Ep. 72: Chris Sznewajs, Pacific Avenue Capital | Investing in Companies with “Unnatural” Owners

Описание: Shiv interviews Chris Sznewajs, Founder and Managing Partner at Pacific Avenue Capital.

In this episode, Chris and Shiv discuss carve-outs, buyouts, and the non-traditional types of investment deals available for “unnatural” owners – founders who are ready for a transition. Learn how to underwrite these types of deals, and what benchmarks Chris’s team looks for in potential portcos. Hear about how Pacific Avenue Capital leverages their internal ops team during diligence and how they execute value creation plans post-close, as well as the balancing act of deploying more capital in order to generate higher returns from portcos. 


⏱️ Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
4:01 About Chris and why Pacific Avenue chooses to focus on deal types (vs. industry or geography)
8:36 How to determine if a carve-out is a better option than a buyout, and the attributes they look for in potential investments
12:45 Underwriting deals for unnatural ownership companies, and the distinction between risk vs. complexity
18:11 Which metrics and benchmarks help determine the level of risk and complexity a deal might take on
24:36 How much is the Pacific Avenue Capital ops team being leveraged to build the value creation plans?
31:06 On executing the value creation plan post-close with the ops team and setting expectations
38:38 The balancing act of deploying more capital to generate higher returns


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