Mergers and Acquisitions Consultants
Your life’s work. A future shaped
around you.
Selling a business is a personal decision. Your advisory relationship should feel that way, too.
Mergers and acquisitions consulting, exit planning, and business sales. Thoughtful guidance for the business you’ve built and the life you want next.
The right level of service for the size of your transaction
Both paths get the same honesty and personal attention. The process, buyer universe, and preparation differ with the size and complexity of the deal.
Transactions from $1 million to $100 million
For established companies with real earnings, a management team, and a story strategic and financial buyers will compete for.
- Sale preparation and positioning before going to market
- Confidential outreach to strategic buyers, private equity, and family offices
- Competitive process design, negotiation, and diligence management
- Exit planning for owners who are 1–5 years from a sale
Transactions under $1 million
For Main Street and owner-operated businesses that deserve a professional sale, not a classified ad.
- Confidential marketing to qualified individual and search-fund buyers
- Buyer screening, financing guidance, and offer management
- A licensed Florida team that has closed hundreds of these sales
- Clear communication from listing through closing
Not sure where your business falls? Start with a conversation, no valuation required →
Advisory for every stage of the transition
From the first "should I sell?" conversation to the wire at closing, and the years of preparation in between.
Sell-Side M&A Advisory
Preparation, positioning, confidential buyer outreach, a competitive process, and negotiation through diligence and closing for $1M–$100M transactions.
Learn more →Exit Planning & Sale Preparation
For owners one to five years out. We identify what buyers will pay for, what they will discount, and the specific steps that raise value and reduce risk before you go to market.
Learn more →Buy-Side Advisory
Define acquisition criteria, identify and approach businesses that are not publicly listed, and negotiate terms. For strategic acquirers and investors building a platform.
Learn more →Business Valuation
A defensible view of what your business is worth to a buyer today, the drivers behind that number, and what would move it. Delivered as part of an advisory or exit planning engagement.
Learn more →Unsolicited Offer Review
Received a letter of intent you did not ask for? We assess the buyer, the structure, and the market before you respond, so a single offer does not set your price.
Learn more →Small Business Brokerage
A licensed, professional sale process for Main Street businesses under $1M, with the same confidentiality and care we bring to larger transactions.
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PERSONAL. ON PURPOSE.
People you know.
Advice you can
talk through.
Rajiv & Sarah Khatri
Managing Partners · Sailfish Equity Advisors
We’ve built and sold businesses ourselves. We understand why the decision can reach far beyond the deal.
Sailfish is boutique by intention. We take time to understand your priorities, explain the tradeoffs, and help you make informed decisions through an important transition.
Our faith informs how we serve: with integrity in our advice, stewardship of what you’ve built, and care for the people a transition touches.
The Credentials Behind Every Closing
Sailfish advisors are trained, certified, and licensed by the industry's most respected associations.
Five steps from a first conversation to going to market
No pressure at step one. Most owners talk with us well before they are ready to sell, and that is the best time to start.
Conversation
A confidential call about your business, your timing, and what you want out of a transition. No preparation needed.
Understanding
We review financials and operations, learn what makes the business valuable, and identify what a buyer will question.
Direction
You get our candid view: likely value range, the buyer universe, what to fix first, and whether to go now or prepare.
Engagement
We agree on scope, the service path that fits, and who does what. You know exactly who is accountable.
Forward
Preparation, positioning, buyer outreach, negotiation, diligence, and closing, with you informed at every turn.
1,000+ Florida Business Owners Trust Us
Real stories from owners who sold, scaled, and succeeded with Sailfish.
Deep sector knowledge. Real buyer relationships.
We work with established founder-owned and family-owned businesses: real revenue, a track record, loyal customers, and a team that shows up. Knowing a sector means knowing which buyers are actively acquiring in it, what they pay for, and how to present your company so the acquisition rationale is obvious.
Your life’s work.
A future shaped around you.
Selling a business is a personal decision. Your advisory relationship should feel that way, too.
Mergers and acquisitions consulting, exit planning, and business sales. Thoughtful guidance for the business you’ve built and the life you want next.
We're listening. Not sure what your next step is? That is a good place to start.
You built something real. What comes next should be handled with the same care.
Sailfish Equity Advisors guides owners of established, privately held businesses through the sale, the preparation that comes before it, and the decisions that shape what happens after. Boutique M&A advisory for $1M–$100M transactions, and business brokerage for smaller companies. Personal attention from the first conversation to closing.
A boutique M&A advisory firm, on purpose.
We stay small so the people you meet in the first conversation are the people who negotiate your deal. No handoffs to a junior team, no listing-and-waiting. One advisor accountable to you, with the sector knowledge and buyer relationships to run a real process.
Our BeliefMost owners don't need another broker. They need the right advisor beside them. A broker lists a business and waits. An M&A advisor prepares it, positions it, runs a competitive process with the right buyers, and negotiates on your behalf through diligence and closing.
The Sailfish Approach: we start with you, not the deal.
Preparing to sell your business brings pride in what you've built and real uncertainty about what comes next. Is now the right time, or should I wait and prepare? What is my business actually worth to a buyer? Who would buy it, and what happens to my team? How do I run a sale without the business suffering? We take the time to understand your priorities first: your timing, your family, the people who helped you build it, and what you want your next chapter to look like.
Then we help you evaluate your options, prepare for the process, and work through each decision along the way. As your M&A advisor, partner, and advocate, we keep your goals at the center of the engagement. Sometimes that means going to market now. Sometimes it means telling you to wait a year and fix two things first. We will tell you either way.
Five steps from a first conversation to going to market
No pressure at step one. Most owners talk with us well before they are ready to sell, and that is the best time to start.
Conversation
A confidential call about your business, your timing, and what you want out of a transition. No preparation needed.
Understanding
We review financials and operations, learn what makes the business valuable, and identify what a buyer will question.
Direction
You get our candid view: likely value range, the buyer universe, what to fix first, and whether to go now or prepare.
Engagement
We agree on scope, the service path that fits, and who does what. You know exactly who is accountable.
Forward
Preparation, positioning, buyer outreach, negotiation, diligence, and closing, with you informed at every turn.
Our MissionStewardship, legacy, and the next chapter. A business is more than a balance sheet. It is years of early mornings, payroll made on faith, employees who became family, and a reputation earned one customer at a time. We treat the sale as stewardship: honest advice even when it is not what you hoped to hear, a pace set by your goals rather than our calendar, and the willingness to tell you when a buyer or a deal is the wrong fit. We believe this work is a calling, and we try to do it the way we would want it done for our own family.
We're listening. Not sure what your next step is? That is a good place to start.