Business growth consultants

Accelerate your business growth goals and navigate complexity with expert advice and support.

Business growth funding

Let us help you raise funds to fuel future plans. If you’re considering venture debt, equity financing, or want to understand preference shares, anti-dilution, rights of pre-emption etc., you can lean on us. Get comprehensive, impartial guidance and thorough, practical support for your business.

Venture debt

We’ll assess your eligibility for venture debt, contact potential lenders, negotiate terms, and manage the transaction, including due diligence, to save you time.

Equity

We’ll help you prepare necessary documentation, pair you with potential matches, and manage offers, negotiations, terms, due diligence, and completion, for a smooth transaction.

Extended network

Benefit from our existing close relationships with investors so we can serve a range of clients. This includes late-stage venture capital, growth and private equity, family offices, credit funds, and more.

Finding a partner

Combining strategy and chemistry

How do you find your ideal business growth consultants? Here are some key traits to look for before making a commitment.

Whatever help you need in M&A, experience matters. A partner who's in your corner will overcome fears and frustrations to find mutual gains.

Trust and confidentiality are paramount at such a pivotal point in your business’ history. Get a partner that understands this intrinsically to minimise commercial risk.

Focus on level of experience and commercial knowledge. Deep understanding coupled with great problem solving and critical thinking contributes to successful, smooth-running sales.

Look for rigorous researchers, financial analysts, and powerful negotiators that make sure no stone is left unturned to get you the best possible results from a sale.

Expect full transparency, regular updates, clear processes, realistic milestones, and communicators that command a room to deliver accurate, poignant information during those crucial presentations.

For a partner, the best part of selling a business is getting to know the owner and their business to find a buyer who’ll look after its future. That takes time, patience, and inquisitiveness.

Success Stories

“Thank you for helping me and my partners when we sold our business. If you repeat the success we had under your leadership, which I am certain you will do, you and your clients will both be extremely successful going forward. I believe due to your personal efforts, we received 25 to 50% more for our business than we would have otherwise. The process you laid out and the effort you expended, along with your professional attitude and personality kept the discussions going with multiple suitors, even with some very difficult and tough negotiators.”

Bill Bridges

Owner of Biokinetics (USA)

“They say, ‘don’t start a business without an exit strategy’ and we say, ‘don’t start your exit strategy without Mark Sapsford!”.

Karen & Mark Woolley

Co-founders, ProScribe Medical Communications (Australia)

"When we met, I was obviously impressed with the list of successful and well-known companies you had already represented. However, what impressed me more was the clarity of your description of what was realistic and what would be required from my side.

"I also appreciated the detailed and personal input you would provide — whether in putting together the sales prospectus, seeking interest from the market, introducing me to the legal team, or attending each and every sales presentation.

Your guidance throughout what was obviously going to be quite a stressful process made a significant difference"

Bill Oakdon

Shareholder, Companions Homecare (UK)

I appointed CapEQ as advisors for the sale of my business after long and then shortlisting around ten M&A advisors.

"All advisors have the same process on paper but I liked the depth of the team that would work on the project, as well as the domain expertise in the software industry.

"Following the transaction close my non-exec chairman has introduced CaqEQ to a couple of other opportunities. I couldn’t be more pleased with them!

John Paterson, CEO & founder

Really Simple Systems (UK)

"James was the Deal Leader in the sale of my majority shareholding in Vegetarian Express.

"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, Founder

Vegetarian Express (UK)

"I appreciated the detailed and personal input you would provide — whether in putting together the sales prospectus, seeking interest from the market, introducing me to the legal team, or attending each and every sales presentation.

Your guidance throughout what was obviously going to be quite a stressful process was invaluable."

Tony Spay, President

Pharm DUR Inc (USA)

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