Specializing in sell-side advisory for businesses with $25M-$250M+ Enterprise Value.
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We advise U.S.-based founder-owned businesses across industries, typically targeting an exit of their business for $25M-$250M+ Enterprise Value.
We provide a comprehensive sell-side advisory process, leveraging a proprietary network of institutional strategic and private equity buyers to maximize the sale value of the business.
End-to-end management of the sale process, from initial positioning to final closing.
Building the investment narrative and refining financial models to maximize valuation before going to market.
Developing marketing materials to accurately represent business value and attractiveness to buyers.
Leveraging deep relationships to target strategic acquirers and private equity sponsors.
Structuring terms to maximize value across price, legal protections, and operational continuity.
High-touch execution support, allowing founders to focus on running the business.
One of the oldest firearms businesses in the U.S. contemplated a potential transaction at ~$60 million. We restructured the company into 7 separate divisions and ran a competitive process targeting private equity and strategic buyers for each division independently.
Advised Board of Directors of publicly traded energy company on strategic alternatives. Ran competitive process with strategic and private equity buyers, driving multiple bid increases through negotiation. Delivered all-cash acquisition by ProFrac.
Family-owned midwest equipment rental business had offers at $250 million. We introduced competitive tension and identified a strategic buyer. Professional buyers respect a disciplined process and pay more - both in value and time to close.
Small agriculture division within multi-billion dollar conglomerate. Limited strategic fit and long-term value internally. Parent company was planning to shut it down. We ran a competitive process and found a partner who saw significantly higher value than where the conglomerate viewed the business.
Competitive processes, strategic positioning, and institutional rigor create meaningful outcomes. If you're ready to unlock the full value of your business, let's discuss your exit strategy.
Book a Strategy CallWe are selective in who we work with. The strategy call is our opportunity to assess mutual fit before entering an engagement.
Book a Strategy CallMany founder-owned businesses with significant enterprise value are underserved - settling for generalist brokers or "main street" listings that lack the competitive process needed for a premium outcome. Corris Advisory provides an institutional advisory process designed for businesses with $25M-$250M+ in Enterprise Value.
Founded by a former Wall Street investment banker with over $20 billion in transaction experience, Corris Advisory brings institutional rigor to founder-owned businesses.
Our process is discreet, competitive, and designed to maximize not just headline price, but the certainty of close and favorable terms.
Kishan began his Wall Street career in 2015, building a decade-long track record advising Fortune 500 companies, Boards of Directors, private equity firms, and hedge funds on complex corporate finance transactions.
His expertise spans the full spectrum of M&A and capital markets advisory - sell-side transactions, buy-side transactions, debt and equity capital raises, restructurings, and bankruptcy processes.
As one of the youngest Managing Directors in the industry, he has closed over $20 billion in transactions. He founded Corris Advisory to bring that same institutional rigor and competitive process to founder-owned businesses that have historically been underserved by high-volume transactional brokers and legacy advisors.
Institutional-grade advisory means clear, direct, and transparent terms aligned with your success. No surprises.
Provides for 12 months of active advisory, business marketing, buyer mapping/outreach, and transaction management. Retainer credited to success fee.
Earned only upon successful closing. Aligned with maximizing your Enterprise Value.
This process works best for U.S.-based founder-owned businesses targeting $25M-$250M+ Enterprise Value with scalable operations, transferable management infrastructure, and commitment to selling. We're not a fit for lifestyle businesses, "testing the market" sellers, or companies seeking free valuations.
Business brokers market listings broadly and wait for inbound interest. Corris Advisory runs a discreet, competitive process targeting institutional buyers to maximize value and certainty of close.
The retainer funds the upfront institutional work and signals mutual commitment to both you and serious buyers. The majority of our economics remain success-based, aligning us with your outcome.
We don't provide valuations before market engagement - true price discovery requires a competitive process with qualified buyers. The market determines value, not speculation or back-of-envelope calculations.
We reach every qualified buyer in the market - typically 100+ institutional buyers across strategic and private equity channels. If offers don't meet expectations, we provide a detailed assessment of what prevented alignment and a clear roadmap to address those gaps before re-engaging the market.
Our core focus is $25M-$250M+ transactions. In select cases, we may work outside that range if complexity and strategic fit warrant institutional guidance.
We work across all industries - our focus is on business quality, cash flow, scalability, and buyer fit, not sector restrictions. Representative experience includes business services, industrials, manufacturing, energy, technology, and real estate.
Every process is unique based on company characteristics and objectives, but most engagements run 6-12 months from kickoff to close. Starting early gives us time to position the business properly and run a competitive process that maximizes value.
The strategy call is a session to walk through our process, timeline, and what a full sell-side mandate looks like. It's the best way to understand if Corris Advisory is the right fit for your exit.