Requirements

General
All discussions and potential deals must be kept completely confidential.   This is a relationship building network.  Each potential transaction or executive team looking to participate in a transaction will have one primary point of contact through the exchange.  There are no blast e-mails, mailing lists, open database exchanges or public postings of any team, deal, or value creating strategy. 

Private Equity Providers
All of the private equity participants affiliated with the site invest between $4M and $50M of equity per transaction.  All industries are considered (excluding real-estate).  Total transaction sizes range from $10M to $200M.  Target companies must have revenues that range between $5M and $200M.

Executives and Executive Teams
Executives or executive team leaders with a minimum of 12 years of industry experience are invited to participate in the program.  Participants should be industry leaders with a vision for creating value in their target industry and will have CEO, CFO or large company, divisional P&L experience.    The ideal scenario is an executive or executive team that also has a target company lined up for acquisition.  In these situations, a price may or may not already be on the table (there are pro's and con's, which you may want to discuss with a potential partner prior to making a 'placeholding offer' to a seller).  An executive may also have a thesis for creating value within a target industry or target set of companies based upon their expertise in that marketplace.  In these situations, the team may be able to work with a private equity partner to proactively target companies for acquisition.

Exceptions
Young executives or employees within a company that have a proprietary opportunity to acquire a target business that meets the minimum size requirements can use this network.  In that situation, it is likely that the combined executive team, at the end of the day, might include supplemental management from the network who are more senior industry experts.   To make this work, the private equity professionals, young executives or employees and supplemental management teams must agree that the combined team will create the most value for all participants in the transaction.