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5 Key Differences Between Financial & Strategic Buyers

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Potential buyers fall into two primary categories: → Financial Buyers : These include private equity firms (also known as “financial sponsors”), independent sponsors (or “fundless sponsors”), family offices, search funds, and high-net-worth individuals. This makes them less sensitive to fluctuations in the business cycle.

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The 25 Most Active Independent Sponsors on Axial

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In terms of where to slot us from an investor type – we are unique in the sense that we have owned and operated our own businesses since 2001, invested our own capital and also raised capital from LPs (both institutional and smaller accredited investors).” Our target investment size is $10 million-$50 million.”