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Acquisition strategy

Recapitalizations off-market

A recap lets an owner take liquidity and keep a stake without running an auction. Unity originates those conversations privately and matches them to capital that will live with a partner.

Why recaps stay private

Liquidity without a shopped book

Owners considering a recap are rarely trying to start a public process. They want a partner, a number, and continuity for the team. That conversation collapses if it is marketed.

Wealth advisors and CPAs see recap timing first — diversification, estate planning, a partner buyout. Those are Unity’s origination channels.

Recap path

From a private conversation to a structure

01

Confirm the owner still wants to stay

A recap is not a disguised full sale. Posture is qualified first.

02

Map acceptable structures

Minority, majority with rollover, dividend recap, or growth capital — the mandate must say which.

03

Introduce under NDA

Names move after authorization. The file is not circulated as a teaser.

04

Route overlapping capital

When more than one fund can partner, membership priority and a window set review order.

Related structures

See minority investments and majority investments.

Founder succession adjacent

Some recaps become full exits later. The first conversation can still be a partnership.

No auction theater

Recap math does not survive twelve competing term sheets.

Next step

If you buy recaps, say so on the mandate

Structure preference is part of fit scoring. Write it down.

For acquirers

Who sees off-market deals first?

When several qualified buy-side mandates fit the same off-market opportunity, review order follows membership.

Not a public auction. Mandate-fit scoring still applies inside each tier.

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