Business Sellers

Paragon Equity Partners, Inc. is Central California's leading middle market merger and acquisition, business brokerage firm. As a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) firm, our principals have completed scores of transactions of privately held companies during the past 25 years. The principals at Paragon Equity Partners have been initiating and executing complex transactions for entrepreneurial companies combining our financial, legal, tax, and transactional structuring skills. These companies have either been acquired by, or merged with, public companies, private investment groups, roll-ups and/or individual entrepreneurs, many of which were identified from our extensive database of buyers worldwide.

Over the years, our firm has developed strong relationships with companies and individuals that are ancillary to the M&A process including banks, mezzanine lenders, asset lenders, transactional attorneys, certified public accountants, and financial planners. We are also affiliate members of the leading middle market merger & acquisition professional associations.

Why Hire Paragon Equity Partners, Inc. as Your M&A Firm?

The principals at Paragon Equity Partners, Inc. have owned and sold businesses they themselves started and have participated in consulting arrangements in hundreds of others. In addition, the principals hold licenses and certifications in the following professional classifications: Certified Public Accountant, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor, and licensed Real Estate Broker. No other firm in the local area can match our qualifications and experience.

Company Merger or Sale

We differentiate ourselves from other merger & acquisition firms by providing hands-on transaction support from seasoned M&A professionals. We are selective in our engagements, accepting only those where we can add significant value for the ownership of the company. We limit the number of concurrent engagements in order to devote the time and resources necessary to produce superior results. We are a results oriented M&A firm receiving compensation commensurate with the results we produce.

We manage the selling process from beginning to end. We act as the confidential representative of your company by initially assisting you, and your senior management, with the development of key strategic, operational, and financial assessments to maximize your company's value in the marketplace. We then develop a comprehensive Selling Memorandum which highlights the strengths and opportunities of your company.

Marketing Seller Companies

As intermediaries on your behalf, we confidentially seek out suitable acquisition and/or merger candidates from our extensive database of buyers, through our M&A affiliates around the world, and through traditional marketing channels. We negotiate all of the transaction deal points and work closely with accounting and legal counsel throughout the entire transaction process. We can bring our extensive experience to work for you; beginning to end.

Company Value

The most critical step in planning an exit strategy from your company is determining your company's market value and how that value relates to your plans for exiting. The principals at Paragon Equity Partners are specialists in ascertaining the value of your business using traditional appraisal methods coupled with our extensive database of past transactions and other industry data. The appraisal process followed by Paragon Equity Partners is well-developed and provides the ownership of a company with the critical path to the decision of whether or not their company is positioned to sell for its maximum value.

Comprehensive Company Analysis

Paragon advisors will complete an extensive questionnaire about your company including its history and organization, its markets, its products and customers, its competition, its assets, and organization and personnel. This crucial step is fundamental to the development of further research and analysis.

Marketing Research

We perform comprehensive market research to establish industry-specific historical and financial performance ratios along with overall industry trends and current market conditions. The market research further assists us in ascertaining any potential growth opportunities for your company as well as serving as a basis for identifying your strengths and weaknesses and in analyzing the financial status of your company.

Financial Statement Adjustments

The final and most important step in the valuation process is the financial statements analysis. Traditionally prepared financial statements generally do not reflect a company's actual asset value, its true earning capacity, or its true financial performance as measured by cash flow. Paragon Equity Partners will work at length with you to re-state and re-cast the financial statements of your company so as to show its true value to a buyer.

Valuation Opinions

The result of this process is a Valuation Opinion. Our opinion is based upon a comprehensive company analysis, thorough market research and financial statement analysis and adjustments. With this information in hand, we can market and sell your business for its maximum value.