QD INVEST
The firm was established in 2010 by a core group of managing and investing partners who bring together a wealth of experience in growing successful businesses.
About Us
We founded QD to give every business owner—and future owner—the insight they need to plan their next big move. We’re working to make small business ownership attainable for everyone. And that starts with universal access to reliable data and trusted expertise.
Trust and transparency need to be brought to the SMB acquisition space to create a more efficient and fair market for everyone. We are committed to exposing our business model, our valuation methods, and continuing to be transparent with all of our stakeholders.
When we connect businesses to our partners or potential buyers, we get paid by the partner when they sign the business as a new customer or the buyer completes the acquisition. We lower that hurdle by vetting our Partner Network for companies that are aligned with our mission and work as hard as we do to help SMBs succeed. We’ve already signed up over 100+ companies in the network, and we’re excited to continue to scale.
We continue to get great validation of our QD Valuations and Investability Assessments. We’ve seen buyers make cash offers to owners that have been through our process that are within less than 5% of our estimates. We’ve seen the owners use our assessment to make positive changes to their businesses. They have been able to connect with the right partners to address any shortcomings and/or accelerate their growth trajectory. We have also seen brokers and potential buyers start to use us as a third-party valuation service — we’re excited to be building that trust across all sides of the marketplace.
Team
QD was founded by Carlos Quintero in 2010; We bring together a track record of experience and success in mergers, finance and management.
Anyone that has spent time in the SMB (small-to-medium-size businesses) acquisition space knows that the market is outdated.
We resolve this issues
• What is my business worth after 1, 5, 10, or 40 years? • Am I doing everything I can to improve my business?
• What’s the right time to sell your business?
• Did I pick the right broker to help me sell my business?
The process of understanding the things you can do to improve your business and the partners needed is our expertise.
| Experience: | Current and retired executives who contribute judgment in addition to capital. |
| Engagement: | Active participation is enshrined in the Roundtable’s governance and economics. |
| Short&Long-Term: | The fund has no liquidation date and can own investments indefinitely. |
| Alignment: | QD provide 20% of the capital. |
| Fees: | Firm compensation is tied to performance, not assets under management. |
| Taxation: | As individuals, the Roundtable can own single-tax entities like LLCs and S-corps. |
Our Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Buy-and sell-side mandates.
Capital Raising
- Equity and Debt.
- Operational and organic expansions.
- New projects.
Strategic Advisory
- Sustainable growth and increased profitability.
- Competitive expansion throughout the region.
- Public sector strategy.
They Trust Us
Partnerships
Manangers & Owners
We apply a partnership approach to everything we do, from our Roundtable investment structure to our interactions with management teams. Our style will not fit everyone, but the principals by which we aim to operate (and which we look for in others) are centered upon:
| Reliability: | Say what we mean and do what we promise. |
| Transparency: | Foster an open exchange of information and apply best practices in reporting. |
| Alignment: | Seek economic alignment among stakeholders where ever possible. |
| Fairness: | Treat everyone using the same standards. |
| Accountability: | Take ownership of problems and encourage others to do the same. |
CRS
Social Entreprenurship Program:
- We solve complex social challenges using collective transformation processes that include multiple actors, specifically entrepreneurs in Latam. Since 2010 year, we have accompanied the strengthening of more than 10,000 companies and the creation of 21,000 new companies of entrepreneurs in Latin America.
Shared Value:
- Design and structure sustainable business strategies for private& public firms, by incorporating initiatives in their value chain and interest groups.
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