You are acquiring a business.
Make it count.
Buying a company is harder than it looks on paper. Targets are hard to find, valuation is opaque, financing takes time, and the first months after closing determine whether you capture the value you paid for. VBP works alongside you at every stage.
Four phases. One partner throughout.
Origination & thesis
Define your sector focus, target profile, and acquisition criteria. Build a pipeline of relevant targets. Approach owners — directly or through intermediaries — in a way that opens conversations rather than closing them.
Target assessment
Evaluate the opportunity before you open the data room. Reconstruct normalised EBITDA from external signals, assess customer and revenue concentration, size the valuation range, and identify the five diligence questions that must be answered before you commit capital. Then confirm or kill the thesis quickly.
Transaction & financing
Structure the offer, negotiate the LOI, manage the due diligence workstreams, arrange senior and mezzanine financing, and navigate the SPA from heads of terms to closing. Senior-led, with no delegation to juniors on the critical path.
Value capture post-closing
The deal closes on day zero — value capture starts on day one. A structured 100-day plan that takes ownership of the business, captures quick wins, and sets the operating cadence before momentum is lost. Hands-on operational support through the first year.
The right support at each stage.
Inorganic Growth Strategy
Build the acquisition thesis, define target criteria, and design a systematic sourcing approach — before the first outreach goes out.
Learn more →The Value Bridge Read
A 5–10 day outside-in read of a target: reconstructed EBITDA, concentration analysis, valuation range, and your five must-answer diligence questions.
Learn more →Mergers & Acquisitions (Buy-side)
Full buy-side advisory — LOI structuring, due diligence management, financing coordination, negotiation, and closing. Senior-led from start to finish.
Learn more →Transaction Value Creation
100-day plan, integration management, synergy capture, and the KPI governance that makes outcomes visible — not just promised.
Learn more →Operating Partner
Fractional COO or CEO support for the first 6–18 months. Senior operator in the business alongside the incoming management team.
Learn more →EBITDA from AI
Size the AI adoption opportunity as a concrete, budgetable EBITDA line item — and start executing it in the first year of ownership.
Learn more →Start with a number, not a meeting.
ETA Acquisition Toolkit
Three integrated tools to score targets, model your deal economics, and check financeability — built for self-funded acquirers and search fund operators in France & Switzerland.
Open the toolkit →Common questions from buyers.
What is ETA (Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition)?
ETA — Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition — is the approach of acquiring an existing profitable business rather than starting from scratch. The buyer combines equity with bank or private debt financing to take over an owner-managed SME. It is widely practised in France and Switzerland as a vehicle for management succession and a viable alternative to VC-backed startup creation.
What does VBP do on the buy-side?
VBP supports acquirers at every stage: defining the acquisition thesis, identifying and approaching targets, running a financial pre-assessment (the Value Bridge Read), advising on deal structure and financing, and then executing a structured 100-day value creation plan once the deal closes. You have one senior partner throughout — not a team that changes by phase.
How long does a typical acquisition take?
From first serious contact to closing: typically 6–12 months. Sourcing a suitable target can take 3–18 months depending on how specific your criteria are. Once the right target is identified, a well-structured process — LOI, due diligence, financing, SPA — takes 4–6 months.
How do I assess a target before opening the data room?
VBP's Value Bridge Read gives you an outside-in assessment in 5–10 days using public and inferred data: reconstructed normalised EBITDA, customer and revenue concentration, a valuation range, and the five questions that must be answered in diligence before you commit. It lets you decide — fast — whether a target is worth the time and cost of a full process.
The right acquisition, at the right price, executed well.
A 30-minute call to discuss your acquisition project, your thesis, and where you are in the process. No pitch — a working conversation with a senior partner.