FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Build your business. Secure your future.
Build your business to successful exit with Open Equity
WHAT WE DO
Open Equity builds businesses to successful exit.
Whether your vision is scaling towards an outright sale, expanding into global markets, consolidating your sector, or preparing to hand over to the next generation, we can help accelerate and de-risk success.
We partner with owners and management teams, connecting capital, capability and support in a flexible, tailored way.
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Build business value and exit successfully.
We know what it takes from first-hand experience on the buy-side, sell-side and exiting businesses ourselves.
We work as Operating Partners, supporting you through active Board participation and providing hands-on support to build business value and achieve the best outcome.
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Scale your business for long-term success.
Drive organic growth, we’ve helped companies win hundreds of millions in new business.
Expand into new markets with our first-hand expertise building businesses in the UK, Europe, MEA, North America and APAC markets.
Grow through acquisition and roll-up your sector with our specialist M&A expertise to get the right deals done.
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Leave your business with pride and peace of mind.
Realise the value of your equity and enjoy a lifestyle transition - whilst gaining a safe pair of hands to take care of your team, legacy, actively support management and ensure a sustainable future.
Whether seeking a majority or minority exit, we can help.
WE WORK WITH
We work with established, growth-stage services and technology companies led by ambitious owners and management teams.
Typically, we get involved when seeking to build towards securing a significant outcome in the next 12-36 months.
In terms of size and scale, companies are usually doing £10-100M revenue and/or targeting £100M+ enterprise value outcomes.
Marketing & Advertising Services
IT & Digital Services
Cybersecurity
Software & AI Applications
HOW WE ADD VALUE
Owners and management teams partner with us to get where they want to be in less time, with less cost and risk versus going alone or any other option.
We provide access to capital, specialist capability, proven playbooks and connections to private equity and enterprise trade buyers.
We build clear outcome-based strategies and guide implementation, improving results and securing exits.
Organic acceleration
Capability building
International expansion
M&A
How we work
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Partnership
A refreshingly collaborative approach.
We start with a blank sheet of paper, the outcomes you want you achieve, the time-horizon, mapping out what it will take, and agreeing what the right partnership deal looks like.
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Strategy
Reverse engineer success.
We build clear outcome-based strategies and guide implementation, improving results across the business.
We work backwards from the target outcomes, designing what the business needs to look like, and who the target buyers or successors will likely be.
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Build
Build and multiply enterprise value.
Transform your valuation by improving the fundamentals, financials, growth, operations and exit readiness together.
We empower management, whilst providing strong governance and outside challenge to maximise shareholder value ahead of exit or succession.
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Exit
Get the right deal done.
We take a comprehensive and proactive approach to driving demand amongst target buyers.
We control the process, leveraging our buy-side network to build buyer demand and secure life-changing outcomes.
SUCCESS STORIES
SITUATION
Helping a mid-market IT services company build to £100M+ revenue
OUTCOMES
ORGANIC GROWTH
30%+ yoy growth, adding £30M revenue / £9.5M EBITDA
INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
Scaling across target Gulf markets in a cash-flow positive way
CAPABILITY BUILDING
Support to build high-performance culture across 1000+ employees
TESTIMONIAL
“Fantastic support and help to build our business and take it to the next level”
- CEO
“Open Equity really understands how to turn vision into action and results”
- Business Director
SITUATION
Helping a PE-backed business services firm exit for 9-figures
OUTCOMES
ORGANIC GROWTH
25% yoy growth, digitally transformed customer experience for scale
M&A
50+ bolt-on acquisitions, buyout exit for top-quartile multiple
CAPABILITY BUILDING
Building M&A and digital functions to support next phase of growth
TESTIMONIAL
“There is no way on earth we could have done this alone”
- Board Member / COO
“Provided the bridge from what got us here to what got us there”
- Operating Partner
SITUATION
Helping a digital consultancy scale and exit to a large enterprise trade buyer
OUTCOMES
ORGANIC GROWTH
Adding £15M revenue at 40% gross margins in new business
M&A
Exiting for top-quartile multiple following competitive process
INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
Expanding into USA and target European markets in a cash-flow positive way
TESTIMONIAL
“A cliche but wish we’d met Open Equity sooner”
- Founder / CEO
“Building to sell is tough. But made so much simpler as a partnership”
- Managing Director
WHY OPEN EQUITY
£1BN+ Exits secured
Specialists in building businesses to successful exit.
100+ Businesses supported
Experience across sectors, markets and geographies.
100% Tailored partnership
Flexible, tailored partnerships to meet owners goals and needs.
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