Acquisition Partner
Buyer-side acquisition execution for qualified operators pursuing durable SMB ownership
Northlight Legacy works with select acquisition buyers to bring discipline to search, screening, underwriting, lender-readiness, diligence planning, and transition preparation. The focus is not volume. It is helping serious buyers avoid broken deals, preserve credibility, and move toward acquisitions that can survive the realities of ownership.
How We Help
Search Discipline
We help buyers define clear acquisition criteria, target profiles, industry filters, source strategy, and deal-screening rules before momentum pulls them into the wrong opportunities.
Opportunity Screening
We support review of listings, teasers, CIMs, broker materials, and early deal information to determine what is worth pursuing, what needs clarification, and what should be killed quickly.
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Deal Logic
We help buyers pressure-test normalized SDE / EBITDA, addbacks, revenue trends, owner dependence, customer concentration, working capital needs, valuation logic, and downside risk.
Lender Readiness
We help buyers prepare for SBA, seller-financing, and acquisition-capital conversations by focusing on debt-service feasibility, buyer liquidity, post-close cash flow, and lender credibility.
Diligence Planning
We help structure the questions, documents, red flags, decision points, and sequencing needed before LOI and through diligence.
Transition Preparation
We help buyers think through ownership transfer, seller transition, first-100-days priorities, operating cadence, and the practical realities of stepping into the business.
Best Fit
Northlight Acquisition Partner is designed for serious acquisition buyers with operating credibility, available capital, and a clear intent to acquire and operate a durable business.
Best-fit buyers are typically targeting businesses with approximately $500K–$2M of normalized EBITDA / SDE, with a core focus on durable companies in B2B services, technical services, specialty distribution, light manufacturing, recurring-service, and other stable cash-flow categories.
This is a fit for buyers who value direct feedback, disciplined judgment, and a structured acquisition process.
What This Is Not
Northlight Acquisition Partner is not brokerage, generic ETA coaching, a course, passive deal sourcing, or a guarantee of financing, deal flow, seller acceptance, or close.
Northlight does not provide legal, tax, accounting, lending, securities, or investment advice. We support buyer-side acquisition execution and decision quality alongside the appropriate professional advisors.
Let’s Explore A Fit
Northlight works with a limited number of acquisition buyers where the buyer, target profile, and support need are aligned.
If you are actively pursuing a durable business acquisition and believe this support may fit your situation, start with a brief inquiry.