Joe Prudden of Big Shoulders Capital, a Chicago-based private investment group, recently shared why his firm continues to work with Calder Capital across multiple transactions. After purchasing a West Michigan business represented by Calder, Big Shoulders engaged Calder’s Sell-Side team to sell one of its businesses and is now working with the Calder Capital Buy-Side team on a buy-side search for a platform acquisition.
Joe stated, “There’s a reason we keep coming back to Calder, and it’s because of their professionalism. It’s because of their ability to execute, and we always have open lines of communication, which are phenomenal.”
Tune in to hear Joe Prudden’s perspective on Calder’s transparent process, hands-on approach, and ability to serve clients through buying and selling decisions.
About Big Shoulders Capital’s Transactions with Calder Capital
Big Shoulders Capital is a Northbrook, Illinois-based family office focused on debt and equity investments in lower middle-market manufacturing companies. The firm first worked across the negotiating table from Calder Capital as the buyer of Master Precision Mold, a Greenville, Michigan-based mold design, engineering, and manufacturing business.
Big Shoulders later partnered with Iroquois Industrial Group to engage Calder’s Sell-Side Team in the sale of Benda Conveyor Solutions, a Tinley Park, Illinois designer and manufacturer of custom conveyor and automation systems. Following a successful turnaround, the ownership group sought a more active, hands-on owner that could provide focused leadership, investment, and expanded sales support.
Having experienced Calder’s process as a buyer and as a sell-side client, Big Shoulders Capital is now also working with Calder’s Buy-Side Team in its search for another platform acquisition.
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Sell-Side M&A Advisory
Why work with Calder’s Sell-Side Team?
Selling a business in today’s market requires more than simply finding an interested buyer. Calder begins with thorough pre-sale planning to understand each owner’s goals, identify the company’s strengths, and position the opportunity through professional, confidential marketing materials. From there, Calder’s three-pronged buyer approach reaches a broad, qualified audience, supported by an extensive buyer database with hundreds of thousands of contacts, so sellers can create meaningful competition rather than rely on a single offer.
Calder pairs our proprietary reach with a disciplined process designed to protect confidentiality and maintain momentum. Centralized NDA processing, buyer screening, and automated follow-up allow advisors to focus on the most serious prospects while keeping sensitive information controlled. With more than 150 transactions closed in the past three years, Calder’s sell-side team helps owners pursue the combination that matters most: strong value, favorable terms, certainty of closing, and the right long-term buyer for the business. Learn more about our Sell-Side M&A Advisory, please click here.
Buy-Side M&A Advisory
Why work with Calder’s Buy-Side Team?
Calder serves as a Buy-Side M&A advisor and provides acquisition search services to serious buyers with clearly defined acquisition criteria. Calder does all of the heavy lifting: researching prospects, qualifying prospects, verifying ownership, confirming phone numbers and emails, reaching out directly multiple times solely on behalf of our client, and setting up a drip campaign so that your prospects are periodically and professionally contacted. Additionally, as requested, Calder will conduct business valuations, write LOIs, negotiate on behalf of our client, coordinate due diligence, and quarterback all steps to a successful closing.
Calder works with clients on a guaranteed basis, so if we don’t deliver, our clients don’t pay. Check out some of our current clients here.
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About Big Shoulders Capital:
Big Shoulders Capital is a family office focused on debt and equity investments in lower middle market manufacturing companies. Their mission is to provide strategic guidance and resources to help businesses achieve their full potential. To learn more, please visit www.BigShouldersCap.com/.
About Calder Capital:
Founded in 2013, Calder Capital is a cross-industry mergers and acquisitions advisory firm with offices across the United States. Calder provides valuation, sell-side, and buy-side services. We are nationally recognized for excellence in advising $1-100M enterprise value transactions in manufacturing, construction, distribution, and business services. Calder serves business owners, entrepreneurs, family offices, financial buyers, and investors. Learn more at www.CalderGR.com.
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