For owners — Andiamo Equity

— A note from us

You built something rare. A profitable, durable business in an industry most investors don't understand and would rather not visit.

Your business is more than a profit number. It's customers who trust you, employees who built their lives around what you made, and a product or service that solves real problems. We know that's what makes selling hard.

If you're starting to think about what comes next — for you, for the team, for the customers who've trusted you for years — we'd like to be one of the conversations you have.

Not because we'll be the right partner for everyone. We won't be. But because the conversation itself is worth having with people who have actually run a business before.

— The process

From first call to close, on a timeline you control.

An honest first conversation

Thirty minutes, no NDA required. You tell us about the business and what you're thinking about for the next chapter. We tell you whether we're a fit — and if we're not, who might be.

— Week 1
no obligation

ii.

A clear indication of interest

If we're aligned, we sign an NDA, you share the basics, and within two weeks we come back with a written indication of interest — a real number, with the structure spelled out.

— Weeks 2–3
written IOI

iii.

Diligence without the theater

We dig into the financials, walk the floor, and ask the questions that count. We don't show up with a thirty-person team.

— Weeks 4–8
honest read

iv.

Close and the next chapter

Closing is the start, not the finish. We invest in the people who made the business worth buying. We spend the first ninety days listening before we change anything.

— Weeks 9–12
listen first

— Questions owners ask

The honest answers, not the canned ones.

What happens to the team?

We invest in the people who made the business worth buying. They know things we don't, and most have spent years building relationships we couldn't replicate. Layoffs as a margin strategy are not how we operate.

Do I have to leave the day we close?

No. Most owners stay involved in some capacity for six to twenty-four months — as chairman, as an advisor, or as a part-time operator focused on the parts of the business they love most. We design the role around what you want next, not the other way around.

What if I want to sell only part of the business?

That's a real option. We do partial exits where founders take meaningful liquidity off the table and stay in the operator seat for the next chapter — with us as a partner, not a boss. Tell us what you want and we'll design the structure to match.

Will my number two get equity?

Almost certainly. Management equity is a default, not a negotiation — distributed to the people who actually run the place. The general manager who's been there twelve years should own a piece of what comes next.

How fast can you actually move?

From first call to a written indication of interest: two to three weeks. From signed LOI to close: eight to twelve weeks, depending on how clean the financials are. We've closed faster when the situation called for it. We won't pretend a deal is faster than it is.

What happens if you don't end up being the right fit?

We say so quickly. Usually within the first conversation, sometimes after a closer look at the financials. When it's not a fit we'll often introduce you to someone we think is — a search-fund buyer, another small private investment firm, or a strategic buyer in your industry. Most calls don't lead to deals, and that's just fine.