You do not need another buyer who spends three months reviewing and then renegotiates. Our criteria are set out in full below, including what we do not buy. If it fits, you get a response from a Managing Partner, not from an analyst.
Add-ons carry considerably lower thresholds and a wider geographic radius. A mandate too small for a platform can still be highly relevant.
A standalone company as the starting point for a buy-and-build strategy
Right now we are looking for tecRacer in the AWS and cloud space
Not every transaction is a succession. We handle these five situations regularly, with different structures.
No successor inside the family, no sale to a competitor. Handover over 12 to 36 months.
The shareholder realises part of the value and stays in for 15–30% of the larger exit.
The existing team takes over, we provide the purchase price and the structure. Management gets a stake of its own.
An external managing director takes over operationally. We carry the financing and support the handover.
A group separates from an IT unit that is not core. We take it on as a standalone company or as an add-on.
On carve-outs and buy-ins you can approach us even when the numbers are not final. There, the perimeter often matters more than the figures.
This list is here so you do not send us documents we would turn down anyway. It saves you more time than any letter of intent.
Does your mandate fit? Send the teaser and you will have the answer before the weekend.
The worth of a buyer in a process is not measured by their valuation indication, but by whether they hold to what they said on the first call.
Within two working days you get a clear answer: interested, not interested, or which information we are missing to judge.
We do not keep a mandate warm to stay optional. If we say no, we say why, and that helps you approach the next buyer.
You speak to a Managing Partner from the start. Here the same person decides on the introductory call and on signing.
Once we have the full documents, we deliver a firm valuation range, including the price structure behind it.
We adjust an offer only if due diligence turns up something material that was not known before. Not because the market has moved.
You do not have to explain to us why managed services revenue is valued differently from project work. That saves weeks in any process.
Four steps, transparent timings. If something slips, we tell you before it does.
Anonymised is fine. You get an assessment within 48 hours and, if we are interested, our NDA.
We review the documents and come back with specific questions. We only set up a management meeting once we mean it.
A valuation range with the structure disclosed, within four weeks of receiving complete documents.
Focused due diligence in eight to ten weeks, with one fixed point of contact on our side.
An anonymised teaser is enough to start. If you have no documents yet, sector, revenue and region will do; we will come back to you either way.
Fields marked * are required. Send the teaser afterwards, as a reply to our confirmation.
Treated confidentially, even without a signed NDA. Not passed on to third parties, not added to any mailing list. By sending this you agree that we may process your details to assess the mandate.
You will get a confirmation by email in a moment. Just reply to it with the teaser attached, then everything sits together.
A Managing Partner will come back to you within 48 hours, including if the answer is no.
Both Managing Partners take advisor calls directly. The calendar is open, and 20 minutes is enough for a first read.
