Your Role

Whether you are an owner, manager or an advisor, we provide transparency, certainty of execution and most importantly aim to preserve the legacy of the business.

  • Your legacy You've built a great business, a strong team, loyal customers and good products. You want to see all of this continue. We typically do not integrate businesses except for low-value administrative functions. Your business will largely remain intact but with more capital and institutional-grade rigour.
  • Business growth We understand the challenges of growing a business with limited resources and capital. We will provide the business with the required capital and resources to help it grow.
  • Create liquidity You want to remain in the business but want to see some liquidity for all your hard work.
  • Transparency We will be open and transparent with our views on the business, our due diligence findings and our valuation. We won’t waste your time (or ours).
  • Speed We can close deals in under four weeks from signing a LOI. More than three-quarters of our transactions have completed in under a month.
  • Certainty We invest our own money alongside long-standing investors. We don’t need to raise capital or go through complicated board approvals.

Owner

You’ve built a great business, a strong team, loyal customers and good products. You want to see all of this continue. We typically do not integrate businesses.

Advisor

We can close deals in under four weeks from signing a LOI. More than three-quarters of our transactions have completed in under a month.

“We were impressed with the speed, transparency and professionalism exhibited by Tern during our engagement. This allowed us to complete the purchase in less than four months from our first meeting with management.”

David Heaps, Head of M&A, Gamma Communications Plc

"We had an incredible journey with Tern over 7 years supporting us through our transformation journey from an antiquated family business to a place with good solid foundations and good systems enabling us to be more dexterous."

Lucinda Croft, MD & Founding Family Dragons

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