Acquire a competitor

Distressed context or retiring owners are acquisition opportunities requiring speed & creativity. Most funders aren’t geared for this – you’re in no-man’s land.

Acquire a supplier

One of your suppliers could be up for sale & you want to take advantage of the strategic opportunity.

Buy out other shareholders

Partner exits or shareholder disputes create buyout needs – and you need a funder who understands your industry and backs you.

Here’s the thing …

… no two business acquisitions are the same.

Spartan’s Business Acquisition Finance is built for Entrepreneurs looking to acquire a Competitor or Supplier, expand a Portfolio or to buy out a fellow Shareholders’ stakes.

In any acquisition – you don’t have the luxury of unforeseen & costly lessons.
That’s why we get involved early, collaborating with you to assess and shape an acquisition structure that works.

If you are acquiring a lifestyle business – we’re not for you.
If you want to grow this thing beyond the date of acquisition – then you need a backer that goes beyond the funding with strategic support. That’s us.

Each acquisition comes with a triangulation of unique risk context, level of collateral/contribution and you as the jockey.
This requires a willingness to ensure Spartan is fairly rewarded with an equity portion [aside from our debt funding] – based on this triangulation.

What Spartan looks for …

These are critical criteria for Spartan [and should be for you too].

  • Experience in the relevant sector [ie not an arts graduate buying an engineering business or vice versa]

  • You have done proper due diligence

  • A viable business with sound economics [current profits or realistic turnaround – can comfortably afford the loan repayments]

  • A great acquisition price and terms [we can assist with this part]

  • Your full-time involvement in the acquired business

  • If you are contributing a deposit [own contribution] and/or collateral

  • A willingness to structure a deal where Spartan is fairly rewarded with an equity portion [aside from our debt funding] – based on the risk context, collateral/contribution, strategic support

Key questions to ask yourself …

… and if you can’t – we’re not for you.

  • what are your deeper reasons for buying this business ?

  • what are the real reasons behind the seller deciding to sell the business ?

  • are you buying the assets out of the business or are you buying the shares in the business ?

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  • how does the business actually make its money ?

  • can the existing/historic net profit comfortably repay the business acquisition loan over 3-5 years ?

Let’s get the conversation started …

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