“I have been in small M&A for 18 years,” noted Calder Managing Partner, Max Friar, “Never before have I seen such competition for quality sellers. Most sell-side clients with $1M+ in EBITDA are receiving 10-15 offers, many of those strong offers. 2023 has transformed into one of the best-seller markets I’ve ever witnessed and that is not what I expected heading into the year!”
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Guest Post by Judd Goodrich, Go-To-Market Lead at Mainshares. Historically, buying a business was reserved for private equity funds, larger corporations, or employees with a generous owner. Over the past decade, there has been the rise of the “acquisition entrepreneur” – individuals who chose to buy a business rather than build one. Many of these
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In the video, we cover our July lead update, a brief overview of our unlisted seller network, a prospecting tip, and a listener question. Read more about our new Bronze service below: Why work with Calder? Calder works with clients on a guaranteed basis, so if we don’t deliver our clients don’t pay. Check out some of
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We’ve switched things up this month and provided our buy-side update in a short video below. In the video, we cover our June lead update, a few success and learning opportunities, a prospecting tip, and a quick introduction to our new Bronze service. Read more about our most recent closing and our new Bronze service
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Calder Capital and Small Business Deal Advisors report robust buyer interest in the market. As of March 31, 2023, 13 transactions have already closed, and the team has 27 deals under Letter of Intent (LOI). Sellers who are considering selling their businesses are receiving significant attention from interested buyers.
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Calder Capital generates proprietary off-market deal flow for our buy-side clients. Welcome to May! It has been pedal to the metal for the Calder buy-side team all year so we’ll keep it concise and to the point in our April update. We are firing on all cylinders! April 2023 Results: Recent Buy-Side Transactions: With eight
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The Calder buy-side team has been off to a hot start this year with over $50M+ in transaction value closed across 5 separate transactions before the end of Q1 2023 representing half of Calder’s closed transactions so far this year. On the left-hand side of the chart below are current Calder Buy-Side Clients. On the
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The 2022 Q4 IBBA Market Pulse report recently came out and it revealed some interesting shifts in the marketplace. Check out the graphic below on the change in seller sentiment. Broadly in Q4, sellers felt like it was the worst time to sell in 10 years, even worse than in 2020. Ouch. With sentiment tanking across the
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We’re already deep into the second week in February. The Calder Buy-Side team hasn’t slowed down since the New Year, with two closings in January and three more transactions scheduled to close in the next month. More to come soon on these transactions! The tide is turning and aggressive buyers are finding great deals. Before
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We hope 2022 finished strong for you! The Calder team was blessed to finish the year with a new record of 46 completed transactions! For a full deal by deal breakdown and analysis, please click here. The buy-side played a big role in helping Calder break our transaction closing record. And our momentum has us
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