New Channel Partners
New Channel Partners LLC is a privately held financial-services company founded in 2025. It publicly describes itself as an independent merchant bank advising founder- and family-owned businesses, with a lower-middle-market M&A specialization and a relationship-driven, partner-led execution model.
What stands out about New Channel Partners
New Channel Partners publicly states that it advises founder- and family-owned businesses seeking liquidity or growth, including operating businesses contemplating a sale, independent sponsors with funding gaps, and investment groups seeking acquisitions. Andrew Buehler publicly states that the firm can help businesses doing $2-20M of EBITDA.[1][2][3]
What does New Channel Partners do?
New Channel Partners LLC is a privately held financial-services company founded in 2025. The firm publicly describes itself as an independent merchant bank advising founder- and family-owned businesses and specializing in lower-middle-market M&A.
A company-authored update identifies Andrew Buehler as managing partner and founder. The firm publicly describes its execution model as relationship-driven and partner-led.[1][3]
New Channel Partners publicly states that it advises founder- and family-owned businesses seeking liquidity or growth. Andrew Buehler also publicly states that the firm serves operating businesses contemplating a sale, independent sponsors with funding gaps, and investment groups seeking their next acquisition.
The firm publicly references familiarity with family offices, permanent-capital vehicles, search funds, and independent sponsors. Andrew Buehler publicly states that he has led direct deals, backed independent sponsors and search funds, served as an independent sponsor, and built and sold his own bootstrapped business.[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 New Channel Partners?
Publicly stated characteristics include a focus on founder- and family-owned businesses, lower-middle-market M&A, and businesses doing $2-20M of EBITDA. The firm also states that it serves owners contemplating a sale and has familiarity with family offices, permanent-capital vehicles, search funds, independent sponsors, and acquisition-oriented investment groups.
An owner evaluating the firm should request named sell-side transaction references, detail on priority industries and geographies, the buyer categories and prospective buyers that would be contacted, applicable fee and engagement terms, the legal entity providing any securities-related services, and the firm’s approach to conflicts involving sellers, buyers, independent sponsors, or capital providers.[1][2]
Which named sell-side transactions has the firm completed, and can seller references be provided
What industries and geographies are priority coverage areas
Does the firm provide securities-related services directly or through an affiliated or third-party registered broker-dealer
What size transactions and clients does New Channel Partners focus on?
The cited New Channel Partners company page describes a lower-middle-market specialization but does not state a formal industry-sector mandate.[1]
The cited New Channel Partners company page does not publish an official transaction archive, sold-deal page, portfolio page, or named completed transaction examples. The cited Andrew Buehler post does not identify completed advisory transactions by client or target name, transaction value, buyer identity, or consideration terms.[1][2]
Publicly stated transaction-related activities include lower-middle-market M&A support, assistance to owners contemplating a sale, support for independent sponsors with funding gaps, and assistance to investment groups seeking acquisitions.
The firm also publicly states that it has significant buyside experience and familiarity with family offices, permanent-capital vehicles, search funds, and independent sponsors.[1][2]
What does New Channel Partners publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The cited New Channel Partners company page does not state a formal industry-sector mandate or a firm-wide geographic coverage area. It also does not publish an official transaction archive, sold-deal page, portfolio page, or named completed transaction examples.
The cited Andrew Buehler post does not identify completed advisory transactions by client or target name, transaction value, buyer identity, or consideration terms. The cited New Channel Partners company page does not state firm-level regulatory registration details or publish engagement and fee provisions.[1][2]
The cited New Channel Partners company page identifies the firm as a privately held financial-services company and independent merchant bank.
The cited New Channel Partners company page does not state firm-level broker-dealer, investment-adviser, FINRA, SEC, or other regulatory registration details.[1]
The firm publicly describes its execution model as relationship-driven and partner-led. The cited New Channel Partners company page does not publish engagement fees, success-fee terms, retainer terms, expense terms, exclusivity, tail, or termination provisions.[1]
Questions to ask before hiring New Channel Partners
Which named sell-side transactions has the firm completed, and can seller references be provided?
What industries and geographies are priority coverage areas?
Does the firm provide securities-related services directly or through an affiliated or third-party registered broker-dealer?
What are the engagement fee, success fee, retainer, expense, exclusivity, tail, and termination terms?
Which buyer categories and specific prospective buyers would be contacted for a business in the $2-20M EBITDA range?
How does the firm manage conflicts when advising sellers, buyers, independent sponsors, or capital providers?
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