Sep 25, 2023

Fidus Partners

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Any info on Fidus Partners? Hoping to learn about culture, intv style (technical vs behavioral vs brain teasers).

If anyone has had any experiences with them, I'd really appreciate any insight! Thanks!

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  • All founders came from Bowles Hollowell, wanted to return to m&a execution rather than finding clients
  • Not as strictly hirearchical as other banks
  • Lower middle market
    • EBITDA 2-3mm to 40mm
    • Founder led businesses
    • Founders leaving
    • PE firms looking to sell
    • Founders looking for new capital, new ownership
    • Focus on sell-side
  • Direct founders
    • More developed companies
    • More responsibility, 
  • Sourcing
    • Referral is frequent 
    • Generalist, but recurring verticals in building products, know the relevant players
    • PE people
    • Less pitching and bank-offs
    • Keeping resources moving towards sell-side mandates
  • Start-to-finish, 
  • Have a pipeline or clients
  • Qualitative story is an area where they don't help quite as much. More useful on the quantitative side
  • 6-9 months, might advise the company not to go to market at that point
    • Sign some more contracts, improve performance
  • 10-15 deals per year
  • 3 deals per person
  • Charlotte , NY offices
  • Sometimes go onsite to see the factory onsite
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