Why not consider growing your business via M&A?

At a recent Agri-TechE funding event, Jodi Bartin, CEO of Citicourt & Co, described the challenges that companies often encounter when navigating the journey from their series A round and beyond. She says M&A is an under-valued way to grow the business.

She says: “CitiCourt advises clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), both on the buy side and the sell side, and we can help them to raise financing debt and equity.”

“The financial model is very important; so you need to have your finances and your investment proposition in your deck – a lot of people forget that the opportunity to exit and make money, is one of the reasons for late stage investment. So the investment proposition is very important along with a strong and balanced team.

“If you’re looking to sell your business, you will want to spend one to two years preparing for that. Ideally you need to be profitable, so you have experienced a down turn, aim to recover before you sell the business to get the best price.”

“M&A is an under-valued, and really easy way, to grow your business geographically and product-wise.”

“What we do at CitiCourt is work with our clients to put together a list of potential companies, that they could merge with or acquire.

“For example, if you’re growing your business and want to move into America – maybe you can merge with another a company or buy one in America to help de-risk entering the market.”

To see Jodi’s presentation click the video below.

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