Endgame M+A
Endgame Mergers + Acquisitions is an M&A advisory brand that publicly states it provides strategic advisory, buy-side and sell-side representation, due diligence and valuation, integration support, and business-sale assistance. Its website identifies it as an Ascend Business Services company and lists Pittsburgh headquarters with satellite offices in five additional cities.
Endgame publicly presents a buy-side and sell-side advisory model across a broad range of business sectors.
Its website publishes selected transaction years, represented sides, and EBITDA multiples, but the official homepage does not state universal engagement-size criteria, and the sell-business page does not publish fee, exclusivity, termination, or tail-period terms.[1][2]
What does Endgame M+A do?
Endgame Mergers + Acquisitions is identified on its current official website as an Ascend Business Services company. The website presents Endgame as an M&A advisory business serving both acquisition and divestiture engagements.
Endgame’s publicly stated services include strategic advisory, buy-side and sell-side representation, due diligence and valuation, integration support, and assistance with business sales. Its website lists Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as headquarters and satellite offices in Atlanta, Greenville, Chicago, Nashville, and St. Petersburg.[1][2]
Endgame states that it provides strategic advisory, buy-side representation, sell-side representation, due diligence and valuation, and integration support.
For business sales, the official sell-business page describes assistance with valuation, buyer qualification, negotiation, and closing.[1][2]
Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Endgame M+A?
An owner evaluating Endgame should ask which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement and how the Endgame brand relates contractually to Ascend Business Services, LLC. The published transaction examples also warrant clarification of buyer identities, closing dates, transaction values, and Endgame’s exact advisory role in each example.
Before engagement, an owner should request the applicable revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, geography, and sector criteria; confirm the team members responsible for valuation, buyer outreach, diligence coordination, negotiation, and integration support; and negotiate the success fee, retainer, expense reimbursement, exclusivity, termination, and tail-period provisions.[1][2][3][4]
Which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement: Endgame, Ascend Business Services, LLC, or another affiliate
What were the buyer identities, closing dates, transaction values, and exact advisory roles for the published 2024–2026 examples
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, geography, and sector criteria apply to a prospective engagement
What size transactions and clients does Endgame M+A focus on?
Endgame’s published transaction examples include HVAC, telecommunications, landscaping, interior blinds, automotive body repair, construction, environmental controls, mechanical contracting, software, pavement striping, carpentry, electrical services, steel manufacturing, agriculture, machine manufacturing, powder coating, metals, and flooring.
These examples show cross-sector transaction activity; they do not establish an exclusive or universal industry mandate.[1]
The official homepage lists a 2026 powder coating company sell-side transaction at 4x EBITDA, a 2025 metals company buy-side transaction at 3.4x EBITDA, and a 2025 flooring company buy-side transaction at 1.8x EBITDA.
It also lists a 2024 HVAC company sell-side transaction at 4.0x EBITDA, a 2024 metals company sell-side transaction at 4.8x EBITDA, and a 2023 telecommunications sell-side transaction at 7.2x EBITDA. These are presented as dated transaction-result entries; the cited entries do not establish the target legal names, buyer identities, transaction consideration, or closing dates beyond the displayed transaction year.[1]
Endgame publicly presents both acquisition and divestiture advisory engagements. Its stated sell-side process includes valuation, buyer qualification, negotiation, and closing support, while its broader service description includes buy-side and sell-side representation, diligence, valuation, and integration support.[1][2]
What does Endgame M+A publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The official homepage does not state universal minimum or maximum revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or employee-count criteria for accepting an engagement. The same homepage’s transaction-result entries do not disclose target legal names, buyer identities, transaction consideration, or closing dates beyond the displayed transaction year.
The official sell-business page does not publish a success-fee percentage, retainer amount, exclusivity term, termination schedule, or tail-period provision.[1][2]
The Florida Division of Corporations record identifies Ascend Business Services, LLC as an active foreign limited liability company, document number M17000006996, filed August 15, 2017. The record lists Roger Ferrante and Dale Johnston as members and shows annual-report filings for 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Endgame’s official website identifies the brand as an Ascend Business Services company. A separate Endgame confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement identifies Dale Johnston as Managing Partner of Endgame Mergers and Acquisitions and separately identifies Ascend Business Services in its notice address section.[1][3][4]
The official sell-business page states that Endgame’s process includes valuation, buyer qualification, negotiation, and closing support. The website also describes broader strategic advisory, representation, diligence and valuation, and integration-support services.[1][2]
Questions to ask before hiring Endgame M+A
Which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement: Endgame, Ascend Business Services, LLC, or another affiliate?
What were the buyer identities, closing dates, transaction values, and exact advisory roles for the published 2024–2026 examples?
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, geography, and sector criteria apply to a prospective engagement?
What are the success fee, retainer, expense reimbursement, exclusivity, termination, and tail-period provisions?
Which team members will lead valuation, buyer outreach, diligence coordination, negotiation, and integration support?
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