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Welcome
Honest class-leading advice on buying and selling businesses
CapEQ advises some of Europe's leading business owners,
shareholders, and entrepreneurs on strategic mergers and acquisitions.
Welcome to CAPEQ
We help business owners grow, acquire and exit
We specialise in helping businesses navigate the world of selling, buying, and developing Mergers & Acquisition strategies for their business. At CapEQ, we put our clients at the centre of our business, ensuring that you are successful in every opportunity.
Services
Ethics and societal impact come first
Being Europe's first B-Corporation M&A advisor, we are proud to say that we put ethics and societal impact at the heart of everything we do. Our client advocacy attests to our commitment to doing the right thing by our clients, and the positive outcomes of these engagements.
Focus
Here to help you maximise every available opportunity
With over 70 years of combined M&A experience and a history of entrepreneurship, CapEQ has the experience and the knowledge to help you deliver excellence.
Our approach is driven by the highest levels of integrity and honesty, putting our clients first while always treating them as people, not just a project or transaction.
Our focus is on finding the right outcome for clients, considering ethos, fit and value while delivering the right advice at the right time.
We firmly believe that business exists both to make a profit and as a force for positive change in the world and we are proud to have become a certified B Corporation.
"Mark is a true professional. He has a fantastic ability to manage a deal and find a way through any tricky deal points. I have really enjoyed working with Mark and hope to do so in the future. He has many very happy clients. I am always happy when Mark was on my side of the deal! "
LEON ARNOLD,
Head of Corporate at Freeths Oxford
The latest from CapEQ
UK cleantech M&A activity – 2022 market insights
The report is free to download, and helps anyone interested to learn who’s backing who, who’s acquiring who, and which subsectors are attracting the lion’s share of investment.
CapEQ sponsors Scale Up Awards
Ethical M&A advisor CapEQ is sponsoring the ESG and Social Impact Award at the 2023 Scale-Up Awards. CapEQ is highly renowned in the M&A space
How to choose an M&A advisor
Choosing a professional advisor to help you sell your business isn’t as easy as it first looks. Accreditations, awards, sector experience, or fees don’t really