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Serial Acquirer Book

Gustaf Hakansson
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February 19, 2022

We’re all serial acquirers. Kind of. Be it as public investors building portfolios, operators picking projects, or actual "serial acquirers". I hope this book can be interesting whichever camp you’re in…

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A.J. Wasserstein – Practitioner & Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Lecturer in the Practice of Management at Yale

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 21, 2022
"We created a lot of economic value from our programmatic acquisitions, and I could have spent even more time on that function since that was a high-leverage and high-impact activity."
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Checking in with Will Thorndike – The 50X Podcast & Compounding Labs

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 20, 2022
Will Thorndike, author of The Outsiders and very much one in his own right, has launched a podcast. Anyone remotely interested in investing should check it out.
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Dura Software - the niche software acquirer based in Texas

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 18, 2022
"We currently have more than 3x the pipeline size from mid-last year that meets or exceeds our investment criteria! We intend to capitalize on this current situation and acquire much more aggressively over the next 18-24 months."
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Conglomerate discounts, decentralisation, Roper, and Jan Wallander

Gustaf Hakansson
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June 23, 2022
An excerpt from our recent email newsletter - turning conglomerate discounts into premiums.
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Röko Interview - the perpetual owner is preparing for an IPO

Gustaf Hakansson
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June 7, 2022
Fredrik Karlsson, of Lifco fame, shares business lessons and Röko's story. And his partner Tomas Billing, former CEO of Nordstjernan, makes an appearance.
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Kelly Partners Group, acquisitions with little equity down

Gustaf Hakansson
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June 1, 2022
"That gets us to a place where we acquire firms without putting down equity or very little."
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Bergman & Beving to Addtech, a best-in-class serial acquirer

Gustaf Hakansson
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May 25, 2022
High return hurdles can unleash creativity, simplicity promotes a sense of agency, and the importance of pricing.
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Johan Steene & Daniel Zhang Interview - the Teqnion Family

Gustaf Hakansson
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May 6, 2022
Weathering the financial crisis, building a robust acquisition platform, ultra-running & more! "Selling entrepreneurs stay on because it is fun, not because they must."
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Marcin Szelag Interview - Constellation Software in CEE

Gustaf Hakansson
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March 16, 2022
"My goal is to build Orbit into the largest portfolio of vertical market software companies in CEE"
Serial Acquirers

Serial Acquirer Book

Gustaf Hakansson
|
February 19, 2022
We’re all serial acquirers. Kind of. Be it as public investors building portfolios, operators picking projects, or actual "serial acquirers". I hope this book can be interesting whichever camp you’re in…
Serial Acquirers

Vestum is accelerating

Gustaf Hakansson
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February 14, 2022
Vestum has announced 9 acquisitions YTD with a combined EBITA of c. SEK 135m...
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Storskogen vs. Mittelstand “succession crisis”

Gustaf Hakansson
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February 11, 2022
PE showed Constellation Software (CSI) that the scaling of quality M&A is possible. In turn, CSI’s aggressiveness has paved the way for the likes of Storskogen Group...
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Instalco - a success story

Gustaf Hakansson
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September 3, 2021
Since the 2017 public listing, the firm has had a shareholder return CAGR of over 60%.
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Suited suitors continue to multiply

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 28, 2021
Hyttbäcken, Novedo, and Storskogen getting IPO ready
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Röko - a EUR 270m juggernaut acquirer aiming for an IPO

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 25, 2021
Röko is a miniature Lifco focused on European asset light businesses with EBITA of EURm 2-10 and a margin of 10%+
Serial Acquirers

Primer on Serial Acquirers

Gustaf Hakansson
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July 24, 2021
Also known as M&A Compounders and High Performing Conglomerates
Valuation

The Reluctant Seller

Gustaf Hakansson
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May 22, 2021
Help write your counterparty's victory speech
Valuation

The Common Tragedy of ESG Not Being G

Gustaf Hakansson
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April 6, 2021
Individual minorities must demand proper governance as faceless ESG investors stay silent
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Sygnity
Sygnity is a Polish publicly listed entity controlled by Topicus.
SDI Group
SDI Group is a publicly listed acquirer of technology product firms within imaging, sensing and control applications.
Dura Software
Dura Software is a hyper-niche software acquirer based in San Antonio, Texas.
Röko
Röko acquirers smaller family businesses that are asset-light with strong market positions, and always keep the management as shareholders.
Marlowe
Marlowe is a publicly listed acquirer focused on UK compliance solutions.
Teqnion
Teqnion is a publicly listed decentralized niche acquirer with 21 firms in Sweden. They have also started to glance at other Nordic countries and the UK.
MEDIQON Group
MEDIQON Group is a publicly listed acquirer that brings together niche investment opportunities and management talent.
Orbit Software Group
Orbit is a subsidiary of Constellation Software, and has a similar strategy but focused on the CEE region.
Lifco
Lifco offers a safe haven for small and medium-sized businesses. Lifco acquires and develops market-leading niche businesses with the potential to deliver sustainable earnings growth and robust cash flows.
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Indutrade is an international industrial group that develop and acquire companies that are characterised by high-tech-know-how and an ability to build enduring, close relationships with customers and suppliers.

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