The first phase is efficient at finding the latent competitive advantages of your company. The process is completed within two-six months and it requires two working days each month of the key personnel's time.

The first phase also often clarifies the owner's agenda, risk profile and schedule and answers the question: What do the owners want from their business?

In its simplicity, the process is about carefully exploring: What customers and potential future customers buy now and what they want to buy in the future as well as what the strength factors are that we are better at than others or what we could become better at than others. A sustainable competitive advantage and value growth are found in the combination of these market opportunities, critical factors and internal strengths.

The process is led by one of Comset's partner and if you wish the process can involve a knowledge investor from the Professional Partners Network that is selected according to your chosen criteria. This ensures the practical nature of the process and that the efficient academic framework is combined with strong experience by the people who in the future can help implement the plan for value growth.

The framework that we use is the Resource based view of firm - RBV. Today it is the most widely used strategy framework and it has proven to be effective. The strength of the framework is its systematical approach and that it takes into account not only market opportunities but also the company's actual ability in relation to competitors.

The first phase also includes an analysis by an experienced knowledge investor team and a cash flow based valuation. The valuation is conducted by the independent Inderes analyst group, which provides highly-regarded analyses also for listed companies.

If you want more information about the value growth program and its first phase, please call Asko Kapanen at +358 400 551 471.

We are experts for example in activating and enhancing sales, improving productivity, financial management tasks or implementing M&As.

Boosting the value growth through an injection of capital is always wortwhile when the value of the ownership grows more than without the added capital. If you want, we can help you with the fundraising. The funding may consist of loans from one or more financial institutions and/or it may be a conditional capital investment made by one or more investors.

If you want more information about our value growth program or other value increasing services call Asko Kapanen at +358 400 551 471

A good exit is built on competitive advantage and growth. We select potential buyers and produce valuable information for the owners about how the value growth activities should be emphasized in order to make the company as valuable as possible from the perspective of potential buyers. In addition to the support for value growth we also manage and implement the sale by bringing in competing buyer candidates and handling negotiations and documentations.

The best possible result for the sale of the company is ensured through the M&A-knowledge of our partner and cooperation company, private equity firm Nordic Growth.

If you want more information about selling your company, call Asko Kapanen at  +358 400 551 471.