Get the Advice You Need To Buy The Company You Want

Growthink Capital provides buy-side advisory services for individuals, corporate buyers and private equity firms as part of a business acquisition-based value creation strategy. Through a structured strategic and financial advisory approach and mindset, we help buyers source and buy businesses of all types and sizes and industries, with a focus on lower middle market companies.

The buy side advisory capabilities of our experienced investment banking professionals can help you navigate the acquisition process, from finding the right company, to conducting initial and detailed due diligence, to securing financing throughout the capital stack, and finally through closing and business integration.

We work closely with clients to formulate customized acquisition plans that reflect their specific situations, preferences, and objectives, including:

Defining the acquisition target criteria, in terms of industry, synergies and size
Identifying acquisition targets that fit your growth objectives and capital availability
Managing the initial contact, qualification, and due diligence process with viable, identified targets
Coordinating with capital providers (debt, equity, and seller-based) / provide financial advisory to structure a closeable deal
Determining if the target company can be integrated as is, and / or if a separate legal entity should be established
Managing and driving the acquisition process, including deal terms, closing, and business integration

Growthink Capital Representative Transactions

$20,000,000

Assisted Irvine, CA based Super 73, one of the most recognizable electric vehicle brands in the world, in completing a $20 million growth capital raise with Volition Capital. This is the second completed growth financing for Super 73 that Growthink Capital has facilitated.

$110,000,000

Assisted Softvision – an Atlanta, GA-based software engineering and design firm with clients including Estee Lauder, Groupon, Macy’s, Mozilla and Kaiser Permanente – in completing a financial sale to a Utah-based private investment group.

$60,000,000

Assisted Ft. Worth, TX-based BrandFX – a global pioneer and industry leader in composite truck bodies – in completing a financial sale to a New York-based private investment group.

Buy-Side Advisory Process

During the buy-side M&A advisory process, Growthink Capital will:

1. Develop an Acquisition Strategy

The first step is to arrange an initial consultation with Growthink Capital’s team of experienced mergers and acquisitions professionals. During this consultation, we will discuss your specific situation, strategic goals, and ambitions and determine whether our services are a good fit for your needs.

2. Identify Targets

With an acquisition strategy and your target criteria in hand, we will then work with you to identify and source potential companies.

3. Coordinate with Capital Providers

Many buy-side processes get bogged down/fail to close because of a mismatch between the pricing/deal expectations of a target company and the willingness/ability of a buyer to meet and finance those terms. A key differentiator in Growthink Capital’s buy-side approach is to coordinate in parallel with capital providers (debt, equity, and seller-based) to structure a financeable deal very early in the deal process.

4. Manage and Drive Deal Closing

Beyond financing considerations, the other dynamic that leads to failure in a potential transaction is the detailed diligence and deal closing process. Growthink Capital leverages decades of extensive experience to uncover as soon as possible the diligence areas most likely to derail a deal closing and to address them upfront before extensive time and energy has been invested by all parties. We take very seriously the two truisms that “time kills all deals” and “often the best deals are the ones you do not do” and at all times we protect and conserve the scarce and valuable resources of our buy-side clients through these naturally complex and exhaustive deal closing processes.

5. Facilitate Business Integration

After the deal closing, the process shifts to business integration and monetizing the forecasted synergies/efficiencies of the newly acquired business. While especially true in rollup scenarios, any successful merger or acquisition requires as much time, attention, and expertise be paid and invested in the post-transaction integration as in the deal closing process itself. Growthink Capital investment banking professionals work closely with our buy-side clients through the transition and integration process. As always, the buy-side goal is to not simply acquire a business but to see that acquired business truly thrive. If you’re interested in learning more about our buy-side advisory services, please contact us today.

Buy-Side Advisory Services