When I started Independence Capital, we had a singular mission. To be the go-to Private Equity alternative for exit-proven leaders & mgmt teams. Whilst that remains true in 2025, with still so much potential for the future, another mission is emerging…

As drivers of M&A and growth strategies, everyday we engage direct with business owners. Everyday we see the shortcomings of the sell-side market and in particular for SMEs:

1. Polarisation – the top of market elite consultants can only engage with Entreprise sized businesses because they are the only ones who can justify seven figure fees, the middle and bottom of corporate pyramid are instead served by call-centre style brokers or regional accountants
2. Experience – there is a dearth of advisor who have experience beyond the spreadsheet. Most have never bought, run, grown or exited a business. Yet they advise business owners…
3. Process – the M&A industry works in archaic and inefficient ways, often largely unchanged for decades despite the world around it changing substantially. Deals are inherently emotive and challenging, the process needs to help not hinder especially for those less familiar with what to expect

We have the answers to this challenging set of circumstances for business owners. We are proud to introduce Independence Exits, the sell-side boutique advisors specialist in only serving owner-managed UK SMEs, who will now be able to draw on the experience of dealmakers, investors and operators unlike ever before. Alongside that we announce the release of our own deal software Cloudd – the software-as-a-service solution built to make the deals quicker, easier and more transparent.

We look forward to sharing the success stories our hard work in the SME sell-side will invariably bring and should you or your network know of any owner-managers considering their next steps please do ensure via www.independenceexits.co.uk