Founder-owned B2B · £2M+ revenue

Want to sell your business one day but not sure how?

We'll help you scale and exit your business for maximum value.

Book an audit call - and get a custom plan to hit your number.

You don't need to have all the answers. You just need the right conversation.

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Limited availability · 4-6 slots per week

What happens on the call

Diagnostic

We assess where your business is today - and what's suppressing its value to a buyer.

Data

We map your buyer universe, score them by relevance, and quantify exactly what each gap is costing you in real pounds.

Deployment

You leave with a custom plan - what to fix, in what order, and the roadmap to your number.

£2BN+

Transacted

100+

Deals

£1.4BN

Largest exit

15 yrs

In the field

What is Open Equity?

Thomas Cornwall

Founder & Managing Partner, Open Equity

The mistake

I sold my first business for less than I deserved. I left millions on the table - so I spent the next ten years scaling companies and doing deals with private equity and enterprise buyers.

The problem

You've built a good business. But scaling to an exit is a different game - and you've never done it before. You don't know what it's worth, what a buyer would pay, or what's holding the multiple down. You can't talk to your team about it. And none of the advisors around you have actually done it themselves.

The solution

I built Open Equity to solve this problem. In addition to doing our own deals, we work one-to-one with a select number of founders. To help you scale revenue, build enterprise value, and engineer the exit you want. I lead every engagement personally, supported by specialists across strategy, demand generation, operational systems, and M&A.

The audit call is usually the first honest conversation a founder has about their exit.

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Is this for you?

This is for you if

You run a B2B services or tech business at £2M+ revenue
You're profitable and growing - but the business still runs on you
You want to scale aggressively - organically, through acquisition, or both
You want to reverse-engineer a specific number and exit on your terms within 2-5 years
You've never done this before and want someone in your corner who has

This is not for you if

You're pre-revenue or not yet profitable
You're a partner-structured professional services firm (law, accountancy)
You want someone to list the business tomorrow or get a quick valuation
You're not prepared to invest in building real enterprise value

From the other side

£3M ARR → £20M+ target

"We thought we were ready to sell. Thomas showed us we were 18 months and several million pounds away from where we should be."

Founder · B2B SaaS · £3M ARR

Exited at 8.6x EBITDA

"Open Equity was the first to tell us why three other advisors had failed to sell us - then fixed it. The number still doesn't feel real."

Founder · Cybersecurity · £15.2M revenue

Scaling to 8-figure exit

"Open Equity turned three years of strategic thinking into eighteen months of execution. We're building toward a number that wasn't on the table when we started."

Founder & CEO · Data Analytics · £12.6M revenue

Common questions

What is this? +

Open Equity Scale is how we work one-to-one with a select number of founders to help them exit their business for maximum value. We start with a strategic assessment - your buyer universe, your valuation levers, and a custom roadmap to your number. Then we work with you month-to-month to execute it.

The first step is simple: book an audit call. We'll go over your goals, your business and what's holding you back. You'll leave with a buyer map, a gap analysis, and a clear plan. Useful whether we work together or not.

Who is this for? +

Founder-owned B2B services and tech businesses at £2M+ revenue. We've worked across dozens of niches - agencies, consultancies, services providers, software, cybersecurity, online education - and beyond.

Put simply: you run a real business with a high-quality solution for businesses or governments. And you want to scale aggressively, reverse-engineer an exit number, or both.

How does this work? +

30-minute audit call. If there's a fit, we start with a full strategic assessment in month one - your buyers, your business, your blueprint, your exit options. Then we work alongside you month-to-month to execute the plan. Calls as often as you need them. Direct WhatsApp access. The full OE team behind you.

How is this different? +

Most advisors have never built, scaled, or exited a business themselves. We have - over 100 times. This isn't advice from the outside. It's a team that's done it, working with you one-to-one, with the same playbooks and systems we use on our own investments.

What is the investment? +

The audit call is free. Beyond that, pricing depends on your business, your goals, and the scope of work. We cover this on the call.

If you do big PE deals, why work with individual founders? +

Because it's the most enjoyable work we do. We genuinely love working with founders who've built something real and helping them reach a number they didn't think was possible. Big deals take years to close - this is where the energy is. And honestly, every founder we work with becomes part of our network, our deal flow, and potentially a future investment or acquisition partner. The incentives are completely aligned.