I'm interested in exploring M&A options. What are next steps?

(1) Textbook

If you haven't yet, please read this M&A resource guide.

(2) Getting other suitors

The data shows that your acquisition price will double if you get 2 suitors, and go up by another 50% if you get a 3rd. So you want to drive a process ideally.

Alchemist keeps a rolodex of corporate development execs interested in acquiring our companies. We can email them to ask if they want to meet with you.

If that's of interest, to see who's in our rolodex and have us reach out, go here.

(3) M&A Experts

There are several M&A experts on the vault. Please look these through. 

Favorites of Alchemist include:

Mike Marquez (M&A Broker from Code Advisors)

Eric Darwin (Former Corp Dev w/ Salesforce, now w/ LinkedIn)

Ken So (Alchemist Alum & Former Corp Dev exec)

Ted Summe (Alchemist Alum & Former Salesforce M&A)

and there are lots of others. but these might be good to start with.

(4) M&A Brokers

A good broker is very worth it. But they typically need to make at least $1m in the transaction, which means you realistically need to exit for at least $10m. If you do want to engage a broker, here are some to reach out to:

Mike Marquez (M&A Broker from Code Advisors)

Ezra Roizen (Ackrell Capital) : Especially good if you have high engagement and low revenue / growth

GrowthPoint, and PageMill Partners, and a bunch of others are available to. You can see a list of recommended brokers below. 

(5) VCs

If you want to run a parallel process and also have us connect you into funds for investment, please fill this form out here.