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Rarely does a diverse, commercially-performing IP portfolio developed by a stable of PhD’s and engineers come to market. RocketIP enjoys robust interest in its products and IP from a diverse customer base - 40% commercial, 60% government agency. Its IP and applications solve expensive problems across multiple industries including aerospace, defense, space and others. The Company is a leader in the latest A&D applications including hypersonics, green monopropellant and cube-sat technologies. This is the real deal.

The founder developed products for the space shuttle before starting his own business. The Company is a known incubator of relevant, state-of-the-art intellectual property that solves expensive problems. The Company has a year backlog of work with current customers. This is with no full-time dedicated sales, marketing or biz development personnel. The CEO believes their IP is patentable for hundreds of applications. Customers are global. You’ll find the Company’s IP and products on or in space missions, jet engines, cutting edge armaments, commercial rockets, satellites, industrial manufacturing facilities, and other industrial products. The Company’s IP makes other people’s products faster, stronger, cheaper, more durable and more technologically advanced, especially in harsh environments. Customers include Fortune 500 companies, aerospace and defense contractors, and government agencies including NASA, DoD, DoE.

The founder and operating management team expect to stay long-term with the company. A talented group of engineers and PhD’s convey with the sale. Most professionals have non-competes and employment agreements in place. The right buyer will value diverse R&D talent and have systems in place for protecting, filing, monetizing and commercializing strong IP.

The shareholders seek a full sale to a strategic buyer in the aerospace and defense sectors.

Today the Company leases 40k+ s.f. with room for expansion (owned by a related 3rd party entity). The owner believes the buyer will want to control the real estate given the proprietary nature of the production capability.

The reason for the sale is to find a large strategic or financial buyer who will continue the Company’s commercialization of its IP. Large aerospace and industrial manufacturers or manufacturing service companies would greatly benefit from this IP. The next owner should leverage the technologies in their own products, as well as, sell or license the IP to others. Growth rates will depend on the buyer and their appetite to fund growth.

The niche areas of materials science enjoyed by the company are highly fragmented and specialized. RocketIP plays in the high margin specialty materials science and coatings space. For some products and IP, there is no competition. For other IP, there are niche players like RocketIP.

COMING LATE JUNE 2021

TRIBE is a best-in-class, commercial HVAC services company enjoying a loyal customer base of healthcare systems, universities, building owners, engineering firms and various contractors. TRIBE’s customer end markets include complex mechanical systems for medical facilities, education facilities, commercial/industrial companies, and government institutions requiring fully functional heating & cooling systems, air quality management and energy efficiency. The Company enjoys recognized market leadership in terms of scale, industry reputation and operational system resulting in strong repeat business and a premium margin profile. TRIBE delivers consistent performance with exceptional free cash flow due to the limited capital requirements and strong EBITDA margins of 25%+. There is no customer concentration.

The Company invested $350k in proprietary systems to support business development, project management, and real time KPIs yielding strong marks both in the field and in the financial performance of the Company. With strong demand for its services and robust operating systems in place, TRIBE is well-positioned as a platform to support a super-regional or national buy & build strategy.

The successful partner will find a “tribe” of nearly 100 trade professionals (non-union) led by a high-caliber management team. There’s a strong bench of intermediate managers who will participate in ownership to support future growth organically and through acquisition. The seller and these key managers expect to own 30% of equity going forward.

The ideal buyer brings strong buy and build references on past transactions, as well as, a tool box of resources to support company management in getting to $12M+ in EBITDA over the next 4-5 years.

The company leases facilities in several markets.

TRIBE competes well against a solid group of competitors in each of the markets it serves. 25-30% of work is negotiated with institutional customers directly. The other 70-75% of work is bid with a consistent group of customers.

Qualified buyers will love to buy this 66% gross margin branded OEM fluid control products manufacturer. The owner is at retirement age and seeks a strong strategic buyer with excellent sales, marketing and distribution that would benefit from Hydra’s strong brand, recurring customers and distribution and rep channels. The Company’s consistent revenues and strong margins will tick upward in 2021 as a result of added sales resources. The Company is budgeting $6.4M in revs for 2021 with $2.55M EBITDA. Through April, the company is slightly ahead of this budget.

There are strong key managers within the company in sales, marketing and operations. The owner will support a 1-2 year transition, however ideal buyers will know the industry and not need significant period of seller support.

The company leases facilities from an independent third-party landlord. Should a strategic buyer want to relocate the operation into their existing footprint, they should allocate about 12,000 s.f. for Hydra’s operation.

