Business Sale
& Puchase Support
Beyond the Multiple—Negotiation-Driven Transactions to Maximize Value and Close Rate.
It’s no secret that most business transactions fall apart before closing—and the reasons are clear:
- Broker Incentive Misalignment: Traditional brokers prioritize closing speed over deal quality, earning commissions regardless of whether you get the best terms.
- Post-LOI Leverage Hurdles: Many deals collapse post-LOI when leverage dynamics change and the counterparty demands last-minute concessions.
- Singular Focus on Price: Standard brokers fixate on achieving a market multiple, ignoring critical business or market intangibles that alter real value and brushing over crucial deal components that affect transaction price.
At Mainline Ventures, we solve these failure points with a structured, negotiation-driven process.
Your Business Deserves Better:
- Pricing Aligned to Your Goals: Our engagements are built on a contingent structure aligned with your goals – not transaction price. We succeed only when your target is achieved, ensuring that our incentives remain fully aligned.
- Negotiation Backed by Behavioral Science: All transactions fall into predictable patterns. Through advanced negotiation, we can play off these tendencies to drive toward our desired outcomes while the counterparty perceives control.
- Combines Price with Critical Terms: We leverage a proven “multiple offer” framework to ensure no critical issue is left of the table; securing maximum value at your maximum point of leverage.
With Mainline Ventures, you’re not getting a broker—you’re gaining a world-class negotiation team that ensures you exit on your terms, at the best possible value.
How we help clients win at the deal table
Strategic Positioning
We craft a compelling financial and strategic justification that moves buyers beyond a standard multiple, positioning your business for maximum perceived value
Market Analysis
We conduct deep market research and transaction analysis, using real-time industry trends and behavioral economics to set new valuation benchmarks that justify premium pricing.
Multiple Offer Structure
We develop multiple structured offers, incorporating narrative-based issues, pricing, and other critical terms, ensuring we control the framing and anchor negotiations in your favor.
Methodical Concession Planning
We design a strategic roadmap for concessions, using game-theory principles, to provide the counterparty a sense of control while preserving issues most critical to you.
Diligence Preparation & Risk Mitigation
We proactively identify and eliminate potential diligence red flags, structuring terms that protect your position and prevent post-LOI value erosion.
Direct Negotiation Support
Our team directly negotiates—or provides advisory support—to secure the best possible price, terms, and post-transaction considerations, using a structure designed to appeal to both present and silent stakeholders.