For Brokers

A straightforward buyer for founder-led technology businesses.

Hoki is an active acquirer of profitable, founder-led UK technology businesses with turnover between £1m and £4m. We work with business transfer agents and M&A advisers — principals direct, no internal bureaucracy, fast decisions.

Our acquisition mandate

Sector

IT services, MSP, SaaS, digital agency, technology-enabled services

Geography

United Kingdom

Turnover

£1m – £4m

Profitability

Maintainable EBITDA positive

Revenue type

Recurring or contracted preferred

Seller profile

Founder-led, owner-managed, succession or exit situation

Deal structure

Outright acquisition preferred; earnout considered

Financing

Growth Guarantee Scheme; principally debt-funded

We are open to conversations outside these parameters if the business is compelling. If you have a mandate that might fit, reach out — we respond directly and quickly.

How we work with advisers

We do not create process for its own sake. If you have a business that fits our mandate, send us an anonymised teaser. We will come back to you with a clear yes or no within two working days.

We work with advisers on agreed fee terms and we honour those arrangements. We do not go around advisers to deal direct once you have introduced a business to us.

Our principals — Paul Carroll (CEO & CFO) and Alex Porter (CIO) — take decisions directly. No investment committee. No long internal approval chain.

Detailed information on our acquisition process, valuation methodology and post-acquisition integration approach is available on request. We are also prepared to share references from advisers we have worked with previously.

Our acquisition approach → Selected work → Meet the principals →

Register a mandate

Send us a brief note — anonymised if preferred at this stage. We respond to all enquiries within two working days.