Business succession, with a partner who stays.
Handing over your business to a new management team step by step, while you stay involved as advisor and co-owner.
Handing over the reins, without letting go.
Many founders want to step back, but not simply sell their business. They want the company to keep growing, their people to be in good hands and to remain a co-owner themselves. A successor within the family or the team is not always available, and a sale to a competitor often does not feel right.
Since 2008, Committed Capital has been a partner to founder-led businesses, for growth and for succession. In a succession, we bring in a new management team together with you and hand over leadership step by step. You stay involved as advisor and co-owner, and share in the growth that follows.
From profile to handover.
Defining the profile together
Which roles does the business need to continue without you? Together we define the profile of the new leadership and of the second layer below it.
Recruitment and selection
Building management teams is our greatest strength. With a proven approach, from profile to onboarding, we find people who fit your business and your culture.
Handing over step by step
The handover is gradual. You transfer responsibilities at a pace that suits you, so that customers, employees and suppliers get to know the new team well.
Staying involved
After the handover you stay involved as advisor and co-owner. We stay closely involved in execution and build a business together that can keep growing after us.
Entrepreneurs on their succession.
Committed Capital supported ID-ware in every aspect of its buy-and-build strategy, through which the company has grown into the undisputed market leader in the Benelux and built a strong position in the UK market.
Together with Committed Capital we built a Champions League team and a professional organisation. That was the foundation on which FYEO achieved tremendous growth, with Committed as a key partner.
Questions about business succession.
Do I remain a shareholder after the succession?
Yes. You remain a co-owner and share in the growth the new team achieves. We also invest our own money alongside.
Do I stay involved in my business?
Yes, in a role that suits you. Most entrepreneurs stay involved as advisor after the handover, bringing their knowledge of customers, market and people.
What if a successor is already in sight?
Then we build on that. If there is already a strong second layer or a candidate within the business, we strengthen it with the roles that are still missing.
What will my employees notice?
Your business remains an independent company, with its own name and its own team. The handover is gradual, so employees get to know the new management well.
How do I start?
With an informal and confidential conversation, together with your advisor if you like. We discuss your situation and whether a succession with Committed Capital is a good fit.
Thinking about your succession?
A first conversation is without obligation and confidential. We are happy to think along with you.