Nearly everything you own is one company. The house may be behind the line of credit. You are not tired of the business. You are tired of the exposure. Selling solves that and costs you the upside. A recapitalization solves it and does not.
We buy a portion of the company. You take that money personally: off the table, out of the business, yours. You keep running the company and you keep a meaningful stake in what it becomes. If it is worth more in five years, you are paid twice: once now, once then.
Personal liquidity. Less of your net worth tied to one asset. And a partner who has actually run a business this size in this category.
Sole control. Decisions above an agreed threshold get discussed rather than just made. Some founders find that a relief. Some do not.
You still like running the business, you believe it is worth more in five years than today, and your personal balance sheet is uncomfortably concentrated in it.
If what you actually want is out, this is the wrong instrument. That is a perfectly good answer. Read the exit page instead and we will treat it as a straight sale.
