Your company isn't worth a multiple. It's worth whatever the one buyer who can't lose you will pay—and we find them.

Most banks sell your numbers. We sell the reason a buyer can't say no—and we build it over time.

THE BELIEF

An OK exit happens to you.
A great exit is planned.

Most banks start an auction and see who likes you best. It fails for reasons that have nothing to do with your business. The buyer's timing is never yours—they're busy, waiting on capital, in the wrong quarter, or just hired a new product lead. And a stranger discounts numbers they don't trust.

Long-term relationships are built on trust, over time. We work with you to build them early.

HOW THE 12 MONTHS WORK

We start 12–18 months early

Meetings, updates, coffees—the buyer forms a real bond with the business. The head of product hasn't had a day with your CIM. With us, they've had six months to dream about the future together.

Buyers don't just pay for numbers

Banks think all you want is more money. We know you also want a great home for your lifestyle, work and team.

TWO WAYS IN

Two ways in. The early prep,
or the live deal.

No hierarchy—two doors into the same room. Start the buyer warm-up early, or run the full process now.

SSP · THE EARLY PRODUCT

Strategic Sale Preparation

Twelve to eighteen months of quiet buyer warm-up before you go live—so the buyer already knows the business, and has fallen for it.

What we do
  • Company deep dive
  • Honest valuation
  • Acquirer map + curated top-buyer shortlist
  • Outreach and meetings booked
  • Cadence—check-ins, follow-ups, reminders
  • Strategic narrative set

You just show up. We do the legwork.

SEE HOW THE 12 MONTHS WORK
SALE MANDATE · THE LIVE DEAL

Sale Mandate

We run the process end to end and sit at the table with you when it counts.

What we do
  • Acquirer map + full buyer universe worked
  • Financial model
  • IM and teaser
  • Management presentation
  • Data room
  • Deal structuring + term sheets
  • Negotiation at the table
  • Weekly calls + on-call access
SEE HOW WE ENGAGE
THE SSP ENGINE

One engine, run for every buyer—
until they're at the table.

The same five steps, run on our channels or yours in parallel—then kept warm.

/ 01

Find the target

Identify the right buyer and the decision-maker.

/ 02

Reach out

Connect via our LinkedIn or yours.

/ 03

Email

Follow up by email, from us or yours (connected into our system).

/ 04

Book meetings

Convert interest into meetings on the calendar.

/ 05

Run the cadence

Follow-ups, email updates and reminders keep every buyer warm.

300+
buyers screened and mapped per mandate
~30
confirmed on the curated shortlist, worked in parallel
100%
run to a live meeting—or a clean no
SSP · WHO IT'S FOR

Same engine, two ways to run it.

We work with companies directly as much as with VC and PE funds—this isn't a fund-only service. Founders and management teams can come straight to us.

ROUTE 01 · A FUND'S PORTFOLIO

We work with the fund.

  • We agree the portfolio companies we'll work with.
  • Each company gets the full SSP: deep dive, acquirer map, outreach, cadence.
  • A strategic capital plan per company.
  • An Exit-Readiness assessment—our proprietary scoring—shared with the fund and the company.
ROUTE 02 · MANAGEMENT DIRECT

We work with you.

  • Direct with founders and management team.
  • The full SSP: deep dive, honest valuation, acquirer map + shortlist.
  • Outreach and meetings booked on our channels and yours.
  • You just show up—we do the legwork, you keep building.
WHAT WE DO

Sell-side M&A,
run by operators.

We work with founders and CEOs of software and technology businesses—Australia and the USA.

THE TRUTH
THE TRUTH

The honest number, first

We tell you what your company is really worth before you waste a year chasing a fantasy multiple.

Day one
the truth
No
fantasy comps
THE MAP
THE MAP

Every potential buyer, mapped

Software scans the whole market—strategic buyers, private equity, operators—to find the acquirer who can't afford to lose you. The best buyer is the one no rolodex knows.

Free
Acquirer Map
Global
buyer universe
THE HUNT
THE HUNT

Outreach that lands

Every buyer approached one-to-one, your name kept anonymous until you say go. We show the hunt—the data, the shortlist.

1-to-1
every approach
Blind
until you're ready
THE CLOSE
THE CLOSE

Negotiate the premium

This is where the operator turns banker. Deal structuring, term sheets—the banker at the table with you, protecting the price and the people who built it.

Operator
at the table
People
protected
THE FREE ACQUIRER MAP

The map,
before the mandate.

