For founders and owners

A conversation about private capital.

A confidential conversation about where your business is and what you want next: a full sale, a partial sale, growth capital or a succession plan. We represent a small group of private investors who acquire founder- and family-owned businesses, and we introduce owners only to investors whose approach fits them.

No listing and no auction. The call is not a valuation. It is for understanding your situation well enough to know whether there is a fit, and to say so plainly either way.

Length
30 minutes
Format
Video call, confidential
Who attends
The managing partner or a vice president
Cost
Nothing, and no obligation

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Transaction terms

What the investors we represent offer founders

Stated up front so there is nothing to discover later. The full investment criteria are published.

Investment criteria

  • Close at the letter-of-intent price

    No retrading

  • All cash at close

    No earnouts, no deferred payments

  • No financing contingency

    Transactions can close all-equity

  • Rollover at the founder’s option

    Never required

  • No escrow or indemnification holdback

    Sellers are protected with R&W insurance

  • Management remains in place

    The investor does not operate the business