Helping Founders Evaluate Strategic Alternatives
Krall & Co. helps you evaluate your strategic alternatives and acts as your exclusive advisor in implementing your chosen course of action.
- What kind of valuation could you achieve today if you were to sell your company to a strategic or financial buyer?
- What is your company’s outlook over the next 3-5 years? What is your industry’s outlook? The economic outlook?
- Are you likely to maximize proceeds on a present value basis by exiting today or by continuing to own your business for several more years?
Helping Founders Achieve Successful Exits
If you decide to sell your company, Krall & Co. will help you maximize sales proceeds.
- Identify possible buyers and prioritize them based on deal rationale, willingness and capacity to pay, and historical behavior in the M&A marketplace.
- Design a marketing strategy that protects your franchise.
- Prepare a confidential presentation that describes your business.
- Contact buyers and manage the dialogue.
- Analyze and compare LOIs.
- Assist during the confirmatory due diligence process.
- Assist you and your attorney in negotiating definitive agreements.
Selling a Stake to Private Equity
If you’re choosing a financial partner and still have skin in the game, you need to choose the right one. Krall & Co. helps founders identify the right PE firm for them based on:
- Domain expertise.
- Value-add beyond capital.
- Deal structure/alignment with founders.
- Personalities of investment and operating partners.
- Track record of successful exits.
Buy-Side Transactions
If you decide to remain independent, execute your business plan and grow through acquisitions, Krall & Co. will help you on the buy-side.
- Develop financial models so that you can respond to opportunities as they arise.
- Establish acquisition criteria and identify potential acquisition candidates.
- Provide market intelligence.
- Execute your acquisition strategy.
