Selling most of your business. Many sellers today opt to sell a majority stake in their business, selling when they see an opportunity to maximize value or want to diversify their investments. By keeping a minority share, they get an opportunity to stay involved in the business and help a new owner grow. Then, down the road, they get another bite at the apple when the business is sold again.
Selling a minority stake. It used to be finding a minority investor was a matter of personal networking and who-you-know. But selling a minority share of your business, as part of an organized sale process, is a growing new trend. Investors have capital they need to put to work, and this is one new way they’re making that happen. Some of the scenarios this could make sense are as follows: growth capital, take a few chips off the table but remain in control or replacing a minority interest with smart capital.
