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5 Key Differences Between Financial & Strategic Buyers

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Their primary goal is to increase the company’s long-term value, ensuring a profitable exit within their defined investment horizon. Investment Horizon Strategic buyers tend to have an indefinite ownership horizon, fully integrating the acquisition into their long-term operations.

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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.”