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James Matheson brings 18 years of experience as a business owner and a deep understanding of business development, consulting, corporate strategy, M&A, and leadership to VR Business Brokers | M&A. Having personally navigated the entire owner’s journey—from founding to successfully selling his own business—James offers a unique perspective and valuable insights to business owners planning their next steps.
Since the sale of his business, James has dedicated himself to helping other business owners prepare for and execute successful exit strategies. With an owner’s mindset, he takes a holistic approach to business sales, addressing financial, personal, and strategic considerations to achieve optimal outcomes for his clients.
James has held key roles, including Owner, CEO, and Director of Corporate Development, and holds a BA from Gustavus Adolphus College. He is also certified in Change Management and Real Estate, further enhancing his ability to guide clients through complex transitions.
Areas of Expertise: Business Value Building, Due Diligence, M&A, Cybersecurity, IT Managed Services, Change Management
James is passionate about partnering with business owners to navigate the journey of selling and exiting their businesses with confidence and success.
Valued Representation (VR) intermediaries provide full range of mergers & acquisition (M&A) brokerage services for privately held companies. These include merger, acquisition and divestiture services for the family or founder owned mid-market company. VR representatives are committed to providing quality intermediary services with goal of serving every client completely and confidentially.
Our area of expertise is to value, market, and divest privately held and closely held enterprises. VR M&A assists in all phases of the transaction, including initial analysis, planning, valuation, identifying prospective acquirers, negotiations, due diligence performance, closing arrangement and comprehensive follow-through. By providing thorough assistance and professionalism before, during and after the transaction, we assure our clients of the greatest possible opportunity for success. VR M&A brings the power of synergistic outreach to the business transaction through its network of professional business intermediaries around the world.
I'm looking to meet business owners at any stage who plan to sell their company at some point in the future. I'm also looking to expand my referral network by meeting, attorneys, CPAs, exit planners, and financial planners/weath managers.
An owner of an IT, manufacturing, or business service company with revenues between $2mm-$20mm
