Brittany Tillman Advisory is a Chicago-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm. We specialize in enterprise value creation through strategic growth planning, market intelligence, financial and operational optimization, forward-looking strategy, and exit readiness. We focus on pre-exit value creation for founder-led and private equity-backed companies. We enter 2-3 years before a planned sale, applying advanced financial modeling, valuation analysis, and a proprietary optimization framework to turn businesses into premium, investor-grade assets that justify higher offer prices.
Transition founder-led businesses into investor-grade assets positioned for stronger, premium exit outcomes.
Increase portfolio company enterprise value using market intelligence and strategy development designed to maximize exit outcomes.
1. Diagnose Value & Risk
We begin with a comprehensive diagnostic to uncover value gaps, buyer concerns, operational inefficiencies, and unrealized upside. This establishes a clear, evidence‑based understanding of what must be strengthened before entering the market.
2. Design the Transformation Roadmap
Together, we build a sequenced, strategic roadmap that reshapes the company’s positioning, professionalizes operations, enhances financial performance, and aligns the business with what sophisticated buyers prioritize.
3. Prepare for Market Engagement
We apply proprietary frameworks and market intelligence to refine the company’s narrative, strengthen documentation, and position you to engage intermediaries and buyers from a place of confidence and leverage.
Built on licensed investment advisory experience, advanced financial modeling, and deep private markets and M&A expertise, our proprietary framework diagnoses value gaps, restructures financial and strategic foundations, and engineers credible growth narratives, converting founder-led and private equity-backed companies into premium sellable assets positioned to command stronger terms at exit.
Research-driven methodology focused on valuation, readiness, and premium positioning.
Forward-looking market analysis that turns data into actionable value-creation priorities.
Years spent guiding wealth, strategy, and M&A now focused on exits.