Preparing a startup for a trade sale is a task best started very early on. M&A expert Andrew Bright explains in this interview what founders can do to maximize their chances of a successful exit, what they should avoid, and why the number of exits remains relatively stable during tough times.

Andrew Bright
Managing Director, Woodside Capital

Andrew Bright is Managing Director at M&A boutique Woodside Capital Partners and has established the company’s Zurich office. He advises several startups and focuses on M&A transactions in the fields of industrial IoT and automation efficiency and the digitization of the service workforce. Andrew spent 12 years as a Group Vice President at ABB where he became an expert in M&A and helped to set up ABB Technology Ventures. He worked in Silicon Valley and is a certified US Investment Banker. Andrew has a Master’s in Engineering from Oxford and an MBA from the University of St. Gallen.

Woodside Capital Partners is a leading corporate finance advisory firm for tech companies in M&A and financings in the midmarket (USD 30M-500M) segment. The firm was founded in 2001 and has offices in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, London and Zurich.

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