Sell-side M&A for payments, lending, and financial-services founders in Australia and the USA. We speak the finance, not just the tech.
20Seven is a sell-side M&A advisory that represents founders selling fintech and financial-services businesses across Australia and the US.
Fintech doesn't sell like generic software. Take-rates, cost of funds, the regulatory perimeter, and licensing all move the number and narrow the buyer list. Our founder comes from finance, so we read those levers the way an acquirer will — and tell you the truth about the outcome before you commit to anything.
Strategics and financial acquirers know exactly where a fintech's value and risk sit. Before you engage, we tell you whether they're serious, what the business is really worth, and where they'll push on regulation and unit economics.
The right buyer for a fintech depends on your model — payments, lending, or infrastructure. We warm the acquirers who understand your perimeter and unit economics, then approach the best of them when the timing is yours.
20Seven's founder comes from finance, so we understand the sector deeply — not as tech people guessing at regulation, but as people who know how financial services actually works.
Take-rate, cost of funds, loss rates, and the true unit economics underneath the revenue — we model the levers a fintech acquirer underwrites, so the story holds up when their team pulls it apart.
Licensing, the compliance perimeter, and where you sit relative to it shape both value and the buyer list. We know how that reads to an acquirer and where it needs to be clean before diligence.
Payments, lending, and financial infrastructure each price and sell differently, with different buyer universes. We know the intricacies of each and who's actually acquiring in it.
Strategics, banks, larger fintechs, and financial sponsors — we know who buys fintech, how each underwrites the regulatory and economic risk, and how to reach the real decision-maker.
We only ever represent the seller — never the buyer, never both sides. Your interests are the only ones we're paid to protect.
We map and rank the acquirers who understand your model and perimeter, warm them over time, then run a tight competitive process when you're ready. The full method lives in our Strategic Sale Planning. See how Strategic Sale Planning works.
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.