LBO / ETA Model.
Operator-friendly leveraged buyout model for searchers and mid-market sponsors. Enter your deal parameters and get sources & uses, an integrated debt schedule, and a full IRR/MOIC waterfall.
Sources & uses · Debt schedule · Returns waterfall · Sensitivity tables
Built for deal practitioners, not finance professors.
Sources & Uses
Enter acquisition price, equity contribution, and debt tranches. The model builds the capital structure and checks your sources tie to uses — no manual reconciliation.
Integrated Debt Schedule
Amortisation, PIK toggle, revolver, and cash sweep logic across a five-year hold. Interest coverage and leverage ratios tracked by year against typical covenant benchmarks.
Returns Waterfall
IRR and MOIC at exit under base, upside, and downside scenarios. Equity bridge from entry to exit — showing debt paydown, EBITDA growth, and multiple expansion/compression separately.
Sensitivity Tables
Two-variable sensitivity: entry multiple vs. exit multiple, and EBITDA growth vs. leverage. Colour-coded to show where returns break through and below your hurdle rate.
The numbers that drive the decision.
Levered equity return
Gross IRR to equity across the hold period, with sensitivity to exit timing from year three to year seven.
Money-on-money multiple
Cash-on-cash return to sponsors. Broken into EBITDA growth contribution, debt paydown, and multiple arbitrage.
Debt service coverage
Annual DSCR and net leverage tracked against typical senior lender covenants — tells you where the deal gets tight.
The model tells you if it works. VBP helps you make it happen.
From sourcing the right target to structuring the deal, financing the acquisition, and capturing value on day one — four ways VBP works alongside searchers and mid-market sponsors.
Buy-side origination & M&A execution
Access to proprietary deal flow across Europe. Senior-partner-led buy-side process from target origination through LOI, diligence, and closing — including ICFN network reach for cross-border mid-market transactions.
Buy-side M&A →Inorganic growth strategy
For platforms and corporates running multiple acquisitions: a three-year acquisition roadmap, firepower sizing, theme and target prioritisation, and scenario stress-tests — so each model you build fits a structured thesis.
Inorganic Growth Strategy →90-day value creation roadmap
The post-close execution plan before day one. Structured around the six value-creation areas — revenue, margin, working capital, capex, management, and AI — with initiative charters and a governance cadence the board can track.
90-Day Roadmap →Operating Partner — in the seat
A senior operator two to four days a week, alongside management for six to eighteen months. Covers the COO and CFO capability gap common in searcher-backed businesses — owns the 100-day plan, reports to the board, and manages the operating transition.
Operating Partner →Access the model.
Access is immediate. A Value Bridge Partners partner may follow up where we can add value to your mandate — particularly for deals in the European mid-market.
No solicitation without your request.
Working on a deal?
Use the 90-Day Value Creation Roadmap to structure your post-close execution plan before you reach day one of ownership.