Founder Market Intelligence, Q4 2026: Field Notes for Advisors

A few times a year we share what we’re seeing from the buy side with the advisors who get owners ready for a transaction, names stripped out. This edition looks at the finance seat and the EBITDA it produces, why half the deals we looked at had the owner rolling equity, and the readiness gaps that are cheapest to fix years before a process starts. The full report is below.

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