We’re always looking for Entrepreneurs Through Acquisition (’ETA’): motivated, ambitious and talented mid-career professionals and/or entrepreneurs ready to take the next big career step - without building the company from scratch.
About Us
It all starts with a huge problem SMBs are facing.
As the overall age of the western population increases, micro and small businesses are struggling with succession planning . Retiring owners often don’t have relatives to pass on their small family business to and exit opportunities to third-parties of employees are rare. Consequently, the majority of them are shutting down endangering millions of jobs.
In Italy, our first geography of interest, nearly 80%, meaning 4 out of 5 companies below €10M in revenue, will shut down because of a loss of continuity. We’re talking about a huge know-how that won’t be transferred and tens of thousands of employees that will be sent home.
This is why ate’re building a tech platform which:
- Acquires these small businesses whose founders are retiring
- Gives the majority of the shares back to the employees
- Supports these companies in creating a bridge to a solid and scalable future
A few insights about the companies we're targeting:
- Up to €5M in revenue ;
- 10%+ Ebitda margin;
- B2b , services and manufacturing;
- Based in Italy ;
- Owner looking for retirement ;
- No consumer, distressed companies or turnarounds.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for an Entrepreneur Through Acquisition (’ETA’): A motivated, ambitious and talented mid-career professional and/or entrepreneur ready to take the next big career step - without building the company from scratch.
As Equis acquires these SMBs, we offer experienced executives a structured opportunity to become an entrepreneur through acquisition while having the support of a powerful tech platform and an internal ecosystem made of business experts with great expertise.
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📌 CEO / Entrepreneur Through Acquisition (Italia)
🏢 Equis
📍 Italia