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Navigating the Exit: A Mid-Market Owner’s Guide to Crafting an Exit Strategy

Sun Acquisitions

A diversified revenue portfolio strengthens your business’s resilience and makes it more attractive to a broader range of buyers. Document Processes and Systems: Documenting your business’s processes, systems, and intellectual property is essential for a smooth transition during an exit.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). PE Portfolio Companies: strategic-financial buyer, typically focus on adding on to current product / service offering, market geography, or customer types.

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Platform or Bolt-on: Two Different, Compelling Paths of Private Equity Investment

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

When a PE firm purchases a business, the intent is to grow the company substantially (through organic growth and acquisitions) and quickly (usually within three to seven years) with the goal of a successful sale, to another PE firm, a strategic buyer, or through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Fifteen ways to raise £1 million in business finance

Growth Business

3) Aquis Stock Exchange Aquis Stock Exchange , run by NEX, allows businesses to raise capital through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). >See But how do you value an EIS portfolio company post pandemic? – What documents do you need when fundraising and which are the most important?

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Impending Exits: Private Equity in the Car Wash Industry Reaching the Rinse Cycle?

Focus Investment Banking

The reasons for this influx of investment activity are well documented but include: the industry’s attractive profit margins; market fragmentation; POS systems adoption to substantiate the “cash” portion of the business; and a recurring revenue subscription model – all combined with a low interest rate environment created a perfect storm.