TESTIMONIALS

I considered working with other M&A advisors, some of them high-powered Wall Street firms. But as I got to know Venture 7, I was impressed by their combination of blue collar work ethic with white collar performance. I felt that they would represent my company, my team and our products with the same level of heart and integrity that we have at Turtle Fur.

I liked it that the guys at Venture 7 had experience running and selling their own companies - not just ‘doing deals’. Not one of the people in the big-name firms I interviewed had that kind of background.

Venture 7 understands that marketing a company for sale isn’t just about financial analysis and  spreadsheets. It’s storytelling, it’s about emotion. They took the time to engage with us to really understand our history, our pride, and our social and environmental commitments. Then they wrote and designed really impressive materials to market our company - way better than any offering memorandum I've ever seen. I’m convinced that the way they presented Turtle Fur ultimately added very real financial value to the transaction.

Through the sale process, the Venture 7 team became my professional colleagues, guides and confidants. It felt like working with old friends. It was an open, collaborative environment, and all of the people that they brought to the table were top-notch professionals.

There are some M&A advisors who couldn’t care less what happens to the companies they sell. For them it’s just a deal. Venture 7 cares about you and your business as much as you do. And they will work tirelessly to get the best deal for you. That kind of integrity matters.

I want to thank you for your tremendous efforts, and success in selling our business.  From the start to the finish of the transaction you demonstrated a strong knowledge of how to market a company, and how to interact with the buyer to get the sale done. Clearly your background of having owned and sold a company and your professionalism kept this complicated  deal on track.  You have a great knowledge of business which helped you anticipate potential issues as we saw in the sale. Finally, it was a pleasure to work with you, and I would highly recommend your services to any company.

We thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone at Venture 7, and you guys did a great job acting as trusted advisors for your client and shepherding the process along. There were a lot of details to pay attention to, but you guys nailed it, and there was a feeling of openness all along the way. I think you acted just as your client would want his representatives to handle things. We’d love to work with you again.

Our comp[any was one of the first successful online footwear sites, going back to 2000. When we decided it was time to exit the business, we thought that another online merchant would be the right buyer. Venture 7 applied creative thinking and found a different kind of strategic buyer - a chain of bricks-and-mortar shoe stores that was eager to expand into the online space. They helped to define the elements of value that we brought to the table, and paid attention to the human side of the transaction, knowing that the two teams would be working together for some time to come. 

I was an M&A advisor for 15 years and that was the best Offering Memorandum I've ever seen. It’s great.

We more profitable now because you guys really helped me rethink my business. We couldn’t have done it without you.

You guys are like investment bankers without the dorsal fins.

We’re so glad we have you guys to take us through this process. We felt very protected in the negotiations. I can’t imagine going through this process without you guys. There was no way we would have gotten this deal done without you.

If we had to go through the sale of the business on our own, we would have been blown away by the details. But Venture 7 guided us through the whole process in a way that was professional and compassionate. They made as much of an effort to understand our goals and feelings as they did analyzing the financials.

We came to have complete confidence in Venture 7, and we simply could not have negotiated the sale of our company without them. Their integrity is unquestionable. They were warm with us, but tough as nails with the potential buyers we met with. As we approached the end of the negotiation, they were absolutely tenacious and didn’t miss a thing.

We were totally satisfied with the exit and moved on to another chapter.

 I can tell that you are one of the 5% of brokers who actually knows what you are talking about. Let’s see if we can make a deal.