Selected mandates from the team.
Anonymised by default — we take client confidentiality seriously — but detailed enough that you can tell what we actually do. Filter by practice, sector, or deal type.
Sell-side M&A — European vertical SaaS platform.
Founder-owned European SaaS business serving the healthcare vertical. Sold to a pan-European strategic after a 14-week competitive process.
Result: final price 22% above opening indicative range, earn-out capped at two years, founder rolled 15% into the combined platform.
Buy-side — industrial services platform acquisition.
Mid-market PE buyer looking for a platform in European industrial services. We mapped 240 targets, approached 38, negotiated on two, closed one off-market.
Result: closed at 6.8x EBITDA vs sector mean of 8.5x, exclusive negotiations throughout, no banker involved on the sell-side.
PE platform buy-and-build — wealth advisory roll-up.
Dedicated buy-side team for a mid-market PE-backed wealth advisory platform executing a pan-European roll-up. Originated and closed four bolt-ons across 18 months.
Result: 4 bolt-ons closed at a blended 5.9x, platform EV grew from €65m to €180m, successor lender refinance completed on time.
Value Creation Plan — industrial components portco.
PE-backed industrial components business. Twelve-month engagement to diagnose the EBITDA gap vs thesis and build the 18-month action plan.
Result: EBITDA margin up 340 bps, SKU rationalisation delivered, pricing re-architecture live across three business units.
Exit Readiness — founder-led data services business.
Founder-led B2B data services business, preparing for a 24-month exit window. Diagnostic-driven program across financials, management depth, and commercial contracts.
Result: Net-revenue retention lifted from 94% to 108%, second commercial director hired, audited P&L for two years — currently in market.
Operating Partner — fractional COO, energy services portco.
PE-backed European energy services business. Fractional COO engagement across 14 months, 3 days per week. Operating model redesign and commercial discipline.
Result: Working capital reduced by €11m, gross margin up 210 bps, pipeline conversion tightened. Handover to permanent COO at month 14.
Growth-equity raise — infrastructure services platform.
Founder-led infrastructure services business — first institutional round. Raised €45m of growth equity from a European mid-market fund on a minority-with-governance structure.
Result: Closed at founder's target pre-money, founder control preserved, board seat and reserved matters structured around 2028 exit.
Strategic Growth — insurance brokerage roll-up strategy.
Founder-led insurance brokerage considering a buy-and-build vs a sell-side path. Six-week strategy engagement delivering a written recommendation, backed by a target-universe scan.
Result: Chose buy-and-build, first bolt-on closed 7 months later, firm now in a pre-exit readiness program with VBP.
Business Transformation — mid-market industrial turnaround.
Family-owned industrial business under lender pressure. Nine-month transformation engagement: 13-week cash programme, SKU rationalisation, sales re-focus, senior hire.
Result: Cash position stabilised in week 8, lender covenants reset, EBITDA run-rate up 40% by month 9, no restructuring triggered.
The mandates above represent engagements carried out by, with the contribution of, or with the participation of members of the Value Bridge Partners team in the context of current or previous functions. Details have been anonymised to preserve client confidentiality. Specifics and references are available under NDA on a case-by-case basis.
In their words.
The partner was in the room for every meaningful call. That alone was worth the fee — and it translated straight into the quality of the final negotiation.— Founder · European SaaS · sell-side
We had looked at seventy targets in the sector. Value Bridge found the one we ended up buying in six weeks, and it had never been shown to a banker.— Managing Partner · Mid-market PE · buy-side platform
They do not work like consultants. They work like owners who happen to be outside the cap table. Six months in, EBITDA speaks for itself.— Chair · Portfolio company · value creation
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