THE EXIT.ENGINEERED.
We prepare business owners 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 owners 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 owners 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 owners 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.
Engineering and Essential Services
Engineering, environmental consulting, testing, inspection and industrial services. We help owners demonstrate how specialized expertise, regulatory credentials and longstanding customer relationships translate into durable earnings and opportunities for growth.
Buyer focus
- Technical expertise
- Customer relationships
- Geographic coverage
Creator Economy & Marketing
We advise owners of talent representation firms, creator platforms, UGC businesses, marketing agencies and martech companies. We help position enduring client relationships, proprietary data and measurable customer outcomes within a competitive sale process.
Buyer focus
- Client retention
- Proprietary data
- Owner independence
Software & Tech-Enabled Services
We advise owners of SaaS and B2B software businesses, workflow platforms, data consultancies, managed services and technology implementation firms. We focus on customer retention, recurring revenue and how deeply the business is embedded in its customers’ operations.
Buyer focus
- Recurring revenue
- Embedded workflows
- Repeatable delivery
Selected Buyer Universe
FAQ
We specialize in engineering, environmental and essential services businesses, as well as technology, creator economy, and marketing businesses. We advise owners of privately held companies on growth, exit readiness, and business sales. 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 brings multiple qualified buyers into a structured sale process. It gives owners alternatives, a clearer view of market interest and a basis for comparing price, terms and certainty of closing. Competition can strengthen negotiating leverage, but the outcome depends on the business, buyer interest and market conditions.
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.