Digital Agencies
You've built a great agency, now let's maximize your deal value.
Unlock the full potential of your agency. Our expert M&A process ensures maximum value realization.
Why Our Clients Select Us
Expert Wall Street Guidance
Unlike many lower middle market M&A firms, our team has real wall street experience. Our CEO, Emmett Kilduff worked on Wall Street at firms including Morgan Stanley. He has completed >$20bn of deals since 2000.
Data-Driven Valuation Insights
We host the leading valuation webinar series bi-annually and issue a detailed valuation report following this, explicitly focused on digital agency valuations. Our team are true experts on valuation trends and key value drivers.
Superior Acquiror Relationships
Our niche focus allows us to develop strong relationships with acquirors within the digital agency sector. As part of this we work with leading analysts in the space to ensure we are constantly in tune with acquirors needs and acquisition criterias.
Our Leading 8-Step Exit Process
Our 8-step exit process is designed to maximize your companies valuation while allowing you time and energy to focus on continued business growth while we do the heavy lift of al transactional services. This includes materials building, target list creation, marketing and transactional preparation.
Our Value Add During Early Preparation
Early preparation is often overlooked or undervalued within a typical M&A process. We believe that this step is critical to getting the maximum valuation. From our “Flirt, date, marry” approach to buyer relationships to our leading due diligence preparation process, we work with agencies 6 – 24 months ahead of an exit process, and this is proven to ensure they position their company correctly for a maximum exit valuation.
Our Leadership Team Are Experienced Operators
Our focus and expertise is our strength. Our leadership team has genuine operational experience. Our Co-Founder & CCO, Paul Hanley, was previously commercial lead at a leading EU-based digital agency. He led commercial growth for global enterprise clients and was a key part of the agency’s scale journey into a large global organization. This operational experience combined with our M&A expertise, allows us to maximize value for our clients.
Maximize Your Value Through Our 8-Step Exit Process
Realizing your agency’s full potential: Our M&A guidance delivers strategic exits and seamless transitions.
1. Early Preparation
This stage has the biggest impact on valuation. Clients utilize the 3 best tactics in M&A:
- the best approach to deals making is flirt > date > marry.
- the best laid plans don't survive contact with the enemy - so we get early feedback from the enemy.
- the best businesses get bought not sold - we encourage bids to take deals off the market.
2. Final Preparation
When you are ready to formally begin the exit process we will prepare a deal teaser, virtual dataroom and a 50+ page confidential information memorandum (CIM).
3. Marketing
Once all deal materials are finalized, we will being marketing to all relevant targets. We pride ourselves on having strong relationships with acquirors and can market your deal to senior decision makers.
4. LOIs
As targets start issuing LOIs, we help you compare terms on a like-for-like basis. We help you negotiate and select the most preferential terms for your business.
5. Due Diligence
We will partner with you throughout the entire due diligence process ensuring you are prepared to accommodate any additional materials and information.
6. Documentation
Together with your legal advisors we will help you with the signing of all key documentation.
7. Closing
Once documentation has been signed we ensure payments are processed in an agreed timely fashion.
8. Post-Completion
Post completion we remain in communication to ensure any deferred or earnout component are being acted on as agreed.
Let’s discuss your M&A journey
Reach out for customized M&A and valuation guidance
In our first call, we can discuss:
Valuation multiples
Gain insights into the market trends impacting your company's valuation and discover strategies to enhance it in the near term.
Timing of the deal
Learn if now is the right time to sell considering your company's KPIs and market environment.
How early preparation maximizes valuation
Discuss operational tactics of how you can start working on adding value into your company today ahead of an exit process. The best businesses get bought not sold and top deals spend years planning their exit strategy.
Schedule a complimentary, non-obligatory consultation today!
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