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Reference material for members and for owners considering a transaction. Our founding position paper is available soon; the remaining editions follow through 2026.
Our founding thesis: the DACH succession gap, the three search structures, and the returns evidence behind the model.
An examination of the succession gap across German, Austrian, and Swiss family enterprises.
Capital structures used in search fund transactions, from seller notes to senior debt.
Outreach discipline for proprietary sourcing: research, first contact, and the second conversation.
Criteria and scoring sheet for evaluating acquisition targets in the lower mid-market.
What running a small Mittelstand company demands in the twelve months after closing.