Beshore: Competitors inflate bids by 30-40% with no intent to close
Brent Beshore · Brent Beshore - Micro Buyout Adventur.es (Capital Allocators, EP.79) · Dec 10, 2018 · at 48:30
Brent Beshore, CEO of Adventur.es, explains why fundless sponsors and inexperienced buyers win LOIs on inflated terms they cannot execute.
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“Oftentimes we'll lose deals because other groups will come in and throw out a valuation that's 30, 40% higher than ours. They have no intention of ever closing. And on top of that, if you're a fundless sponsor, you don't even raise the capital yet. You haven't raised the equity capital.”
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