Exit readiness
Assessing commercial, digital and tech readiness and implementing key value creation initiatives prior to sales process initiation leads to a more compelling equity story and enterprise value maximization for successful exits.
Maximize value along commercial, digital and tech excellence
In today's market, buyers increasingly focus on comprehensive business capabilities and growth potential. Our exit readiness service has a broad spectrum, covering commercial, digital, and tech aspects to ensure your company presents a compelling profile that attracts premium valuations.
We serve both founder-led teams preparing for exit and PE-backed portfolio companies, helping implement immediate commercial, digital, and tech quick wins, maximize EBITDA growth, and develop powerful exit readiness stories through our unique combination of top-tier strategy expertise and implementation capabilities. By investing in our exit readiness service, companies can present more attractive value propositions across all business dimensions, command higher valuations based on demonstrated capabilities, reduce valuation discount risks, accelerate exit processes, and strengthen negotiating positions with multiple interested buyers.
Exit readiness process for enterprise value creation
Initial assessment
We conduct comprehensive evaluation of your company's current commercial, digital and tech capabilities, identifying strengths and improvement areas to establish baseline for value creation initiatives.
Opportunity Identification
We identify specific initiatives that can enhance company value within available timeframes, prioritizing high-impact opportunities that demonstrate growth potential to buyers.
Implementation support
We assist in implementing high-impact initiatives that demonstrate growth potential and further drive excellence, ensuring measurable improvements before the exit.
Documentation preparation
We develop comprehensive documentation showcasing your company's commercial, digital and tech capabilities and growth potential, creating compelling materials that support premium valuations.
Narrative development
We create compelling equity stories that resonate with potential buyers and support premium valuations, positioning your company as an attractive investment opportunity.
We help you build a compelling narrative backed by data and strategy
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Dr. Stefan Sambol
Founding Partner
Isabella Calderon Hoyos
Partner Transaction Advisory & Strategy
Sinan Erhan
Partner Transaction Advisory & Strategy
Konstantin Kugler
Partner Transaction Advisory & Strategy
Everything you need to know about exit readiness
Exit readiness is the process of assessing and enhancing your company's commercial, digital and tech capabilities before entering the market. You should start 12-18 months before your planned exit to allow sufficient time for implementing value-creating initiatives and developing compelling equity stories to maximize enterprise value.
Companies with high commercial, digital and tech excellence typically command premium valuations. Our service helps demonstrate growth potential, operational efficiency, and market readiness to buyers, reduce valuation discounts and strengthen your negotiating position through measurable improvements.
Quick wins span three key areas: commercial improvements include optimizing pricing strategies, enhancing customer acquisition models, strengthening sales partnerships, and implementing customer retention measures. Digital enhancements cover Google search and LLM visibility optimization, improving channel performance, and website conversion rates. Tech upgrades involve implementing analytics infrastructure, enhancing data systems with efficiency & performance improvements, and demonstrating scalable technical processes and TOM, that show immediate impact on key performance metrics and operational efficiency.
The process typically takes 6-12 months depending on your current maturity and improvement scope. We work within your exit timeline, prioritizing high-impact initiatives that can be completed before market entry while building compelling equity narratives.
You'll receive a comprehensive readiness assessment, prioritized improvement roadmap, implementation support for key initiatives, detailed documentation of capabilities along excellence dimensions, compelling equity story materials, and ongoing support throughout your exit process.
Equity story design is the strategic development of compelling investment narratives that articulate your company's value drivers, growth potential, and competitive advantages. It's critical because buyers need clear, data-backed stories that justify premium valuations. Our approach combines strategic messaging with performance proof points, market positioning, and stakeholder alignment to create narratives that resonate with buyers and withstand due diligence scrutiny.
