For Acquirers
Runabolt-onacquisitionprogramwithoutbuildingadealteam.
For conglomerates and scale-ups, regional or international, consolidating a category or acquiring proven technology and talent through acquisition, without a full-time corporate development function to do it.
Independent buy-side advisory. We do the analysis; you make the decisions; a licensed firm executes.
A8 Innovation Consultancies Co. L.L.C
What we bring
Target mapping built on your thesis, not a list we already had.
We build the market map against your acquisition criteria, screen it down to the businesses worth your attention, and tell you what we find. You decide who to approach.
Diligence built around what actually breaks bolt-on deals.
Founder-dependency and key-person risk mapping, so you know before signing whether the business survives the owner's departure. Revenue-quality review, including whether a target's reported growth holds up under closer scrutiny, essential when the target is a tech company presenting metrics that may not reflect real, recognized revenue.
People & organization due diligence, led by Roula Akl.
Retention exposure, key-person concentration, and a read on the leadership team you are actually acquiring, not just the balance sheet. Roula also works on the seller side at Exit Builders. She is never engaged on both sides of the same transaction, and information does not cross between engagements.
A structured integration plan, built into the engagement from the start.
Not an afterthought after close. Systems, retention, and culture alignment planned before signing, not discovered after.
Engagement structure designed for a recurring program.
We work with acquirers running several deals a year, not just a single transaction; the cadence and capabilities are built for consolidation, not a one-off fee arrangement.
Who this is for
Group CEOs, Corporate Development Directors, and founder-CEOs making their first acquisitions, running category consolidation or a build-versus-buy capability decision, with a corp dev function that is thin, stretched across other responsibilities, or does not exist yet.
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