A sharper story before a buyer ever sees the company.
We translate your numbers, market position, founder goals, and buyer logic into a clear acquisition thesis.
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Founder-friendly M&A advisory
Say Hello to your perfect Exit.
Private, full-service M&A advisory for founders selling businesses from $1M to $400M. We position the company, reach the right buyers, compare offers clearly, and manage the process without broadcasting your business to the market.
Confidential. No commitment. No public listing. 1,000+ deals across our principals
$1M-$400M transaction range
5-12 serious buyers in final stages
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How we work
From first call to wire transfer.
Six phases, refined over more than a thousand deals. Confidential by default. We do the work that protects price and certainty while you keep the business performing.
01
Listen
A confidential intro call. No commitment. We learn your business, timeline, priorities, and target outcome.
02
Prepare
We build the CIM, data room, financial summary, and the materials qualified buyers need to make real offers.
03
Market
Strategic outreach plus our internal database of thousands of vetted buyers, running in parallel.
04
Connect
We verify buyers, gate access with NDAs, and bring 5 to 12 serious buyers to the final stages.
05
Negotiate
Every offer runs through our offer evaluation matrix so price, terms, timing, and certainty are clear.
06
Close
We coordinate diligence, legal, escrow, and transition so you can keep running the business.
Buyer strategy
The buyers other advisors do not reach.
Strategic acquirers, private equity, family offices, search funds, and the operator-buyers quietly looking for their next thing.
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Companies in your industry that need what you built.
Buyer lanes are not equal. We stage outreach around fit, urgency, discretion, and probability of a clean close.
Offer structure
The best offer is rarely just the highest number.
Adjust a sample LOI to see why the number in the email can be very different from the number you can actually count on.
Effective offer value $12.2M-$12.9M Illustrative LOI math, not a valuation.
Cash you can bank at close$9.8M
Still tied to terms$4.2M
Discount vs headline$1.1M-$1.8M
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We run every LOI through a 17-factor evaluation matrix to produce a four-pillar offer score across Financial Value, Term Quality, Buyer Quality, and Affinity & Fit. That lets founders compare competing offers quantitatively and choose the truly best offer, not just the one that looks strongest at first glance.
Founder proof
Hello Exit delivered on everything promised. We had 3 offers in 30 days, went under contract with the highest, and closed at the price they evaluated us on.
The first call
Whether or not we work together, you leave clearer.
Clarity about your business
Knowledge of the buyer landscape
A high-level exit plan
A rough valuation range
Actionable insights
Specific next steps