BUY SIDE ADVISORY
Our buy side experience and capabilities span the globe with clients that include listed multinationals, private equity firms and ambitious owner-managed businesses. In all cases our buy side clients benefit from our deep sector knowledge, an established international network of relationships and committed execution support throughout the acquisition process.
For growing international corporates, we typically provide a comprehensive buy side service covering a particular geographic market and / or technology vertical in support of a strategically important market-entry or growth strategy. Acting as part of your in-house M&A team, we identify and screen potential acquisition opportunities, lead negotiations with target shareholders, oversee the due diligence process and manage completion mechanics.
For private equity firms and owner-managed businesses, our service typically focuses on specific one-off acquisition targets where our deep sector understanding and senior industry relationships bring the insight, experience and credibility needed to unlock difficult or highly competitive acquisition opportunities.
Recognising that acquisitions are never without risk, we are not afraid to advise against a particular acquisition opportunity where we think it will fail to deliver on its objectives, or to temper valuation and deal terms where, in our experience, these appear overly ambitious.
SELL SIDE ADVISORY
Our sell side advisory services focus on helping our clients realise the best possible value and terms on an exit.
For owner-managed businesses, we provide a highly bespoke sell side advisory and support service led and delivered by our partners. Having ourselves founded and built our own business, we understand both the excitement and challenges of growing a business. When considering and realising an exit, we firmly believe we can provide a level of insight, empathy, senior commitment and sheer hard work that simply cannot be matched by larger, more institutionalised advisory firms.
For private equity firms and larger corporates, we focus on the sale of smaller or specialist businesses and less straightforward investments, where our deep sector understanding, the hands-on involvement of our partners and absolute commitment can make a real difference.
For companies with subscription-based or transaction based business models, we offer specific revenue analysis services (“Strata Excelerate”) to identify and explain growth and churn patterns in historical data and provide a robust basis for growth assumptions.
In all cases we provide hands-on support throughout the sale process, advising on sector dynamics, valuation and how best to position a business for sale, helping identify appropriate buyers and investors, leading the approach to and negotiations with potential buyers, managing the due diligence process and coordinating completion mechanics.
CAPITAL RAISING
Our long track record in technology and science-related sectors gives us access to an extensive international network of finance providers keen to invest in both emerging businesses with high growth potential and more established opportunities that offer the prospect of secure medium-term returns.
While we do not have absolute size thresholds, we find our capital raising services and network of investor relationships are best suited to either rapidly growing technology-enabled businesses making circa €5m – €10m of annual revenues, or more mature businesses needing funds for investment or to enable a partial value realisation for the founding team.
In each case, our deep technical and sector understanding and established global investor network allow us to position your equity story with the right investors quickly and efficiently. Thereafter, with preliminary interest confirmed, our rigorous process management skills and proven negotiation capabilities and experience ensure that you raise capital on the best possible terms.
FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HELP
“Strata assisted us with a complex dual track process that resulted in a successful sale of Holvi to one of the global leaders in digital banking, BBVA. Through a dedicated and insightful process they helped keep up competitive tension, with two attractive yet very different options until the transaction closed. We achieved a great result working with Strata and can offer only the highest recommendation.”
Johan Lorenzen | CEO | Holvi
“Strata assisted us in a lengthy process involving preparing the company for investment, putting us in front of the right parties, and ultimately completing a transaction. Their advice was invaluable throughout, but moreover, they went above and beyond to ensure a brilliant result. We would not hesitate to engage them in the future and would wholeheartedly recommend them to other founders and CEOs.”
Shameer Thobhani | Co-founder | InvestIN
“A fantastic outcome for Novatus, whereby Strata guided our leadership team through their first round of funding. Strata were instrumental in us securing an excellent investor and we are incredibly excited for the future knowing we have the right partner for our business. Strata were excellent throughout and we hope to work with them again. We would not hesitate to recommend Khilan and the Strata team.”
Andrew Hedley and Matthew Ranson | Co-founders | Novatus Advisory
“The fundraising process has been a learning experience for myself and Branchspace – I must say that we are extremely glad that we have had Strata as partners by our side! We have been duly impressed at how well the process has been run and have appreciated Strata’s proactivity, diligence, sound advice and humour. Strata team steered us expertly through the early and closing stages of the We will definitely be recommending Strata to other companies.”
Michael Huynh | Founder & COO | Branchspace
“We very much enjoyed working with Strata, who understood the dynamics of our business and helped us assemble the materials and analysis we needed to support our transaction. Throughout the twists and turns we encountered in our process, the Strata team consistently brought their deep industry understanding, strong work ethic and unwavering commitment to bear to keep the transaction moving forward – with a bit of humour when we needed it! It was a real pleasure working with them.”
Garry Moroney | CEO | Roomex
“Strata did a great job finding us the right investors. When the pandemic disrupted our fundraising, they remained committed to helping us succeed – and eventually we closed with SEP. Had Strata not been there to guide us through the process, our deal would almost certainly have failed.”
David Gunnarson | CEO | Dohop
“I’ve spent more money on Strata than on anything else in my life, and it was worth every penny! You guys were awesome!”
Tom Latchford | Tom Latchford | Joyful
“Strata provided exceptional insight, advice and support throughout the sale process. Their sector understanding and relationships helped us find a great home for the next stage of our development, while their hard work and tenacity delivered a timely completion that our shareholders are delighted with.”
Sam Crawford | Founder and Managing Director | Crawford Scientific
“Without Strata it would have been very difficult to successfully complete the transaction. Strata were always there to assist with a range of requirements during the process, including a vast recurring revenue data analysis, urgent information requests and valuable strategic advice – even outside of normal working hours. Working with Strata, even under high pressure during one of the most challenging periods of my professional career, was a pleasure, and I personally learnt a lot from their many years of corporate finance expertise.”
Philipp Hamm | CEO | Billomat
“Thanks to the team at Strata – It was a pleasure working with the excellent Robert Lees and his team as they helped us explore our options, and secure a great result for the future of Company Watch.”
Jo Kettner | CEO | Company Watch