Exit & M&A

Built to be sold,
not bought.

For founders and boards preparing a strategic exit, secondary or IPO. We institutionalise distribution, package the value narrative, and derisk the diligence surface - so the right buyer arrives on your terms.

Open doorway onto a bright horizon
Exit ReadinessValue NarrativeBuyer MappingData RoomSecondaryIPO PrepDiligencePost-closeExit ReadinessValue NarrativeBuyer MappingData RoomSecondaryIPO PrepDiligencePost-close
- Point of view

The companies that exit well are not the ones with the best pitch. They are the ones with the cleanest evidence, the clearest narrative, and the deepest moat the day a strategic buyer walks in. As exited founders and ex-McKinsey M&A operators, we have sat on both sides of the table. The play that compounds: prepare 12-24 months before you think you need to, and run the process - do not let it run you.

The services
we bring

Concrete engagements drawn from two decades of building, scaling and exiting ventures - and from operating playbooks refined across McKinsey, exited founders and our studio network.

Talk to us about your venture
Exit Readiness Diagnostic

Six-week diagnostic across commercial, financial, legal and operational surfaces. Output: a prioritised work plan to close the gaps that destroy valuation in diligence.

Value Narrative Packaging

The story a strategic buyer pays a premium for - distribution, defensibility and durable economics, told with the evidence to back it up.

Buyer Mapping

Strategic, financial and secondary buyers ranked by fit, intent and capacity. Warm introductions through the senior advisor network.

Data Room & Diligence Prep

Investment-grade data room, KPI normalisation, and rehearsed diligence responses. The boring infrastructure that determines deal speed.

Secondary Structuring

Founder and early-team liquidity without losing control of the next chapter. Structures that align the cap table for the deal you actually want.

Post-close Transition

Founder handover, retention design and integration support - so the value the buyer paid for actually shows up in year one.

How we work

01

Diagnose

Six-week exit readiness across commercial, financial and operational surfaces. Honest assessment of where you sit today.

02

Institutionalise

12-24 months of disciplined preparation. We close diligence gaps, harden the operating model and lock in distribution before the process starts.

03

Position

Value narrative, teaser, IM and buyer list. The materials and the conversations that set the anchor.

04

Run the process

Senior team alongside founders and advisors through diligence, negotiation and close. Discipline beats heroics in M&A.

Gold standard,
not guesswork.

A premium exit is engineered, not negotiated. The patterns we have seen across SaaS, fintech and B2B services - and the ones that quietly destroy value when ignored.

Distribution is the moat Institutionalise channels before the buyer asks
Narrative > numbers Strategics pay for the story the numbers support
Clean evidence Diligence-ready data room from quarter one, not week one of the process
Lock key talent Retention designed 12 months out, not at signing
Run the process Multiple credible buyers, a real timeline, a real BATNA
12-24mo
Preparation horizon

The window where the highest-value moves get made. We engage before bankers, not after.

Ex-Founder
Operator perspective

Senior team with personal exit experience - and the scars to back the advice.

Ex-McKinsey
Process discipline

M&A and corporate finance rigour, sized for a venture not an FTSE 100.

Founder & Senior Advisor

Dipesh Savani
Founder · Senior Advisor

Dipesh Savani

Dipesh is the founder of Digit Two and an active operator-investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling and advising ventures across SaaS, fintech, healthtech and B2B services. An exited founder and ex-McKinsey, he partners with founders on the questions that compound - distribution, capital strategy, and the operating discipline that turns a promising company into an enduring one.

His work spans venture creation, advisory roles to corporate innovation teams, and direct guidance to founders preparing for scale, secondary, or strategic exit. At Digit Two he leads thesis development, founding-team formation, and the studio's senior-advisor network.

London · Dubai · RiyadhLinkedIn ↗
Selected experience
  • McKinsey & Company
  • S60
  • SAIB
  • M&S
  • Venture School
- Work with us

Thinking about
an exit?

The best exits are prepared 12-24 months out. Whether you are testing the idea, planning a secondary, or already in process, let's have an early conversation.

London · Dubai · Riyadh
Work with us on an exit
Sent securely to info@dipeshsavani.com