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First Axis

Industry

Private capital

Entry price matters. What the owner does in the first year with management, cash, and the market matters more.

Three executives sit at a small table and mark a handwritten decision tree, with the city outside the window.
Three executives sit at a small table and mark a handwritten decision tree, with the city outside the window.

What is changing

  • Hold periods leave less time for a vague transformation.
  • Operating partners and deal teams often describe a different company.
  • Exits reward a story that the numbers and the customers both support.

How we work here

We work with owners and management on the few moves that change earnings and the resilience of the business. Diligence, the value-creation plan, and the operating cadence are one engagement when they need to be.

Related capabilities

Mergers and acquisitions

From the thesis to the integration, the value has to be named before the close.

Strategy and corporate finance

Where to compete, what to fund, and which promises the balance sheet can carry.