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Decades of Expertise in M&A

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VR Mergers & Acquisitions specializes in the acquisition, and divestiture services for the privately held lower middle and mid-market business. As a leading business intermediary organization, we serve a diverse client base that includes high net worth individuals, corporations, investment groups, and institutions who seek advisory services.
Our success spans six decades, and crosses numerous industries and sectors. By providing our clients with assistance and professional services before, during, and after the transaction, we assure our clients the greatest possible opportunity for success. VR brings the power of synergistic outreach to the business transaction, assuring that each and every deal stands the test of time.
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Unlocking Value in Expanding Mid-Market Businesses

VR’s knowledge and expertise is working with lower middle and mid-market businesses that have grown beyond single manager entities to ones with significant regional, national, and international stature. Most of our client businesses are built around a single product area and its natural extensions. This characteristic means the business is a stand-alone unit that does not lend itself to being sold in pieces, but can in fact be rolled up into larger entities or remain independent.

At VR, every deal is a big deal. The following is just a sampling of the industries and sectors we offer our expertise:

  • Consumer / Retail Goods

Consumer / Retails Goods

Retail and consumer M&A activity is chiefly driven by companies spinning off businesses, private equity investment in the retail portion of the sector, and expansion into e-commerce.

Grocery, drug, discount, and mass retailer deal volume and value are seeing better than average growth. Deal volume and value has more than doubled over the past year, with the volume increase driven by lower middle and middle market businesses. Private equity plays a crucial role in the clothing, footwear, accessories, and food service sub-sectors, accounting for just under half of all transaction volume.

A VR M&A intermediary can help you evaluate and prepare your business for potential purchase or an acquisition.

  • Industrial / Manufacturing

Manufacturing / Industrial

In today’s economic environment, industrial companies are proceeding cautiously in making acquisitions and taking on leverage. Reaching an agreement on transaction price is likely to be more difficult; and VR is seeing deal time frames that continue to be more protracted than the norm, with deal terms that are more aggressively negotiated.
Encouraged but cautious, manufacturers and other industrial businesses are venturing back into the M&A arena to position themselves for an upswing in business activity. Whether the target is a product line or an entire company, understanding the changing marketplace, and addressing deal issues can help companies in their efforts to manage risk. Additionally working with an experienced VR intermediary will improve the probability that a business will achieve their intended benefits from the transaction in a still-challenging business environment.
  • Healthcare

Healthcare

The healthcare industry has seen some interesting shifts. While the number of lower middle and mid-market healthcare transactions continues to increase, the large deals have all but disappeared. That being said, and despite smaller investment sizes, healthcare continues to capture a meaningful and growing share of the M&A market.
VR is projecting an expansion in the healthcare M&A marketplace, particularly in niche and lower middle and mid-market businesses vs. large commercial businesses. A VR M&A intermediary can help your business determine the right course to set when you are ready to pursue action in the M&A arena.
  • Technology

Technology

Perhaps the toughest facet of the M&A market for mid-tier players is deciding how, or even whether, to enter the arena. Should they engage in M&A activity on their own? Do they align with other companies through joint ventures or partnerships? Or is it time to fold the tent and try to get acquired by a larger company?
Recent M&A deals have demonstrated the growing convergence in the technology marketplace. Companies are recognizing that their future success requires them to have a broader focus than solely on hardware, software, communications, or systems integration, and to, instead, assemble these and other capabilities to offer comprehensive solutions.
Consolidation and rapid change are likely to remain watchwords in the tech industry. Larger companies will seek to solidify their market positions, while smaller players try to find their footing in the constantly shifting landscape. Companies can more effectively use VR M&A to achieve their goals. Our experienced professionals can offer assistance by setting a strategy that recognizes the realities of the marketplace, conducting comprehensive due diligence, maintaining the focus of post-deal integration, and addressing key valuation issues.
  • Service Sector

Service Sector

The service sector is undergoing a recovery as merger and acquisition activity maintains comeback growth. Today, with this growth, strategic and financial acquirers are seeking M&A targets in the lower middle and mid-market that serve key sectors that are based in regions that are experiencing high levels of investment.
A VR M&A intermediary can help market your business to potential acquirers or find the right acquisition target on the buy-side. VR can mine its extensive database of businesses and investors to find you a suitable prospect.
  • Chemical

Chemical

The chemical industry faces numerous trends on a global scale that will test the sector and drive new opportunities for growth. New markets, shale gas discoveries, and “Advanced Materials Systems” are among the trends stimulating activity in M&A. The industry is seeing portfolio repositioning as companies take steps to strengthen balance sheets, pursue consolidation strategies, and establish footholds in new markets.
M&A in the chemical industry is a key tactic to address the business needs of globalization, as well as a means to demonstrate strong revenue growth and improving cost efficiencies. Trends indicate that chemical producers will continue to actively manage their business portfolios with a focus on identifying middle market opportunities. Overall, successful M&A players in the chemicals sector will continue to drive value though tactical use of M&A to accomplish corporate goals and strategies.
  • Agribusiness

Agribusiness

Agribusiness encompasses a wide range of products, from the individual family farm to the multibillion-dollar Tyson Foods. The largest products of the agribusiness industry include wheat, corn, soy, livestock, eggs, and dairy.
Consolidation is a major trend in the industry and the opportunity for strategic M&A opportunities is readily available for those businesses looking for them. By way of example: cooperatives have become increasingly popular among farmers as a means to defray costs and gain economies of scale, and when the cooperatives get large enough, they are able to vertically integrate, thereby bringing the final product straight to the consumer. A talented VR professional can help guide your business toward a merger, acquisition, or divestiture.
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VR Has Sold More Businesses In The World Than Anyone.®

VR intermediaries have made the commitment to help their clients through the maze of acquiring, investing-in, or selling a business. By acknowledging the importance of our role, and combining the dedication and professionalism mandated for success, choose the organization that puts people first. Choose VR Mergers & Acquisitions!

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