Buy A Business
You may have a background in private equity, investment banking, or portfolio building. You may be a serial entrepreneur, or you might be navigating the process for the first time.
No matter what level of experience you have in the world of business acquisitions, having a partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) gives you the leverage to grow your company and acquire businesses that are the right fit for your enterprise.
Here’s how we help:
Sell A Business
Selling a business is a complex and lengthy process. Our job is to simplify the process, managing all of the technical and emotional aspects of the sale, so you and your team can continue to run your business. We handle every part of the process, including:
- Assessing the health and value of your business
- Liaising and engaging with legal, tax, financial, and other professional advisors
- Executing confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements (NDAs)
- Marketing and advertising your business
- Screening and qualifying prospective buyers
- Negotiating and creating a Letter of Intent
- Supporting your business for the due diligence process
- Negotiating purchase agreements
- Closing the deal
- After-deal support for the transition and handover of the business
We bring our experience to guide you through a process we have been through over 100 times.
Expert M&A Advisory Services
Due Diligence Support
We use a proprietary due diligence diagnostics process, Catchfire 3D, to assess exit readiness and ownership transition readiness, before the selling process begins. This process allows us to highlight risks, surface value drivers, and build a clear plan for a profitable business exit for sellers.
Our due diligence support allows buyers to establish a more thorough due diligence process, helping uncover blind spots and assess the viability of a seller’s business.
Strategic Executive Coaching
Owner-operators have the loneliest job in the world, and often have to make important decisions or figure out the strategic roadmap for their business in a vacuum. Our team members all have extensive experience in owning, operating, and growing businesses in a wide range of industries. We bring that experience to the benefit of clients who are looking for support and a sounding board.
Buy/Sell Transaction Structuring Agreements
We consider strategic alignment and regulatory compliance when structuring buy/sell agreements. A properly structured agreement helps to maximize deal value while ensuring a successful transaction.
Financing Strategies
We help you choose the financing strategy that will maximize growth while minimizing risk. Strategies typically include a number of different financing options: Vendor takeback and earn-out, equity investments, mezzanine financing, and self-funding are all commonly used.
Why Work With Catchfire?
We have over 50 years of combined transaction and strategic advisory experience. Your success is our success, and we don’t mean that as some nebulous description: We quite literally structure our buy and sell side fees so that we are incentivized to maximize your results. The better you do, the better we do.
All of our mergers and acquisitions services grant you complete anonymity. We find buyers or sellers, negotiate with them on your behalf, and structure the deal for you. With a proven track record of closing M&A transactions between $1 million and $50 million at an over 90% success rate, our team will deliver results.
How Catchfire Can Help You!
Our clients have included owner-operators, family offices, private equity groups, and large international corporations. We have conducted business on every continent of the planet—except Antarctica.
Wherever you are in the world—or in your business journey—we can help you buy or sell with confidence.
We are a full-service firm; whether you’re only considering buying or selling a business or you’re well on your way to a merger or acquisition, you can rely on us.
How To Prepare
We help you prepare for the sale or acquisition of a business using our proprietary Due Diligence Diagnostics process, Catchfire 3D. This process allows us to assess exit readiness and ownership transition readiness, highlighting risks, surfacing value drivers, and building a clear path for a confident, profitable merger or acquisition.
The M&A Journey
There are several critical stages throughout the M&A process; understanding this journey can help you navigate uncertainty and reach your target sale price or achieve your growth goals. These stages include:
- Assessing the viability of buying or selling a business
- Finding the right buyers or sellers
- Negotiating the deal
- Completing an LOI
- The due diligence process
- Final negotiations and closing
- Transition and handover
We guide you through the M&A journey—think of us as a sherpa, providing objective, unbiased guidance and advice based on the over 100 M&A journeys we have completed successfully.
More Advisory Services
We provide a number of services to complement our M&A services. These services include:
- Our Ready-To-Sell Assessment
- Flexible Fractional Services to implement recommendations
- Strategic Executive Coaching—even for business owners who are not looking to sell
As a small but mighty firm with a focus on personalized service, strategic insight, and unwavering dedication, we can help guide you through business growth, economic uncertainty, and everything in between.
Looking To Buy Or Sell A Business?
Talk to an expert today. Our partners are personally involved in each and every file. You benefit from our decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions, our extensive network, and our absolute commitment to anonymity, integrity, and innovation.
Whether you’re exploring your options or ready to move forward with a deal, let’s talk. We bring a wealth of experience and insight to the table. When you’re looking to sell or buy a business, choose Catchfire.
