BDO offers comprehensive exit planning and value realization services to help private equity funds capture more value with successful exits of their portfolio companies. From readiness assessments to divestiture services to tax services, BDO can help you maximize investment return by getting the most out of the exit—whether it is through a sale to a strategic buyer, a secondary transaction, a de-SPAC transaction, or an IPO.

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Given high deal multiples and the need to lay out more capital to win bids, fund managers are tightening up their strategies from deal execution through value creation in order to optimize their exits. Nearly half (49%) of our 200 middle market private equity fund managers surveyed say they’re placing more scrutiny on paths to exit during consideration of a potential target.*

*BDO Private Capital Pulse Survey, Fall 2021

The top three drivers for deal flow, according to PE fund managers*, were:
- private company sales and capital raises (49.5%)
- succession planning (48%)
- trades to a financial buyer, strategic or other sponsor (46.5%)
*BDO Private Capital Pulse Survey, spring 2021

The top three drivers for deal flow, according to PE fund managers*, were:

  • private company sales and capital raises (49.5%)
  • succession planning (48%)
  • trades to a financial buyer, strategic or other sponsor (46.5%)

*BDO Private Capital Pulse Survey, spring 2021

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