in five years
Specific situations
Whatever your situation, we’ve thought about it.
The process
A founder-friendly process. LOI in 3 weeks, close in 60 days.
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 founders say
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Common questions
What founders ask us most.
From first conversation to signed LOI typically takes three weeks or less. From LOI to close is typically 45–60 days. Our process is designed to let you keep running your business while we do the work.
Yes — always and early. We sign a mutual NDA before you share any financial information. We take confidentiality seriously. Your employees, customers, and competitors will not hear about this from us.
We buy 51–100% of businesses, with cash at close preferred. Deals are denominated in SGD by default, with USD available where appropriate. We do not use aggressive leverage and prefer not to tie earnouts to unreasonable projections. We pay fairly for real earnings and durable customer relationships.
Less than most buyers. We do not load businesses with debt to amplify short-term returns. Our capital structure is designed for permanence — businesses we buy should be able to invest and operate without servicing an aggressive debt load.
Yes. We buy businesses to run them, not to strip them. Long-tenured leadership at every level is one of our core criteria. If you have built a team, we are betting on that team.
Almost never. Your brand has value with your customers. We do not have a portfolio rebrand agenda. Yutaka continues to operate as Yutaka.
We are flexible. Some founders stay for years. Some transition out within six to twelve months. We will work with you on a transition that is right for the business and right for you. What we do need is strong second-line leadership that can run the business without you.
Culture is one of the things we most want to protect. We invest in it — in open-book management, in profit-sharing with the team, and in the operational stability that lets cultures survive ownership transitions.
Start here
Start a confidential conversation.
Lucien reads every inbound personally and responds within 72 hours. If it’s a fit, he’ll take it from there. If it’s not, he’ll tell you — fast.
Prefer email? deals@enduringventures.co