Acquisition-Grade™ Your Unfair Advantage
More Profit Today.
A Premium Exit Tomorrow.
We help business owners turn good companies into
Acquisition-Grade™ businesses -
Capitalised | Systemised | AI-ready
That’s how you move from a 3–4x exit to a 7–9x exit.
Institutional-Grade Trust.
Proven Results.
We’ve built, advised and exited businesses alongside the world’s leading institutions and operations.
That’s why owners trust us with their biggest wealth event.
Acquisition Grade fuses what no other advisory does, fundraising power, M&A discipline, and human first technology.
This unique system creates businesses that survive diligence, attract premium buyers, and scale into platforms.
The Unfair Advantage: Capital. Tech. Discipline.
Capital Expertise
Unlock funding, structure for growth.
M&A Discipline
Valuation-proof systems, buyer-ready execution.
Human-First Tech
Integration that protects people, culture, and multiples.
Exit in 6 months → uplifted from 4.5x to 7.2x EBITDA.
Not Consulting. Not Coaching.
Acquisition Grade™
The only system that integrates capital, tech, and discipline to engineer businesses buyers pay more for.
Most advisors promise growth. We engineer value.
Where consultants sell time, we embed systems.
Where coaches inspire, we implement discipline.
Where others hype “AI,” we build human-first integrations buyers trust
We Build the Businesses Behind £100m+ Groups.
Acquisition Grade™ prepares companies for premium exits today, and platforms for arbitrage multiples tomorrow.
For group builders: we engineer companies that drive arbitrage multiples.
For owners exiting: we make sure your business commands the premium it deserves.
For ambitious operators: we give you the capital, tech, and discipline edge to play at the £100m+ level.
11 Properties £3.5M net Profit →
£26M Value Owner Scaling to 5M Profit
Care Homes Group
Marketing Group
Building a Group →
Scaled to £12M Turnover So Far
Motor Group
Currently at £28M Turnover (cars + motorcycles) → Institutional Roll-up
Who’s Behind Acquisition Grade
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Stuart Mellody
Founder @ FundLabs | £1B+ Structured Capital | Profit Unlock | SME Exits | AI Transformation | Acquisition-Grade™ Framework for 7–9x
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George Regan
Co-Founder @ FundLabs | De-risking M&A | Architecting Investor-Ready Businesses | Capital Raising, Business Funding, AI Transformation | Acquisition-Grade™
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Peter Tighe
Co-Founder @ FundLabs | £410M Exit Delivered | Acquisition-Grade™ Execution | Profit Unlock, Business Growth, AI-Enabled Scaling
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Rob Richmond
Business Buyer | Board Member & Advisor | Building Business Groups: Empowering Business Owners to Buy, Scale, and Exit for Maximum Value | Mergers & Acquisitions
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Truly Mellody
Head of Client Ops @ FundLabs | Truly Human™ | Acquisition-Grade™ | AI Transformation, Profit Unlock, SME Structuring
Most Owners Sell for 3–4x.
Acquisition-Grade™ Owners Exit for 7–9x.
Every margin leak, every broken system, every founder dependency, it all gets priced in.
If your business isn’t Acquisition-Grade™, you’re leaving millions on the table before the exit even starts.
Start With the Value Readiness Scorecard
In 5 minutes, discover how buyers would rate your business today and the gaps that could cost you millions at exit.
See where buyers would discount your valuation.
Benchmark readiness against exit & M&A standards.
Get a tailored roadmap for the next 90 days.
Value Readiness Score
Financial Systems
Operational Scale
Market Position
At Risk
On Track
Acquisition-Ready
“One client uncovered gaps that could have cost £6m at exit and fixed them before diligence.”