What to Expect When Selling Your Business to an Independent Sponsor (Podcast)
On this episode of M&A Talk, the #1 Podcast on Selling a Business, Sequoya Borgman joined the President of Morgan & Westfield, Jacob Orosz, to break down what business owners need to know about independent sponsors; a growing class of buyers in the lower middle market that operate differently from traditional private equity firms. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify.
The conversation offers an inside look at:
What Is An Independent Sponsor? [2:10]
How Independent Sponsors Differ From Private Equity Firms [3:55]
Independent Sponsor Deal Process And Capital Structure [5:11]
How Independent Sponsors Involve You In The Deal [8:01]
How Independent Sponsors Handle Finding A New CEO And Management Compensation [17:00]
What Independent Sponsors Look For In An Acquisition [26:18]
“We have no pressure to deploy capital. We don’t have a fund sitting there that we have to deploy 500 million or 750 million, or a certain amount of money over a certain period of time. We can be very patient and only buy something if we feel like it's a great investment.”
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