Diversify personal wealth without losing your business.
The main thing: stay in control of the company you built. We take a 50% stake. You keep running the business day-to-day, and you get a long-term partner with no fund clock and no exit pressure.
When the time comes for you to step back, we already have the talent thinking and the structures in place — and a guaranteed exit on terms agreed up front.
The acquisition process, end to end.
Nine steps, no surprises. We tell you what we need at each stage and what stays non-binding until the SPA.
Introductory conversation
We have a conversation to understand your business and your goals. You learn about who we are, how we operate, and what partnership with Teiken looks like in practice. No obligations.
Confidentiality agreement
Before you share anything confidential, we sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Nothing you share with us can be disclosed to any third party.
Initial RFI
You send us your financials — as granular as possible: full monthly management accounts going back at least 3 years, annual financial statements (audited if available), and any other financial data you have on the business.
- Monthly management accounts (3+ years)
- Annual financial statements
- Other financial data
Management interview
A focused one-hour conversation. We come prepared with specific questions about the business — its history, its customers, its costs, and what drives performance. This is not an interrogation. It is us trying to understand the business the way you understand it.
Sign non-binding offer
We come back with a single, transparent offer covering both price and the rules of the partnership. The valuation and term sheet are non-binding until the SPA is signed; the exclusivity provision is the only binding part at this stage.
- Valuation + methodology
- Proposed transaction structure
- Term sheet — capital allocation, governance, exit
Complete due diligence
You provide all information we request about the business. We provide a detailed checklist upfront so you know exactly what to expect.
- Financial records and tax
- Customer and supplier contracts
- Employment, legal, regulatory
- IT systems and key assets
Review SPA
In parallel with due diligence, our lawyers draft the Sale and Purchase Agreement. We share the draft as soon as it is ready. Your lawyers review and negotiate.
SPA signing
Once both parties are satisfied, the SPA is signed. The deal is legally binding, subject to any conditions precedent.
Conditions precedent
Before payment, agreed conditions must be fulfilled — typically Competition Commission filing if relevant, third-party consents on material contracts, and any other conditions agreed in the SPA.
Payment & close
Once all conditions are fulfilled, payment is made on the agreed closing date. You receive the purchase price. We become co-shareholders.
50%, not 100%.
We acquire 50% — not the whole business, not a controlling stake, not a minority stub. The reason is psychology, not control. Symmetry signals partnership. You retain autonomy and accountability for the business you built.
Eighty per cent turns Teiken into a controlling acquirer. Thirty per cent gives Teiken too little governance leverage to be a useful partner. Fifty-one per cent reads as extractive. Fifty per cent is the brand and the headline — negotiable deal-by-deal in principle, but the symmetry is the point.
Two share classes per deal sit inside a per-deal SPV. Investors subscribe to A-shares with investor economics and limited governance. Teiken Holdings holds B-shares with the governance rights and carry. You and your team continue to hold the other 50% of the operating company directly.
We avoid the legal-heavy, restructuring-heavy approach that drives up time and cost per deal. Lower friction, faster decisions, better terms for both sides. When you are eventually ready to step back, the structure already contemplates a transition — talent to take the business forward, and a guaranteed exit on terms agreed up front.
Start with a conversation.
No NDA, no financials, no obligations. Just a first conversation so we can both decide whether the next one is worth having.