No. 01 — M&A advisory
Quiet counsel behind $6.4B in closed transactions.
Diligo Partners advises founder-led companies on buy-side, sell-side and special situations — a senior partner on every mandate, first call to closing.
Control transactions closed in the last five years.
No. 02 — What we do
Most arrive through a founder who has been told to run a process and would rather understand one first.
Sell-side
A prepared process, a shortlist of buyers who can actually clear, and a partner in every session until the wire lands.
Buy-side
Thesis first, then a search we run ourselves — proprietary approaches to owners who were never going to answer a banker's list.
Special situations
Covenant pressure, a shareholder who wants out, a carve-out nobody has priced. Quiet work, short timelines, no press release.
No. 03 — The rhythm
The calendar a founder-side mandate actually runs on, from the first coffee to the funds flow.
Read the business
Six weeks with the numbers and the people who made them, before a single buyer hears the name.
Build the shortlist
Twenty names, not two hundred. Every one of them able to fund and close in the window.
Run the process
Management sessions, diligence and one price conversation the partner has personally.
Close and hand over
Documents, escrow and the first ninety days of integration the founder did not plan for.
No. 04 — Selected mandates
Most of the sheet stays confidential. These three founders agreed to be quoted, which is the only reason they are here.
Industrials — sell-side
A third-generation valve maker sold to a European strategic in eleven months, with the family retaining the freehold.
Software — buy-side
Four bolt-ons for a logistics platform in under two years, three of them sourced before they ran a process.
Family capital — specials
A shareholder deadlock resolved in fourteen weeks without the business ever going to market.
No. 05 — In their words
Three banks pitched us a process. Diligo pitched us a decision, and then sat in every session until it was made.
Founder, Ihlen Valve & Control
No. 06 — Deal notes
Valuation, diligence, and the reasons deals actually die. Written by the partner who was in the room.
No. 07 — Next step
Thirty minutes with a partner about what your business is worth and whether now is the moment. No engagement letter until you ask for one.