CIANJ: Is Now the Right Time to Buy, Sell or Invest in a Family Owned or Closely Held Business?
Is Now the Right Time to Buy, Sell or Invest in a Family-Owned or Closely Held Business? Read More »
Six essential tips to prepare a business for sale and maximize what you get
Six essential tips to prepare a business for sale and maximize what you get Read More »
Business Exit Stories Podcast: Why A Company That Was Growing Exponentially Couldn’t Get Sold Pt 1 featuring Michael Richmond
Selling For A Profit: Don’t let environmental issues prevent you from earning the maximum $$$ when selling your business.
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Planning for HVACR Marketing Consolidation, A featured article with DAK’s Leonard LaPorta, Published in the ACHR News
Planning for HVACR Market Consolidation Read More »
Sell or Grow in 2022? A Roadmap for Flexible Packaging Business Owners a featured article by DAK’s Alan Scharfstein, Published in Flexible Packaging
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Avoid These 3 Mistakes When Selling Your Business a featured article by DAK’s Alan Scharfstein and Ari Fuchs, Published in NJ Business Magazine
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Properly Facilitating the Sale of Your HVACR Business Published by Engineered Systems – By Alan Scharfstein, President, & Len LaPorta, Managing Director, DAK
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Packaging M&A Stays Healthy Through The Pandemic
Motivated companies resorted to virtual meetings to get M&A deal done. Published by Packaging Digest – Alan Scharfstein, President & CEO, DAK
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Mistakes to Avoid When Selling an HVACR Business – Running your business successfully, and selling your business successfully require two very different skill sets. Learn from DAK’s birds-eye view of the most common (& costly) mistakes unaware owners make and save yourself from leaving money on the table.
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VCI is the preeminent full lifecycle sales and service provider of emergency ambulance solutions to first aid squads, EMS organizations, fire departments, hospital organizations, municipalities, and private medical transport companies in the Mid-Atlantic Region. VCI was recapitalized by private equity firms Tightrope Capital Partners and NewSpring Capital.
DAK led a competitive, sell-side process for VCI, generating multiple offers from a wide range of strategic buyers and financial sponsors. By positioning the combination of VCI’s market leadership position, comprehensive services offering, strong manufacturer relationships, and robust backlog, DAK achieved an outstanding outcome for the company’s shareholders.
The acquisition provides the shareholders of VCI an opportunity to accelerate its growth strategy by expanding its core ambulance business, building out the value-added segments of conversions and remounts, implementing operational improvements, and pursuing acquisitions with the help of its new partners. Tightrope and NewSpring have an opportunity to leverage VCI’s strong management team and operating platform to build a multi-regional player in emergency ambulance solutions.
