WAD Capital sources 99% of deals off-market through Generative DealFlow™ and a 60,000-company database. Here's how the 12-step sourcing process works.

A CEO-in-Residence acquires and runs a European SME with institutional backing. Learn how WAD Capital's programme works: equity, financing, timeline, and process.

ETA lets experienced executives acquire and lead profitable SMEs instead of building from scratch. Here is how the model works, what the data shows, and why Europe is the next frontier.

How buy-and-build strategy creates value in fragmented European SME markets — and what WAD Capital's Kaeron and OmniSecur platforms show about executing it in practice.

WAD Capital partnered with Herspective for a live private equity case session in Brussels. Watch the full video and apply for the internship programme.

Four criteria separate acquisition-ready sectors from wishful thinking. How WAD Capital CIRs build investment theses — and what the portfolio proves.

The 2024 Stanford GSB Search Fund Study records a 35.1% aggregate IRR across 681 funds since 1984. Here is what drives those returns, where the international data diverges, and how WAD Capital's cohort structure addresses the gap.

WAD Capital operates as private equity in Belgium where standard buyout funds do not go: profitable SMEs with no succession plan. Here is how the model works and what it produces for sellers, operators, and investors.

WAD Capital closed three Belgian SME acquisitions in 90 days. Christopher Tournis Gamble on what worked, what was hard, and what the sellers taught the team.

Taking over an acquired SME is as much a human challenge as an operational one. A practical guide for CEOs-in-Residence on managing the people dynamics of the first 90 days post-acquisition.

A plain-language guide to the five exit options available to retiring Belgian SME owners, with an honest assessment of what each route means for your business, your people, and your legacy.

Female entrepreneurs are almost absent from European ETA. WAD Capital's Cohort 2026 is open to women executives ready to acquire and lead a profitable SME.

ESG frameworks were built for listed companies. WAD Capital designed CARE-PROFIT for Belgian SMEs facing succession. Here is what changed and why it matters.

Most SME owners start succession planning too late and sell to the wrong buyer. Here is what a structured SME succession process looks like, and how WAD Capital approaches it differently.

According to Stanford GSB, the median acquisition takes 20 months. Learn why solo searchers struggle with infrastructure and how WAD Capital’s CEO-in-Residence program accelerates the path to ownership in 9–15 months.

WAD Capital selects ~10 CEOs per cohort from 500+ candidates. Learn what separates successful CEOs-in-Residence across the search, acquisition, and leadership phases.

690,000 European SMEs face ownership transfers annually. A 3-to-1 successor gap widening since 2012. The European succession crisis in hard numbers, and what it means for the Benelux and beyond.