In Hydra’s tenure, it has consistently grown slowly over the years with 2021 benefitting from added sales resources in 2020 that are paying off today.

The Company has some competitors globally. It boasts high margins and competitive pricing. Today, the Company believes the annual market for its products are between $100M and $150M annually. With a strategic buyer with strong sales and marketing resources, it believes it can dramatically increase its market share above 15%.

"Diamond" is one of the fastest growing building services franchises with systemwide revenues topping $100MM in 2020. The franchisor and related entities project $16.7MM in revenue this year, generating $5MM EBITDA, up from $14.6MM and $4.7MM in 2020, respectively. System revenue has grown over 20% annually each of the last 3 years.

Business highlights include a solid franchise management system that tracks all franchisee customer invoices and work in real-time. Senior management team is in place with solid, bankable leadership.

Diamond offers a proven model with high monthly recurring revenue (over $500k/month). End user renewals are excellent - better than 92%.

The owner seeks a growth partner with a proven franchisor investor to expand their core franchise, as well as to acquire other building service franchisors that complement their existing services and infrastructure. They will consider mezz investors, minority equity investments and majority growth recap scenarios. If you don't have an excellent track record growing franchises, you will not qualify to review this opportunity.

This outsourced software development business serves companies that need regular custom software development. "M-GOLD" employees write code in multiple languages and provide significant support as a Microsoft Solutions Vendor. The Company’s 14 employees provide programming, project management, business development and strategic architectural services. The business brings domain knowledge to three niche verticals, as well as, strong skills in capturing business intelligence for client.

Company did $2.6M in revenue in 2020 and projects $2.8M this year with 45% gross margins.

The seller desires a cash transaction from a strategic buyer who has blended (on-shore, off-shore) model. Capable management and technical teams are in place. The seller will provide transition support if desired.

The Company leases a facility in the Southeast. Some associates also work remotely.

The company’s project managers ask customers for new SOWs when current SOWs are completed. As a result, the year over year retention of the Company’s customers is excellent. Most all customers own proprietary software that needs regular updates and service as new features, connectivity with other technologies, software and security components are required. The business would benefit from a focused sales and marketing initiative. Today, most new business is from referral with little outward prospecting or marketing efforts.

The outsourced software development industry is highly fragmented. There are both large and small companies that provide custom software augmentation, dev-ops, maintenance, design, business intelligence and programming. The owner will only sell to experienced financial buyers or strategic buyers. If you don’t have real software development experience, you will not be considered.

BAMA is pleased to present the growth recapitalization of “BLAZE”, a $49M (2020) packaging products distributor and manufacturer with exceptional leadership, management, sales, marketing and customers. Products include specialty packaging solutions, stretch film, corrugate, various void and fill solutions, strapping, packaging equipment and machinery, as well as, custom solutions.

The Company grew approximately 27% from 2019 to 2020 and expects comparable growth in 2021 with a budget of $62MM. The Company’s gross margins grew 3.8% from 2019 to 2020 as it added more higher margin products and services for its customers and realized return on strategic pricing initiatives. Adjusted EBITDA grew approximately 105% to $4.2MM from 2019 to 2020 as the Company leveraged its robust infrastructure and fixed costs and generated a return from growth investments driving top-line and bottom-line performance. Don't let the margins fool you. The Company generates 26% average gross margin and invests a lot in SG&A to drive growth right now. There is a lot of potential here.

This is a majority growth recap where management seeks to be the platform to grow organically and through acquisition. The Company has excellent relationships with similar companies in other markets who have expressed interest in being acquired by BLAZE. The owner seeks to own 30-40% of the equity going forward and use the growth recap to get several key managers and leaders engaged in ownership.

We seek a culturally like-minded, experienced partner who has supported other packaging product companies in their growth. This is a great place to work with no turnover in sales staff, strong customer relationships and no customer concentration. Cultural fit is critical in selection of their future partner.

The Company leases 100,000 s.f. of office, warehousing and manufacturing space.

There are several national players along with regional/mom and pops in the packaging distribution space. BLAZE sets itself apart from the competition by offering unique, customer-centric solutions to meet any need. They have outstanding relationships with their customers - who continue to trust BLAZE year after year for their packaging requirements. Company is expanding into clean room packaging for medical customers.

The seller is aware of several specific add-on opportunities - companies in the packaging space who would love to be part of the BLAZE family. They have begun conversations with the owners of these companies and noted their intent to grow through acquisition.