Question 1

Where does Evergreen's funding come from?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen is backed with committed capital from Alpine Investors.

Question 2

What are your criteria for an acquisition?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen is focused on acquiring Technology Services companies with high recurring revenue, but is always open to a conversation.

Question 3

Do you do minority or majority investments?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen buys 100% of the business and occasionally offers the opportunity for sellers to roll a portion of their proceeds into Evergreen shares. We prefer using cash rather than stock to acquire companies.

Question 4

What do your deal structures look like?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen's committed capital gives us the ability to do 100% cash upfront deals. We are committed to solving for a structure that maximizes value for all parties and are open to earnouts, seller notes, and rollover equity.

Question 5

What happens to me as the owner following a transaction?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen is flexible with your go-forward role depending on your objectives. We have supported a wide range of owner involvement from a full transition out to continuing to run the business.

Question 6

What is my business worth?

Accepted Answer

Valuation is based on a variety of different things. You can submit basic info to mspvaluations.com to get a free and confidential valuation estimate, or set up a call to discuss how Evergreen would think about your specific business.

Question 7

What happens to my employees if I sell?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen looks to retain all employees post-close and will seek to grow your team alongside your business over time.

Question 8

Will my company be integrated with other businesses?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen believes in a decentralized operating model with independently run platform businesses. Add-on acquisitions take on different levels of integration depending on what makes sense for that particular business.

Question 9

What is the timeline of a deal process?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen can complete the full acquisition process within a 90 day period from start to finish.

Question 10

What is the process like?

Accepted Answer

The first step is an introductory call to learn more about each other and assess fit. Following that, Evergreen executes an NDA and reviews basic financial information to get to a letter of intent (LOI), which can happen in as quickly as a couple of weeks. Following a signed LOI, due diligence is completed within 60 days and the acquisition closes.

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