How it works

Our Process

01

Meet with us.

We strive to build long-term relationships with owners and operators of vertical software businesses.

Whether it is at a trade show, over dinner or a simple phone call, our corporate development team is always available to chat about your business and share best practices from operating over 600 businesses around the world.

02

Speak with an operator.

Learn what it's like to be inside of Constellation Software.
Discuss what an acquisition process would look like.
Share best practices.
03

Sign an NDA.

Having completed 600+ transactions, our legal team has standard templates to ensure a quick and efficient process.

We take the sensitivity of your information very seriously. Each conversation will primarily involve one of our senior operators and a couple of members of our corporate development and M&A team.

04

Discuss Fit.

Having open and transparent conversations is critical during this stage. We want to make sure that we do everything possible so that your company is setup for success from Day 1.

This includes a plan on how the company should be run going forward and a mutual understanding of potential changes (if any).

05

Sign a Letter of Intent

Localized team members to lead integration plans during potential travel restrictions
Leverage our dedicated team of M&A experts who support our businesses via M&A activity
Expect the rest of the process to take ~4 weeks
06

Due Diligence

FOG's internal legal, finance, tax and M&A teams will support the process from initial offer to close, resulting in an efficient transaction with a focus on speed-to-close

07

Close

We operate with a high degree of closing certainty having completed 600+ acquisitions.

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