Exit planning and M&A readiness
Built to be sold,
not bought.
For founders and boards preparing a strategic exit, secondary or IPO. Dipesh strengthens distribution, packages the value narrative and reduces diligence risk - so the right buyer arrives on your terms.
The companies that exit well are not the ones with the best pitch. They are the ones with the cleanest evidence, the clearest narrative, and the deepest moat the day a strategic buyer walks in. Dipesh brings the perspective of an exited founder and ex-McKinsey advisor who has seen both sides of the table. The play that compounds: prepare 12-24 months before you think you need to, and run the process - do not let it run you.
Expertise in
practice
Concrete engagements drawn from two decades of building, scaling and exiting ventures - and from operating playbooks refined across McKinsey, exited founders and the Digit Two network.
Discuss an engagementSix-week diagnostic across commercial, financial, legal and operational surfaces. Output: a prioritised work plan to close the gaps that destroy valuation in diligence.
The story a strategic buyer pays a premium for - distribution, defensibility and durable economics, told with the evidence to back it up.
Strategic, financial and secondary buyers ranked by fit, intent and capacity. Warm introductions through the senior advisor network.
Investment-grade data room, KPI normalisation, and rehearsed diligence responses. The boring infrastructure that determines deal speed.
Founder and early-team liquidity without losing control of the next chapter. Structures that align the cap table for the deal you actually want.
Founder handover, retention design and integration support - so the value the buyer paid for actually shows up in year one.
Approach
Diagnose
Six-week exit readiness across commercial, financial and operational surfaces. Honest assessment of where you sit today.
Institutionalise
12-24 months of disciplined preparation. Close diligence gaps, harden the operating model and lock in distribution before the process starts.
Position
Value narrative, teaser, IM and buyer list. The materials and the conversations that set the anchor.
Run the process
Senior team alongside founders and advisors through diligence, negotiation and close. Discipline beats heroics in M&A.
Gold standard,
not guesswork.
A premium exit is engineered, not negotiated. Patterns seen across SaaS, fintech and B2B services - and the ones that quietly destroy value when ignored.
The window where the highest-value moves get made. Engagement begins before bankers, not after.
Senior team with personal exit experience - and the scars to back the advice.
M&A and corporate finance rigour, sized for a venture not an FTSE 100.
Founder & Senior Advisor
Dipesh Savani
Dipesh Savani founded Digit Two after more than two decades building, scaling and advising ventures across SaaS, fintech, healthtech and B2B services. An exited founder and ex-McKinsey advisor, he works with founders on the decisions that compound: distribution, capital strategy and the operating discipline behind enduring companies.
His work spans venture creation, corporate innovation and guidance for founders preparing to scale or exit. Through Digit Two, he leads thesis development, founding-team formation and a network of senior advisors.
Thinking about
an exit?
The best exits are prepared 12-24 months out. Whether you are testing the idea, planning a secondary, or already in process, start an early conversation.