Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-based investment banking firm De NES Partners, LLC is pleased to announce the sale of its client, a data-driven, digital marketing agency specializing in specialty goods sold through the Amazon marketplace*. Our client (“the Company”) specializes in retail management, brand protection, and marketing/search engine optimization (SEO) services to drive sales of its… Read more »

By Doug Hubert, Managing Partner As a result of your hard work, dedication, countless sleepless nights, and good fortune (we all need a little luck), you’ve built a successful family business. Unfortunately, most business owners don’t spend as much time and attention considering a potential sale/exit/transition as they have in building their business – rarely… Read more »

Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-based investment banking firm De NES Partners, LLC is pleased to announce the sale of its clients (i) Diversified Inspections/Independent Testing Laboratories, Inc. (DI/ITL) and (ii) CraneCare, Inc. to Industrial Inspection & Analysis (IIA). Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Diversified Inspections/ITL is the largest independent, third-party, safety and integrity… Read more »

Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-based investment banking firm De NES Partners, LLC is pleased to announce the sale of a confidential client providing a range of eDiscovery litigation support services for national and regional law firms, corporations, and government entities. The range of client services includes internet-hosted review solutions, data hosting, data management, forensics, trial preparation/support,… Read more »

Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-based investment banking firm De NES Partners, LLC is pleased to announce the recapitalization of its client Top Rx, Inc. (“Top Rx”) by Flexpoint Ford, LLC. Established in 1987 by entrepreneur Kenny King, led successfully by Scott Franklin, President, and headquartered in suburban Memphis, TN, Top Rx is a national distributor of… Read more »

How much is your business worth and what can you do to increase the value of what you have built? Even if you’re not planning on selling your business in the near future, there are several strategies that every business owner should employ to build a better company and create more value. As part of this effort, it is important to understand that overall value is typically determined both as a function of your earnings and financial position and the inherent strength of your business (off balance sheet items).

Business owners who negotiate a sale transaction without the assistance of a professional M&A advisor tend to focus heavily on purchase price negotiations in terms of a multiple of Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) or revenue; however, there is an equally important negotiation that is often overlooked that can impact total transaction value by potentially millions of dollars: the working capital deliverable at closing.