Owners
Owners and founders
Founders, families and management teams weighing a sale, a recapitalisation or a partner for growth.
Private markets advisory
In private markets, access is worth more than reach.
Ravensgate Group is a boutique private markets advisory firm. We originate transactions and make introductions for owners, investors, lenders and the advisers who serve them. We also advise them on mandates, capital and strategy.
Our network brings together specialists from a broad range of industries, with relationships that reach the owners and operators in each, and the capital behind them.
The firm
Advisory and origination across private markets.
Ravensgate Group works with owners, investors and lenders on the transactions that shape a business: acquisitions and exits, capital raises and refinancing, and the partnerships around them.
Our principals and senior advisers have owned, run, financed and sold businesses. We pair that judgement with our own research into each market, so our clients know who is buying and selling in a market, and who is lending into it, before they commit to a course.
The relationships behind the firm were built over long careers in established industries.
01
Origination
Acquisition targets, sellers, borrowers and co-investors, sourced from our own research and matched to each client’s mandate.
02
Introductions
Direct introductions between principals, made where both sides stand to gain from the conversation.
03
Mandates
Support on sell-side and buy-side mandates, alongside the M&A advisers and banks who lead them.
04
Capital
Private credit, private equity and family office capital for growth, acquisitions and refinancing.
05
Strategic advisory
Counsel to owners and boards before a transaction, on when to move and how to position the business for the options open to them.
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Research
Market and counterparty research that maps the owners in a sector, and who is buying and lending there.
Both sides of the deal
We hold relationships with owners and the advisers they trust, and with the sponsors, lenders and investors looking for them.
Our own research
Our work is built on research we do ourselves.
Fit decides
Each opportunity goes only to the counterparties whose mandate it fits.
Discretion
Who we work with and on what terms stays between the parties.
120+
Years of experience between our principals and senior advisers, who have owned, run, financed and sold businesses.
Counted across their careers, including prior firms.
Who we act for
Owners, investors, lenders and the advisers between them.
For owners, Ravensgate means the right buyer or lender before the market sets the terms. For sponsors, lenders and investors, it means seeing the opportunity first.
Buyers
Private equity and strategic acquirers
Sponsors, platforms and corporate buyers looking for acquisitions and add-ons that fit their strategy.
Lenders
Lenders and credit funds
Direct lenders, private credit funds and specialist lenders that lend to businesses fitting their criteria.
Investors
Family offices and private investors
Family offices and investors looking for direct deals and co-investments outside the usual channels.
Advisers
Advisers and intermediaries
M&A boutiques, banks, accountants and lawyers whose clients need a buyer, a target or capital.
Partners
Partners
Firms whose networks and expertise complement ours, working alongside Ravensgate on shared opportunities.
Contact
Speak with a principal.
Owners, investors, lenders and advisers can reach a principal directly.