Henderton is a growth advisory firm specialising strategic, operational and financial advice to European growth companies and their investors.
We provide a full range of advisory services, including:
Growth equity and capital raising
Mergers and acquisitions
Transaction advisory
Investor services
Pre- and post-merger integration
Our team comes from a range of backgrounds, including venture capital, financial services, management consultancy, and specialist boutiques. We are flexible and can work seamlessly withthird-party investment banking and legal advisors.
Henderton's advisors have been involved in more than 50 transactions in the past 15 years, gaining areputation as an international expert in M&A and capital raising advisory for growth companies.
Many of our most successful transactions have come as a result of trusted relationships built up over many years, and our focus and knowledge of key emerging sectors.
Henderton has a strong track record of helping entrepreneurs and management teams in technology and emerging sectors raise capital from venture capital funds, private equity or other investors to fund their growth plans.
We generally focus on early to expansion stage, and have been involved in more than 30 transactions over the past few years, more than half of which were cross-border.
We can support management teams and investors across the entire M&A deal lifecycle, both buy-side or sell-side. Our end-to-end merger, acquisition and divestiture advisory services are tailored to meet the unique needs of each of our clients.
We blend industry and sector knowledge and can be involved at any stage of the transaction cycle:
Pre-deal: development of the underlying rationale for the transaction through market opportunity assessment, target identification and screening. M&A playbook development and execution.
Sourcing: research, market screening, identification and assessment of the strategic fit of an acquisition target, joint venture or alliance partner.
Approach: approach preparation and contact, accessing acquisition targets including capabilities fit, valuation work and transaction readiness assessments.
Transaction process: formation of a fact-based view of the company's competitive advantage, sustainability and achievability of the business plan, and assistance in negotiating terms and conditions.
Post-deal: achievement of key strategic objectives such as: revenue synergies, development of market segmentation and a pricing strategy or the planning of international market expansion.
In addition, we offer a growth-oriented advisory approach tailored to specific cases which do not fall under our full scope fundraising advisory or M&A services.
These can include (but are not limited to):
Methodology and process
Review of existing documentation
Preparation of robust business plans which explain the full potential of a business
Valuation analysis
Due diligence for vendors and acquirers
Financial set-up
Customised match-making list
Strategic advice as Board member
Equally, we offer a range of services to investors which do not fall under our full scope M&A or PMI services.
Investor services include (but are not limited to):
Portfolio analysis and management, to shift portfolios toward better industry exposure and assets
Deal sourcing, identifying high-quality targets in specific fields or regions
Support of portfolio companies with fundraising
Valuation analysis
Strategic financial modelling
M&A and Exit opportunities
Secondary transactions
We are increasingly supporting businesses’ M&A strategies with market mapping and bolt-on strategy – focusing on identifying targets with complementary capabilities to acquire technology or expand service offerings.
Following a successful transaction, we can coordinate support from Henderton’s functional experts to ensure effective post-merger integration, to identify and realise synergies.
Our activities include:
Developing the future strategy and operating model of the combined entity
Integrating both organisations
Realising post-deal value creation
Release of working capital
Managing people aspects and supporting cultural integration
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Henderton acts as independent, trusted advisors to innovative companies throughout their growth lifecycle.
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