Data-backed views on M&A markets and deal strategy.
A Dallas wholesale produce distributor's team was working weekends just to keep the books afloat. Six weeks later: bank financing secured, product profitability visible for the first time, and the team has their weekends back.
A specialty healthcare clinic group had a fundable business and a clear expansion thesis. What they couldn't do was tell the story. Nine months later: financials transformed, VDR built, raise closed.
A wholesale appliance distributor validated the unit economics for franchise expansion. Now comes the harder part: building the systems, team, and AI-native infrastructure to make it replicable.
A senior executive left corporate life to build their own company. Deep domain expertise. Everything else starting from zero. US entity, offshore product team, website, growth funnels, first customers — here's what it took.
A telecom services consulting firm — drive testing, network rollouts, RF optimization — had the technical expertise. What it lacked was the business infrastructure: valuation, reporting, operations, BD, CRM. Here's what changed.
Deal count is down 46% from peak. Large PE is chasing mega-deals. The $10M–$30M healthcare services space is undercompeted right now.
Market-wide M&A multiples make headlines. But a $5M EBITDA business trades at 4.0–5.5x — not 6.45x. Understanding this gap is the difference between overpaying and finding a deal.
The most active sector globally. High deal volume means more motivated sellers and cleaner comparable data — but also more competition.