Flatirons Capital Advisors
Flatirons Capital Advisors advises lower-middle-market companies across a broad range of sectors. Its publicly stated services include buy-side acquisition search, sponsor services, buy-side representation, sell-side advisory, transaction support, and strategic consulting. The firm also states that it selectively co-invests alongside private-equity partners and supports add-on acquisitions.
Flatirons Capital Advisors is a North American M&A advisory firm serving privately held lower-middle-market companies.
Its published criteria include EBITDA greater than $500,000 to $2.0 million depending on industry, no minimum EBITDA requirement for add-on acquisitions, increasing revenue, strong second-tier management, customer and revenue diversification, competitive differentiation, and healthy growth potential.[1][2][3][8][9]
What does Flatirons Capital Advisors do?
Flatirons Capital Advisors is a mergers and acquisitions advisor to lower-middle-market companies. The firm describes itself as a North American M&A advisory firm and lists offices in Denver, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, and Milwaukee.
Its public positioning covers both buy-side and sell-side assignments, sponsor services, transaction support, and strategic consulting. Flatirons also states that it selectively co-invests alongside private-equity partners and supports add-on acquisitions and strategic expansion initiatives.[1][2][3]
Flatirons publicly lists buy-side acquisition search, sponsor services, buy-side representation, due-diligence support, and deal structuring. Its sell-side services include advisory for private-company exits, recapitalizations, divestitures, product-line and IP sales, and generational transfers.
The firm also lists strategic consulting services and states that it supports add-on acquisitions and strategic expansion initiatives.[1][3]
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 Flatirons Capital Advisors?
Owners evaluating Flatirons should clarify the proposed engagement economics because the cited FAQ page does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, or termination schedule. They should also seek transaction-specific detail where relevant, since the cited completed-transactions page does not disclose transaction values, fee terms, financing terms, or consideration structures.
Flatirons’ stated selective co-investment alongside private-equity partners makes the firm’s potential economic interest and conflict-management approach important points to clarify for a prospective seller. Owners can also compare their company with the firm’s published criteria, including EBITDA greater than $500,000 to $2.0 million depending on industry, no minimum EBITDA requirement for add-on acquisitions, increasing revenue, strong second-tier management, customer and revenue diversification, competitive differentiation, and healthy growth potential.[1][3][8][9]
What are the proposed success fee, minimum fee, retainer, expense policy, tail period, and termination terms
Will Flatirons or an affiliated entity invest alongside a buyer or otherwise have an economic interest in a transaction
How will potential conflicts be managed if Flatirons has relationships with prospective buyers, private-equity sponsors, family offices, or strategic acquirers
What size transactions and clients does Flatirons Capital Advisors focus on?
Flatirons’ published target sectors include information technology, software, professional services, telecommunications, biotech and biomedical technologies, distribution, food and beverage, consumer products, energy, oil-and-gas support services, manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, business services, specialty construction, and transportation and logistics.[1]
- FSS Technologies announced the acquisition of The Fire Group, Inc. in April 2026.
- World Resources Distribution entered a new ownership chapter in January 2026, with Lochland Partners identified in the transaction archive.
- Azureon, an O2 Investment Partners platform, acquired Precision Pool & Spa in December 2025.
- AEG Petroleum partnered with Plexus Capital in March 2025.
These examples reflect the transaction status and descriptions reported on Flatirons’ official News page.[4][5][6][7]
The firm’s stated transaction work spans buy-side acquisition search and representation, sponsor services, sell-side advisory, recapitalizations, divestitures, product-line and IP sales, and generational transfers. Flatirons also describes a buy-side process designed to originate proprietary deal flow for private-equity sponsors, family offices, and strategic acquirers.[1][3]
What does Flatirons Capital Advisors publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The cited FAQ page does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, or termination schedule.
The cited completed-transactions page lists completed transactions and industry categories but does not disclose transaction values, fee terms, financing terms, or consideration structures.[8][9]
The official contact page identifies the legal entity as Flatirons Capital Advisors, LLC.
That contact page identifies the entity and its offices but does not state a firm-level broker-dealer or investment-adviser registration number or registration status.[2]
Flatirons states that its buy-side process is data-driven and thesis-led and is designed to originate proprietary deal flow for private-equity sponsors, family offices, and strategic acquirers.[3]
Questions to ask before hiring Flatirons Capital Advisors
What are the proposed success fee, minimum fee, retainer, expense policy, tail period, and termination terms?
Will Flatirons or an affiliated entity invest alongside a buyer or otherwise have an economic interest in a transaction?
How will potential conflicts be managed if Flatirons has relationships with prospective buyers, private-equity sponsors, family offices, or strategic acquirers?
How does the company compare with Flatirons' stated financial and operating criteria?
Which comparable transactions can be discussed confidentially, including deal size, structure, financing, and seller circumstances?
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