A free Acquirer Map and market-intel brief, built for your company before you owe us anything.

Sample spread from the free Acquirer Map—every buyer scored on fit
SAMPLE MATCH

What the map surfaces

Every buyer scored on why they can't afford to lose you—not just who's on a list.

// buyer #14 of 300+
acquirer: "strategic",
fit: 0.92,
why: "fills their gap",
status: "approach blind"
NOTHING ASKED BACK

We do the work and give you the map. If we're not the right fit, you keep it anyway.

The full timeline

A great exit, planned end to end.
Roughly five months from materials to signing—after the quiet work is already done.

Phase 0 · SSP
Strategic Sale Prep
12–18 months prior. Runs before, and independent of, the process.
Materials prep
RFI + fact pack · management deck · financial model
Phase 1 · Outreach
bidders-list build · email cadence · management calls
Diligence, docs & signing
LOIs · data room · due diligence · transaction docs
Completion
cash received, deal complete
Months · ~5 end to end
1
2
3
4
5
01 · the brief
# What we learn before anything runs
reading the business, not just the numbers
the people, the culture, the story
what a good outcome looks like—for you
✓ brief locked
Buyer Mapping
Valuation Truth
Blind Outreach
Acquirer Maps
Deal Structuring
Negotiation
Diligence Support
Data Rooms
Teasers
Buyer Scoring
Buyer Mapping
Valuation Truth
Blind Outreach
Acquirer Maps
Deal Structuring
Negotiation
Diligence Support
Data Rooms
Teasers
Buyer Scoring
Buyer Mapping
Valuation Truth
Blind Outreach
Acquirer Maps
Deal Structuring
Negotiation
Diligence Support
Data Rooms
Teasers
Buyer Scoring
Comparable Analysis
Market Scans
Bidder Lists
Management Decks
Process Design
Term Sheets
Closing Support
Founder Coaching
People Protection
The Coffee Walk
Comparable Analysis
Market Scans
Bidder Lists
Management Decks
Process Design
Term Sheets
Closing Support
Founder Coaching
People Protection
The Coffee Walk
Comparable Analysis
Market Scans
Bidder Lists
Management Decks
Process Design
Term Sheets
Closing Support
Founder Coaching
People Protection
The Coffee Walk
THE SOFTWARE EDGE

AI does the grunt work,
so people get our attention.

A fleet of agents maps buyers, scores fit, and runs the process in the background—so our operators spend their hours on you and your team, not the busywork.

9AI agents behind every mandate
AGENTTASKREGIONSTATUS
analyst-guru
#A1B2C3
Modelling the valuation range
strategic
running
buyers-guru
#D4E5F6
Scoring 212 acquirers on fit
pe fund
running
coding-guru
#G7H8I9
Mapping strategic buyers in sector
operator
queued
deck-guru
#J0K1L2
Preparing management deck
domestic
running
relationship-guru
#M3N4O5
Drafting the blind teaser
overseas
running
model-guru
#P6Q7R8
Indexing the data room
strategic
complete
THE FLEET

Nine specialist agents behind every mandate—a desk that never sleeps.

CS
Chief of Staff
Runs the desk
AG
Analyst Guru
Research & comps
MG
Model Guru
Valuation & models
DG
Deck Guru
Teasers & deal materials
BG
Buyers Guru
Buyer discovery
RG
Relationship Guru
Outreach & CRM
AC
Accounting Guru
Books & invoicing
CG
Coding Guru
Engineering
GG
Growth Guru
Growth & signals
CS
Chief of Staff
Runs the desk
AG
Analyst Guru
Research & comps
MG
Model Guru
Valuation & models
DG
Deck Guru
Teasers & deal materials
BG
Buyers Guru
Buyer discovery
RG
Relationship Guru
Outreach & CRM
AC
Accounting Guru
Books & invoicing
CG
Coding Guru
Engineering
GG
Growth Guru
Growth & signals
HOW WE ENGAGE

All engagements are bespoke to your
needs—this is what happens on
most deals.

STRATEGIC SALE PREPARATION
RECOMMENDED
12 Months to Live

We do the work. You just show up.

  • Company deep dive
  • Honest valuation
  • Acquirer Map
  • Curated top-buyer shortlist
  • Outreach + meetings booked
  • Cadence, check-ins, follow-ups
  • Strategic narrative set
  • You: just show up.
SALE MANDATE
Live Deal

The complete hunt, end to end

  • Acquirer Map
  • Weekly calls + on-call access
  • Full buyer universe worked
  • Management deck + data room
  • Deal structuring + term sheets
  • Negotiation at the table
STRATEGIC REVIEW
Been approached?

