Business acquisition, with us or done for you
Run your own search with an experienced operator on call, or have Acies run the acquisition from sourcing through close. Two levels of support, built on the same underwriting discipline.
Hourly coaching Full-service search
Owner-operator judgment, not broker incentives.
Two ways to work
Both engagements end at the same standard: a business that services its debt, pays you, and survives imperfect conditions. The difference is who does the recurring work.
You run the search. An operator who has closed deals joins you for the decisions where a bad call costs real money.
Acies becomes your acquisition team, so you can keep your job or current business until there is a real deal in front of you.
Offering 01 | Do it with us
You do not need a year of weekly calls. You need experienced judgment at the handful of moments that decide whether a deal deserves your capital.
Separate durable earnings from the seller story before you spend weeks chasing the deal.
Price the risk, defend the add-backs, and shape a capital stack that leaves room to operate.
Pressure-test your terms and prepare the conversation before the seller or broker sees them.
Decide what changes the price, what changes the structure, and what should end the deal.
Simple hourly access
No retainer, no monthly commitment, and nothing to cancel.
A focused second opinion on one deal or one decision.
Rate on requestEnough to underwrite a live deal and stay through the offer.
+1 hour includedSupport across the search, LOI, diligence, and lender calls.
+2 hours includedOffering 02 | Have it done for you
Twelve months of sourcing, screening, negotiating, and closing. You stay close to the decisions, without getting buried in the administration that gets a deal to them.
We turn your goals, constraints, and economics into a buy box strong enough to say no for you.
Proprietary lists, owner outreach, live cold calling, and broker coverage create a real pipeline.
Every opportunity is screened for earnings quality, concentration, owner dependence, and debt service.
We lead valuation, structure, seller conversations, and the path from first offer to signed LOI.
Auditors, lenders, and attorneys stay on one track while we protect the thesis behind the deal.
If needed, we help install the people, systems, and operating cadence for the first chapter of ownership.
Post-close transition support is optional and quoted separately.
The underwriting standard
We underwrite to a floor, not a feeling. The model has to survive real debt service, defensible add-backs, customer concentration, and a transition that is never as tidy as the CIM suggests.
Illustrative capital stack
Not deal adviceStructure changes by deal. The discipline does not: build the cushion before the LOI, not after it.
Who is across the table
Fifteen years in data analytics shaped the underwriting. Owning a manufacturing business shaped the judgment.
Before Acies, Josh worked across Southwest Airlines, Hilton, MGM, Panasonic Avionics, and AWS. Today he owns and operates Swaim Ornamental Iron Works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
He is also Managing Partner at Meridian Peak Capital, backing individual buyers on acquisitions. Acies is the narrow end of that experience: a small number of buyers working directly with a team that closes deals.
Before we talk
Choose coaching when you want to own the search and need experienced judgment at key decisions. Choose full acquisition when you want Acies to own the recurring sourcing, screening, negotiation, and transaction coordination.
Hours can be booked one at a time. A five-hour block includes one additional hour, and a ten-hour block includes two additional hours. There is no retainer or monthly commitment.
Yes. Coaching can clarify your buy box and show you where the search is consuming time. If Acies is a fit for the mandate, the conversation can expand from there.
The full-service search is a twelve-month engagement with a flat fee and a success fee at close. The exact structure depends on the mandate and is discussed during the fit call.
Then we walk away. The goal is not to manufacture a closing; it is to find an acquisition that can service its debt, pay you, and survive imperfect conditions.
Choose the level of support
Bring your target, constraints, and capital plan. We’ll tell you where the buy box is strong, which engagement fits, and what the next decision should be.