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Fundraising
You may be considering acquisitions as part of a long-term strategic growth strategy, as a grow to exit plan or even just as an opportunistic tactical move. Acquisitions can add scale, capability and assets that you may not have. More importantly it may be much cheaper and quicker to acquire another business than to develop the capability yourself.

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Setting Strategy
Acquisitions can add scale, capability and assets that you may not have. More importantly it may be much cheaper and quicker to acquire another business than to develop the capability yourself.
Whatever the reason, we have the experience necessary to make your acquisitions successful. We help clients identify, contact, negotiate, complete and integrate acquisitions.
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Funding Acquisition
We also help clients work out the best way to fund transactions, whether that’s through increasing debt within the business or taking on an equity investor and partner.
No matter your needs we have the skills to deliver on your strategic goals and to ensure your acquisitions are succesful.
Our senior team at CapEQ has particular experience in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, IT, food, human capital, recycling and waste, businesses services and education. We have worked in most sectors, applying our strengths in research, project management and sourcing international (multi-lingual) potential acquirers.
"Due in no small part to James’ unfaltering energy and commitment to the deal, we shook on the sale in early November and had a signed [agreement] and the business sale completed by Christmas. Unbelievable. I am not sure whether I will create another business in the future or not. But if it ever got to the ‘exit’ stage, I would definitely want James Pugh on my team."
Steve Done, Ecutek

Shaping the sale
Fundraising
There is no single model: we always create a bespoke approach, tailored to your specific needs, which addresses:
Understanding
Your different funding options
Identifying
The benefits of an acquisition, the “scarcity value”
Addressing
Integration challenges and wins
Searching
For acquisition targets, looking for the right fit, ethos and impact
Confidentially
Approaching targets
Helping
Helping you understand how to value the businesses you are assessing
Leading
Open and leading negotiations
Agreeing
Agreeing terms
"James was the Deal Leader in the sale of my majority shareholding in Vegetarian Express concluded in September 2016. He guided us through face-to-face meetings with multiple interested parties, and led the final negotiations with short-listed bidders with great professionalism. I owe the optimisation of deal value to his great skill and experience in M&A, and prior understanding and experience in working with SMEs,"
David Jonas, Vegetarian Express

Shaping the sale
Key
considerations
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Acquisitions can be transformative or destructive. The key to managing the risk is to understand why you are acquiring, to ensure you are acquiring at the right price and most critically ensuring that the integration of the businesses is successful. An advisor can add value to all these areas.
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You will find there are many targets that you could acquire, but few targets that you should acquire. Using an advisor can save you significant time and money in finding and targeting the latter.
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Understanding the seller and forming a relationship with them is critical. You are likely to work with them on at least a short-term basis, and possibly for decades to come. Negotiating transactions and overcoming obstacles creates tensions at the early stage of forming a relationship; CapEQ protects owner and acquiror relationships but handling negotiations and finding solutions to barriers.
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Doug was our deal lead when we sold our business in 2015. It is hard to overstate his expertise and skill in this role. His ability to navigate the turmoil of a business sale with consummate calm and to instantly identify creative ways round every single barrier is second to none. Moreover, his personable and gentle nature, combined with his obvious insight and knowledgeability, helps him to earn trust, gain respect and build a solid rapport with every stakeholder in the process, including the buyer. It is small wonder he is able to achieve so much from getting the best buyer, price and terms of sale to keeping the sanity of all around him. It could have been so much more nerve wracking than it was but having someone as able and talented Doug managing our sale took away so much worry. If we did it again, we’d want to have Doug by our side every single time.
Alisa Pearlstone, PCM Healthcare