THE EXIT.ENGINEERED.
We prepare founders for buyer scrutiny, then run the process to create competition, protect leverage, and drive price discovery.
The Firm
Built to close the buyer advantage.
Most founders sell a business once. Buyers do it repeatedly. That imbalance shapes every conversation, every diligence request, and every valuation discussion.
Stellamont was built to close that gap.
We prepare founders before the market sees the business, then run disciplined sell-side processes that create competition, protect leverage, and force real price discovery. The objective is simple: help founders make the right exit decision with clarity, confidence, and no second-guessing later.
Process
Prepared before the market moves.
Business Preparation
Financials normalized, data room built, and valuation range established.
Promotion & Buyer Outreach
A confidential information memorandum, operating model, and equity story prepared; qualified strategic and PE buyers contacted.
Indications of Interest
Indications of interest managed, bids scored, buyer feedback synthesized, and a qualified shortlist established.
Management Meetings
Shortlisted buyers coordinated through presentations, site visits, technical diligence, and Q&A.
Deal Negotiation
Final bids compared, structure and rollover optimized, and LOI negotiated through exclusivity.
Diligence & Close
A quality of earnings review, working capital, documentation, and third-party diligence managed through a fully funded close.
Verticals
Where buyer demand is active.
Creator Economy
The creator economy is where we are best known. We keep a live map of who is acquiring, what they underwrite, and what they actually pay. Buyers want proprietary data, embedded customers, attribution, and revenue that does not depend on one founder or one platform.
Typical range: 5-9x EBITDA
Marketing Infrastructure
Martech is where we are running the most mandates right now. Buyer demand is moving toward the systems that connect content, customer behavior, commerce, and measurable revenue. We help founders position attribution, first-party data, campaign intelligence, and retail media as infrastructure buyers can underwrite.
Typical range: 6-12x ARR / EBITDA
Software & SaaS
Founder-owned software generates the most predictable acquisition demand in the lower middle market. Recurring revenue, strong retention, embedded workflows, and defensible customer relationships command premium interest from strategic buyers and software sponsors.
Typical range: 6-14x ARR
Tech-Enabled Services
The best services businesses now look more like infrastructure than headcount. Proprietary measurement, automation, first-party data, and repeatable delivery help buyers underwrite value beyond generic agency multiples.
Typical range: 5-10x ARR / EBITDA
Selected Buyer Universe
FAQ
We advise founder-owned businesses on growth, exit readiness, and business sales across a range of industries. We typically work with established companies that have a track record of revenue, customer relationships, and profitability. Fit depends on the business, the owner’s goals, and whether we see a credible path to a successful engagement.
We assess each opportunity individually rather than applying a broad valuation range. Earnings, growth, customer concentration, management depth, and potential buyer interest all inform that assessment. An initial conversation helps us determine whether our services are appropriate for your business.
Yes. Our consulting and exit-readiness work helps owners understand what drives business value, address operational gaps, and prepare for a future sale. You do not need to commit to a transaction to begin preparing.
We start with the owner’s goals and an assessment of the business. For consulting engagements, we identify priorities that support growth and readiness. For a sale, we prepare the company for buyer scrutiny, identify suitable acquirers, and manage a competitive process through negotiation and closing. In M&A transactions, we represent sellers exclusively.
A well-run competitive process typically takes four to six months from engagement to close. We move fast. Our first deliverable, the Confidential Information Memorandum, is in market within 30 days of engagement. Timing depends on buyer responsiveness and diligence complexity, not our pace.
A competitive process means multiple qualified buyers are evaluating your business at the same time, under a structured timeline. When buyers know others are at the table, they move faster and bid higher. Our data consistently shows 2–3 turns of additional EBITDA multiple compared to a single unsolicited inbound offer. On a $10M EBITDA business, that’s $20–30M more in your pocket.
Almost always yes. An unsolicited inbound offer, no matter how flattering, is almost never the best offer you can get. The buyer approached you because they believe they can acquire you below market. A structured process gives you leverage, alternatives, and the ability to walk away. We can run a targeted process even with a lead buyer already at the table.
We charge a modest retainer at engagement to align incentives, and a success fee at closing: a percentage of total transaction value. The retainer is credited against the success fee. We only win when you win. We'll walk through the exact structure on our first call.
Confidentiality is the foundation of everything we do. We never identify your business publicly. Every buyer signs an NDA before receiving any information. We control who gets access, when, and in what sequence. Most of our clients run full processes without a single employee or customer finding out.