From signed term sheet to closing day: the 90-day acquisition process explained for SME owners, including due diligence, financing, and what happens on day one.

What a new CEO does in the first 100 days after buying a small business. The operational sequence, mapped against WAD Capital's 12-step CIR programme.

Some founders reinvest in the company they just sold and stay involved. Here is how seller reinvestment works in SME succession, and why it changes the dynamic between buyer and seller.

Belgian SMEs employ 66% of the country's workforce. When ownership transfers fail, jobs go with them. What the data shows — and what a structured transfer looks like.

WAD Capital sources SME acquisitions off-market through Generative DealFlow™ and a structured 12-step programme. Here is how the sourcing approach 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.