Our approach

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

01

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

02

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

03

Financial valuation

A professional valuation of your business, complete with tactical recommendations that you can keep for yourself.

Time it takes

3 days

04

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

05

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

06

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

07

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

08

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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our portfolio

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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The Brightmoat Playbook

Grow your vertical mission-critical software business with 
our proven strategies and best-practices.

1
Enhanced financial planning

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.

2
Internationalization

Leveraging our network and best practices we help our management teams expand their products and services beyond their current geographic boundaries for accelerated growth.

3
Leadership 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.

4
Sales & Marketing

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.

5
Succession

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.

6
Strategic advisory board

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.

7
Global network of entrepreneurs

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.

8
Operational automation

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.

Are you ready to sell your software business?