01
The call
We learn the box. A buyer names the company, the size, and the structure they will actually do. A lender names the credit box: collateral, use of proceeds, and what they will not finance.
Network
Only the deals that fit.
Buyers and lenders do not need another list. A call sets the mandate, or the credit box. After that, we send what belongs in it — already vetted, with the file.
[How it works]
How a deal reaches you.
The same three steps for a buyer and for a lender. The criteria change. The discipline does not.
02
The match
You only hear about what fits. The company has already been through our process. You are not sorting everything we touch.
03
The file
You can see where the deal stands, and the documents are there when you need them. The book, the numbers, the answers — without a trail of emails to find them.
[Buyers]
If you buy companies.
Tell us the mandate on the call. When we are selling a company that fits, you are in the process — not on a list you have to check.
Private equity
Funds buying companies in this band.
Strategic acquirers
Operators buying a business, a territory, or a line.
Family offices
Capital that can hold past a fund life.
Search funds
A searcher buying one company to run. ETA lives here, as a buyer.
Independent sponsors
Deal-by-deal sponsors, on a sale or as a client raising acquisition debt.
[Lenders]
If you finance them.
Tell us the credit box. When a financing sits inside it, you get the package a credit committee can read, not a teaser you have to chase.
Banks
Senior debt, mortgages, lines, and equipment notes.
SBA lenders
7(a) and 504. A lender type, used on acquisitions, buyouts, real estate, and refinances that qualify.
Private credit
Direct lenders and credit funds for the stretch past a bank.
Equipment lenders
Specialist lessors for machinery and fleets.
Asset-based lenders
Facilities sized off receivables and inventory.
I am a lender. How do I see deals?
Start with the call and give us the credit box. We come to you when a financing fits it, with the documents. We do not run a marketplace you browse.
I am a search fund. Which page is mine?
If you are buying a company and need the debt raised, it is Buy a business. If you want to be called when we are selling one, it is this network.
Do you work with SBA lenders?
Yes. SBA is a lender category we include on the deals it fits: acquisitions, partner buyouts, owner-occupied real estate, equipment, and refinance. Siddwell does not make the loan. How an SBA 7(a) or 504 financing is advised is on the SBA financing page.
Get in touch
Tell us the box.
A buyer names the mandate. A lender names the credit box. That call is how we learn what to send, and what to keep off your desk.
Or write down what you want to see and join the list. You hear from us when a deal fits, with the file already together.
You're on the list. You'll hear from us when something fits.