M&A advisory for founders
You built it.
We'll make sure
you get what it's worth.
We work with founders who built something worth protecting and want an advisor who treats this moment with the weight it deserves. If that’s you — let’s talk.
- What we believe
Six principles. No exceptions.
- Honest Before Comfortable
We tell you what you need to hear — about your valuation, your timeline, your business — even when it’s not what you were hoping for. That’s what you’re hiring us for.
- Absolute Discretion
We work through every conversation, every valuation, and every planning discussion in complete confidence — and we only move toward market when you tell us you’re ready.
- Relationships Before Transactions
Relationships drive better outcomes. Whether you’re two weeks from a decision or two years out, we bring the same commitment to understanding your business before we touch your process.
- There Through All of It
Selling a business is rarely a straight line. There will be setbacks, difficult buyers, and moments of doubt. We stay in it with you — from the first conversation to long after the wire clears.
- Senior-Led. Every Step.
The advisor you meet on day one is the advisor at the closing table. Every engagement is led from the top — because the decisions that matter most deserve senior attention, not delegation.
- Integrity Over Everything
We take on mandates we believe in, with founders we’re committed to. Every engagement gets our full effort — not because it’s policy, but because anything less isn’t how we operate. Your outcome is our reputation.
Senior-led. Start to finish.
Every client works directly with senior leadership — from the first conversation to the closing table. We built this firm so that the advisor who knows your business best is always the one in the room.
- How we work
A process built around you, not the other way around.
01. The relationship comes first.
The best advisory relationships feel less like an engagement and more like a partnership. We get to know your business, your goals, and what this moment actually means to you — before we ever talk about process.
02. Understanding drives everything
that follows.
That foundation is what allows us to move with conviction when it matters. To position your business the way it deserves. To know which opportunities are worth pursuing and which ones aren’t worth your time.
03. Judgment you can trust at the moments that count.
This is what good advisory actually looks like — not a process applied to your business, but genuine understanding of it. That’s how we work.
- How we can help
Three ways to work together. One we do above all others.
We don’t filter by revenue. We filter by fit. If you built a real business and want an advisor who will fight for what it’s worth — that’s the conversation we’re here to have.
Sell-Side Advisory
We run disciplined, senior-led sell-side processes for founders who want an advisor who is in the room from the first conversation to the final wire.
Strategic Advisory
Strategic Advisory is how we work with founders who know an exit is coming — but aren’t ready yet, and want to build a business that commands the outcome it deserves.
Buy-Side Advisory
We work with a select group of buyers each year. We take buy-side mandates because we believe in the fit — between the buyer, the business, and the outcome.
- The Ledger
Market knowledge. Hard-won perspectives.
Perspective is everything in this market.
We write about the deals, dynamics and data worth paying attention to.
- Who you're working with
One advisor. Fully committed. From first call to closing table.
For most founders, selling the company is the summit of decades of work — the moment a lifetime of building becomes the foundation for everything that comes next. A moment that big deserves a process to match.
Richmond Partners is built for it. Deep fluency in how buyers think, paired with a singular focus: the right partner, the right terms, and a legacy that outlasts the close.
- Your Company. Our Full Attention.
