What we are looking for

Financial health, growth potential, fragmented industry, strong competitive advantage

Industry

Fragmented competition

Stable or growing sector

Low technological risk

Low regulatory risk

Financials

€ 3-10 mln revenues

€ 800,000+ EBITDA

+10% profit margin

Growth track record

Positive Cash Flow

Low Debt

Company Profile

Recurring and/or contracted revenues with diversified customer base

Straightforward business model

Non capital-intensive

Growth potential

Seller commitment to take part in the transition

Positive working environment

Why choose Barreleye Capital

We are committed to honour your legacy and develop your creation into the next phase of maturity. There are several advantages of selling to a Search Fund versus a Private Equity Fund or selling to a competitor

Criteria

Management

Time Horizon

Focus

Financing

Employees

Transition

Barreleye Capital

Direct management with full respect of the entrepreneurial heritage

Long term

One single company

Institutional and individual investors from Italy and Europe

Valued and cherished as a strategic asset to accompish our goal

Flexible, collaborative, and focussed on learning

PE Funds

Indirect sales-oriented management - cost cutting & change management

3-5 years

Part of a portfolio of companies looked at through the lenses of KPI

Institutional investors detached from management & operations

Fully dependant on the fund strategy and KPIs

2-3 year involvement with an operationally controlled mandate

Competitors

Assimilation to the parent seeking synergies (cost cutting and restructuring)

Definitive & loss of identity

Part of the parent portfolio

Several and variegate in nature (equity swap, and other financial instruments)

Risk of personnel cuts due to synergies

Permanence of 2-3 years with reporting to new top management