You care for your customers, long-term partners, and team. So do we.
We apply a hands-on approach to protect and empower your legacy.
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Explore Our Acquisition Focus
We buy, grow and operate profitable B2B and B2G mission-critical, vertical market software businesses in Europe.
Transaction types
We go for simple deal structures that suit your needs, drive and energy levels.
- Complete exit with a full 100% share sale of your business—after closing, you can choose to retire, lead, or anything in between.
- Partial exit with over 60% share sale of your business, allowing you to continue running it.
- Joint ventures or structured partnerships via growth equity.
Geography
Our portfolio companies have operations that span the globe, from North America to Europe.
- We focus on vertical market software businesses headquartered in Portugal, Spain, Ireland, the UK, Switzerland, Central & Eastern Europe.
- Operations can be global, spanning multiple countries and regions.
Business profile
We focus on buying software businesses that provide mission-critical software products and services to specific industry verticals
- Revenue structure based on License + Maintenance, Professional Services, or SaaS models.
- Growing Net Revenue of at least EUR 1 million per year.
- Stable and healthy EBITA margins.
Our acquisition process is straightforward, fair and very personal
Discovery Call
A friendly conversation where we get to know each other, explore your business's story and operations, and see if Brightmoat could be a great fit for your business.
Time it takes
45 min
NDA & Deep Dive
A deep dive into your company to understand its past and current performance, and to assess its future potential.
Time it takes
2 days
Financial valuation
A professional valuation of your business, complete with tactical recommendations that you can keep for yourself.
Time it takes
3 days
Personal Meeting
We travel to your place of business, get to know each other to build mutual trust and ensure alignment on the transaction, integration, and future operations.
Time it takes
7 days
Indicative Offer
A swift and fair offer that will provide financial security to your family and you while allowing you to benefit from the future growth of the business.
Time it takes
14 days
LOI
A well-tested and straightforward LOI agreement that kickstarts our due diligence process and aligns smoothly with the future SPA.
Time it takes
21 days
Due Diligence
An organized and effective due diligence process that focuses on the essentials and allows for professional negotiations directly with the decision-makers.
Time it takes
60 days
Closing
A quick and transparent closing process ensuring a seamless preparation for integrating your business into the Brightmoat family.
Time it takes
90 days
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Explore our portfolio
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Stopford is a leading provider of digital booking and registration solutions for local government services in the UK. Based in Chester, the company develops tailored software platforms that streamline public service delivery, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance citizen access across key areas such as registrars, ceremonies, and venue management.

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Cone Center is a leading provider of mission-critical software solutions for the shipping, ports, and terminal industries. Based in Estonia, Cone Center develops tailored digital platforms that streamline operations, enhance compliance, and support the logistics infrastructure of maritime businesses across the Baltics, Nordics and the Adriatic.


Affinity Ghana Savings and Loans is a digitally-driven financial institution providing affordable and accessible financial products and services to individuals, micro enterprises and SMEs in Ghana.


Net0 is the leading Emissions Management Platform that helps businesses measure, reduce and disclose carbon emissions.


Verifiable is an API-first, provider network management platform built to help healthcare provider and payer organizations speed up network operations, save costs and streamline the provider experience.


BuilderPrime is an all-in-one CRM software suite designed specifically for contractors.


Cardinal is a leading provider of corporate electronic banking and document management software for financial institutions in Hungary, with a growing presence in Central and Eastern Europe. Based in Budapest, the company develops secure digital platforms that enable banks and insurers to serve corporate clients with advanced payment processing, account management, and workflow automation solutions.
The Brightmoat Playbook
Grow your vertical mission-critical software business with our proven strategies and best-practices.
We provide expert support and guidance for implementing financial tools, processes, and automation to help our management team better understand the past and current business performance and identify areas for growth and optimization.
Leveraging our network and best practices we help our management teams expand their products and services beyond their current geographic boundaries for accelerated growth.
We coach and assist in sourcing top-tier coaches, mentors, and professional development courses to empower our management teams and foster the growth of our portfolio companies.
We specialize in building high-performing sales and marketing teams to enhance brand visibility, boost software sales performance, and establish robust tracking systems for our management teams to monitor performance on an ongoing basis.
We assist owner-managers and our management teams in creating and implementing best-practice succession plans, minimizing key personnel risks, and ensuring the long-term business growth of our portfolio companies.
As part of our advisory board, we offer strategic guidance to our management team, challenge conventional thinking, and serve as a valuable partner in critical strategic and tactical decisions vital for sustaining business growth.
We connect the management team and key employees to our global network of like-minded professionals so that they can share best practices, learn from others' mistakes, get inspired, and resolve their key blockers.
We coach our management teams, and their team leads, to enhance and automate critical operational processes. We emphasize goal setting, business performance tracking, resource management, and capital allocation.
