
Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Heather Endresen ( @EndresenHeather ) review a deal for a company that produces collectible statues. Let us know what you think. Today's deal comes from Axial . ...
Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA), and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) review a deal for a company that produces collectible statues. Let us know what you think.
Today's deal comes from Axial. Axial is a trusted deal sourcing platform serving professional acquirers in the American lower middle market.
Axial partners with over 2,000 boutique investment bankers and business brokers who use the Axial platform to market their deals to lower middle market acquirers.
Sweetspot on Axial in terms of deal size is from $5M to $75M in enterprise value, located solely within the US and Canada.
Deal activity occurs in five industry verticals: manufacturing, tech / IT services, healthcare, B2B services, and consumer.

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