The challenge
The founding team wanted to take ownership of the studio through an MBO but needed structure around funding, valuation, and roles post-deal.
Our approach
We helped the management team articulate the investment case to funders and aligned the vendor on vendor-loan and earn-out mechanics.
Due diligence was run in parallel workstreams to meet funder deadlines without distracting the dev team.
Legal documentation was coordinated to protect IP and key person dependencies.
The outcome
A management buy-out completed with the leadership team remaining in place. The founders exited with a structure that rewarded continued performance.