Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a common pathway to growth. We help clients to identify prospects and to negotiate win-win results. Buy-side or sell-side, we work with a network of amazing advisors who can provide turnkey service or help with everything from formal business valuations, to monitoring comparable transactions.
Sell-Side Transactions
Your expertise is in managing and operating your business. Our is developing and executing an exit strategy that guides you to an outcome that exceeds your expectations. The best way to sell your business is to stay focused on running it and increasing value while we manage the sale process. We specialize in structuring M&A deals that meaningfully drive value. Our M&A Sell-Side Advisory team guides business owners through the sale process for transactions up to $500M.
Our sell-side approach
Exit your business with confidence. We've built and refined a technology-driven, bespoke process to guide private, owner-operated businesses through the complexities of a sale and conclude a transaction at a compelling value on favorable terms. We focus on critical questions to help you prepare for an exit, understand the potential risks and rewards, and navigate selling your business for maximum value to international strategics or leading private equity firms. From developing a strategic exit plan and preparing the marketing materials to conducting due diligence on approved potential buyers, we support you during this critical stage of your business lifecycle.
Buy-Side TransactionsOur buy-side advisory service use experienced corporate development teams who have access to the acquisition interests of companies in markets around the globe. The outcome is a consistent and predictable pipeline of highly qualified deals, which allows corporate development leaders to focus on negotiating and closing more deals.
Equity Financing
Are you looking to realize the untapped potential with the right expertise and capital? Are you looking at a partial or complete exit as part of your retirement or succession planning? Have you encountered insolvency, restructuring, or a refinancing situation? We’re here to help with a radically different approach to private equity.
We help entrepreneurs to find private equity that you can trust. We work with owners to accelerate their growth trajectory through every stage of business, leaving a lasting legacy. | Exit Preparation & Maximizing Value |
Meet Sean: Sean helps business owners to scale and to sell the business at a premium. They helps executive teams to  build and drive growth strategy. Working alongside a leading mid market investment bank based in Seattle, they bring decades of experience to the table, and a track record of landing transactions with premium valuations exceeding enterprise value.Sean is a serial entrepreneur, growth advisor, competition advisor, and seed stage investment fund manager. He works directly with the Canadian team at ACT Capital. If you are considering buying or selling a company. Get in touch and let us show you how we can help you to maximize value and capture that extra 5% that many leave on the table. |
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Meet B
lake: Blake is a serial entrepreneur with several exits to his credit. He has more than 30 experience as a Founder, CEO, COO, CMO, and VP Sales & Marketing for both private and public companies. He has extensive corporate finance experience, having raised than USD $100 million for companies he has been involved in, and has led several strategic acquisitions, and exits of businesses he has founded or been a principal in.
Blake is the Canadian Managing Director for ACT Capital Advisors, a leading US-based middle market M&A Advisory. In addition to supporting buy and sell-side clients, he advises companies on exit strategy, exit planning and value creation.
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Professional Accounting
 | Imran is a professional accountant (CPA) who we trust with our own financials. He is also the CFO at a Canadian Venture Capital firm Active Impact Investments. As a fractional CFO he can help with tax filing, tax planning, estate planning, and formal business valuations. CA, CPA |
Financial Forecasts
 | Sean has managed budgets and forecasts of many types over 40 years. He has over 30 years of experience overseeing professional accounting staff and reviewing financial forecasts in large and small organizations. Today he facilitates strategic management conversations for clients using financial analysis and activity-based costing as guideposts. Computer-based forecasting tools simply help clients to make better choices. P.Eng., CLP |