An acquirer or PE emailed you asking to meet?

  • We review the conversations
  • Assess real intent
  • Decide together: SSP or go straight to a live deal
WHO WE WORK WITH

We're as selective with who we work
with as you are with who you sell to.

Ours is narrow on purpose.

Sell-side only

We represent founders selling—never both sides of a table

Good people

Strong operators, founders we'd happily grab a beer with—that's the bar

People-first founders

Only those who'll treat their team fairly through a sale

We work across industries and investors. Six places we go deep:

WHO WE WORK WITH
WHY US

Comps tell you what the last
founder settled for. We find the
buyer who can't say no—and spend
12 months making sure they can't.

Software that ranks 300+ acquirers by fit

The best buyer is the one no rolodex knows. Our engine scans and ranks 300+ acquirers—strategic buyers, private equity, operators—each scored on why they can't afford to lose you.

Candour first

If your number's a fantasy, we'll say so before you waste a year. Most won't—they're chasing your mandate.

Operators, not bankers

Most bankers have never built anything. We have. We carry the map and the scars—and we read the deal differently.

The free Acquirer Map

A free acquirer map and market-intel brief, built before you owe us anything. The map, before the mandate.

GET IN TOUCH

Let's talk.

STRATEGIC SALE PREPARATION
RECOMMENDED
12 Months to Live

We do the work. You just show up.

  • Company deep dive
  • Honest valuation
  • Acquirer Map
  • Curated top-buyer shortlist
  • Outreach + meetings booked
  • Cadence, check-ins, follow-ups
  • Strategic narrative set
  • You: just show up.
SALE MANDATE
Live Deal

The complete hunt, end to end

  • Acquirer Map
  • Weekly calls + on-call access
  • Full buyer universe worked
  • Management deck + data room
  • Deal structuring + term sheets
  • Negotiation at the table
STRATEGIC REVIEW
Been approached?

An acquirer or PE emailed you asking to meet?

  • We review the conversations
  • Assess real intent
  • Decide together: SSP or go straight to a live deal
QUESTIONS FOUNDERS ASK

The questions we get,
answered straight.

Earlier than feels necessary—ideally 12 to 18 months before you want to sell. The buyer who pays the most rarely knows they want you yet, and a real relationship takes time to build. Start early and you sell on your timeline, not theirs. An okay exit just happens to you; a great one is planned.

Don't reply with a number, and don't go it alone. A single unsolicited approach is the weakest position you can negotiate from: one buyer, no competition, no benchmark for what you're actually worth. Before you meet them, we'll read the intent and decide together whether to quietly prepare or take it straight to a live process. The truth, first—including whether they're serious.

A live process runs roughly five months from first materials to signing. The quiet warm-up before it—where the real value is built—runs 12 to 18 months. You can start that warm-up long before you're ready and pull the trigger only when the timing is yours.

Yes, honestly—even when it isn't what you hoped. We won't promise you a number; anyone who does is lying. Comps tell you what the last founder settled for, not what your business is worth to the one buyer who can't afford to lose you. We find that buyer and build the case.

No. An auction asks a stranger to fall in love in six weeks, and it fails for reasons that have nothing to do with your business. We prefer to warm the right buyers up over time, then approach the best ones one at a time—your name kept blind until you're ready. Competitive tension, without the fire sale.

We find and rank the buyers who can't afford to lose you, then quietly warm them up—introductions, updates, coffees—so that by go-time they already know the business and have imagined owning it. Meetings booked, cadence kept, narrative set. You just show up; we do the legwork.

Founders and CEOs of software and technology businesses in Australia and the USA—people selling once and wanting to get it right. We only ever represent the seller, never both sides of the table. And we're as selective with who we work with as you are with who you sell to.

Yes. We run the same engine across a fund's portfolio—agreeing the companies, then giving each one the full preparation: deep dive, acquirer map, outreach, cadence, plus an exit-readiness assessment shared with the fund and the company. Always sell-side—we represent the seller, never the buyer.

Yes. Same as PE—we work portfolio companies toward a clean exit on the fund's timeline. But you don't need a fund behind you: founders and management teams come to us directly just as often. Either way it's sell-side only.

You'll sell this once.
Let's get it right.

Five minutes while you walk to get a coffee. No pitch—just the truth about what your company is worth and who might buy it.