Sell-side representation
End-to-end guidance for owners preparing to bring a company to market—from confidential positioning to qualified buyer engagement and closing coordination.
- Exit readiness
- Buyer outreach
- Offer evaluation
- Deal execution
Business sales & acquisitions
You built it. We’ll help you sell it.
We are a highly selective boutique M&A advisory firm, partnering with a limited number of business owners whose companies meet our transaction criteria. Let’s have a confidential conversation to determine whether your business is a fit.
DEALPOINT guides business owners from the first confidential conversation through valuation, buyer outreach, negotiations, and a successful close.
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Confidential by designDiscreet preparation and buyer outreach
Owner-focusedAdvice aligned with your goals and timeline
Transaction-readyFrom market positioning through closing
01 / SERVICES
The right counsel at every turning point.
A business transfer is more than a transaction. We combine disciplined preparation, thoughtful positioning, and hands-on deal management to protect value and keep momentum.
Buy-side advisory
Focused support for entrepreneurs and strategic buyers seeking the right acquisition, including opportunity assessment and structured diligence.
- Search strategy
- Target screening
- Financial review
- Negotiation support
Business valuations
A practical, market-informed view of value that helps owners plan with confidence, evaluate timing, and understand the levers buyers will examine.
- Financial normalization
- Market benchmarking
- Value range
- Readiness priorities
WhiteGlove Consulting
Hands-on consulting to make your business worth more before it goes to market—reducing risk, tightening operations, and sharpening your sale strategy.
- Business value optimization
- Exit readiness + risk reduction
- Operational improvement
- Sale strategy
02 / OUR PROCESS
A disciplined path from decision to close.
Clear milestones keep a complex transaction moving while preserving confidentiality and protecting your leverage.
Discover
Clarify your objectives, timing, business profile, and priorities in a confidential conversation.
Prepare
Organize the financial story, position the opportunity, and identify issues before buyers do.
Engage
Approach qualified buyers, manage interest, and create a structured environment for offers.
Close
Navigate diligence, documentation, and final negotiations through a coordinated handoff.
03 / CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Quality businesses. Thoughtful introductions.
There are currently no opportunities listed publicly. Qualified buyers can share their criteria to request access to confidential opportunities when available.
Buyer inquiries
Share your acquisition criteria
Find the right fit—without the noise.
Share your target criteria, investment range, experience, and timeline. DEALPOINT uses that context to make relevant introductions.
04 / RECENT DEALS
Middle-market deals, closing now.
A daily snapshot of sub-$100M deals changing hands — the market DealPoint works in. Updated every morning.
Updated October 5, 2026.
Basware → Trustpair
Payment fraud prevention, Paris · undisclosed, closed Oct 5 · PE-backed Basware pushes its invoice platform into payment-side fraud assurance. Source
EVIDENT → CrestOptics S.p.A.
Optical imaging/microscopy, Rome · undisclosed, closed Oct 5 · Evident (ex-Olympus) bolts on confocal microscopy modules. Source
TXO → Wesbell Communications
Canadian telecom services · undisclosed, closed Oct 2 · PE-backed roll-up (TowerBrook Delta) adds Tier 1 carrier relationships. Source
ACCO Brands → Trust
European computer/gaming accessories · undisclosed, closed Oct 2 · Tuck-in adds a 50-country European distribution footprint.
SGS → Prescient Security
US cybersecurity, majority stake · undisclosed, closed Oct 2 · Feeds SGS’s Digital Trust revenue push.
05 / ABOUT
Meet Chuck Crumpton.
Chuck Crumpton
Founder & CEO, Strategic Advisory Forum
Founder & Special Advisor, Medpoint
“My team will work like hell to get you the best price with the best terms. You’ve worked too hard to leave money on the table.”
Chuck is the founder and CEO of Strategic Advisory Forum. Guided by honesty, integrity, and a love for teaching others, he brings an owner’s perspective to every engagement: he has built and sold three companies of his own and understands the complexity of preparing a business for market.
He founded Medpoint in the toolshed of his garage in 2002 and now serves as its Founder and Special Advisor. The global quality assurance, regulatory, and clinical affairs consultancy grew to more than 350 employees and consultants serving medical device and pharmaceutical companies across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Before Medpoint, Chuck held a senior management role with a Fortune 15 company now part of Verizon, where he led the initiative in lowering employee attrition from 73% to 18%, saving the company millions each year.
- Undergraduate studies: BJU
- Graduate studies: Cornell University
He is also a published author, podcaster, and keynote speaker at events in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Clear counselStraight answers and practical next steps.
ConfidentialityControlled communication from start to finish.
PreparationAnticipating buyer questions before they slow a deal.
AlignmentKeeping the transaction connected to your goals.
What business owners say.
“Chuck is a highly skilled presenter, compassionate leader, experienced entrepreneur, and exceptional networker. He is thoughtful, thorough, and always well prepared for his presentations. He delivers with insightful precision, focused purpose, and deliberate intent. He is a visionary of very high character and integrity, and I’ve never experienced a more genuine leader in any other organization.”
“I turned to Chuck and I said "Chuck, I really need you". He gave us a ton of credibility to the process we were going through. I got a lot of good advice from Chuck. I trust him implicitly, and that’s the foundation of everything.”
“I am eager to serve as a reference for Chuck. I’m already applying the lessons I learned from Chuck to our various business units. I am his biggest fan!!!”
06 / START A CONVERSATION
What is your next move?
Whether you are considering a sale, exploring an acquisition, or simply trying to understand value, a confidential conversation is a practical place to begin.
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