Confidential Introduction
Confidential Introduction
Slate Global Partners engineers off-market liquidity events for tech-enabled agencies in the UK and Europe — matched directly to funded global strategic and PE mandates, led by US capital. We close the gap between where you are priced and where you are actually worth.
Traditional UK and European brokers value tech-enabled agencies on headcount and billable hours — pricing premium businesses at 4–5× EBITDA against a thin local comp set.
Global strategics and PE platforms — led by US capital — pay 8–12× EBITDA, not for incremental synergy, but to capture instant European market position under their thesis.
We do not run auctions and we do not wait for inbound. We engineer a discreet, competitive bidding environment by introducing your firm directly to vetted international acquirers under signed mandate.
We package IP, systems, margins and the growth thesis for institutional diligence — and insulate the business from leakage, client anxiety and internal disruption throughout the process.
Under NDA, your thesis is presented directly to VPs of Corporate Development, Managing Partners and PE platform heads — primarily across the US, with active counterparties in the UK, Europe and Asia — only to acquirers with funded mandates.
Deal structured around the founder's economics — maximised cash at close, contained earn-outs, tax architecture, and second-bite optionality on the equity that compounds.
Slate engages a narrow cohort of founders each year. Every conversation is partner-led, NDA-first, and conducted entirely out of public view — protecting clients, staff and customers until the day a deal is signed.
Cross-Border Multiplier Band
EBITDA mandate range achieved by taking mid-market UK/EU operators out of local pricing and into thesis-priced global capital, led by US acquirers.
Active Buy-Side Pipeline
Funded acquisition capital under signed mandate from our inner network of tier-1 PE platforms and strategic acquirers.
Off-Market by Design
No public listings, no broker boards, no auction theatre. Discretion is the product — and the only way to protect founder leverage.
Mandates Per Year
A deliberately narrow practice. Each engagement is led personally by a Managing Partner from first call to signing.
Slate accepts a limited number of advisory mandates each quarter. If your agency generates £1M+ in EBITDA and you are within twenty-four months of a liquidity event, submit your confidential introduction below.
All inbound is reviewed personally by a Managing Partner under NDA.