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Financing

Francisco Campos

05/10/2026

Seller Financing: how to finance the purchase of a business with the seller

How phased payment to the seller works in the purchase of a business: practical example, differences from earn-out, and conditions to negotiate.

Independent Sponsors: what they are and how they buy businesses

The acquisition model operation by operation, explained for entrepreneurs: financing, differences from funds, and questions to evaluate a proposal.

Family Offices in Portugal: what they are and how they invest in companies

A guide for entrepreneurs on family capital, direct investment, co-investment, and succession: what to prepare and how to assess a potential buyer.

Private Equity in Portugal: how funds that buy companies work

How funds invest in SMEs, create value, and prepare for exit. A guide to compare proposals, prepare the company, and understand the seller's role.

How Portugal Can Facilitate the Transfer of Small Businesses

A European recommendation points the way to prepare for successions, procedures, and financing in the transfer of SMEs. What Portugal can do and what to prepare now.

Management Buyout (MBO): how to buy the company you work for

A guide for managers who want to buy the company they work for: team, negotiation, analysis, and transition to ownership.

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Search Fund in Portugal: what it is and how it works

Business Purchase

Francisco Campos

28/09/2026

Search Fund in Portugal: what it is and how it works

How a search fund works, how to prepare an acquisition thesis, and what to evaluate before buying a company to manage.

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Management Buy-In (MBI): buying a company to lead it

Business Purchase

Francisco Campos

25/09/2026

Management Buy-In (MBI): buying a company to lead it

How an external manager can participate in an acquisition and take leadership, with criteria for choosing the company and preparing the transition.

Transfer of shares: how to buy or sell an Lda in Portugal

Share transfer in a limited liability company (Lda): what it is, difference from a transfer and how to buy or sell confidentially.

Impulsar Portugal Line: how to finance the purchase of a business

Conditions of the Impulsar Portugal Line for acquisitions: financing limits, mutual guarantee, eligibility and preparation of the request.

Business succession: alternatives when there is no family successor

Alternatives for owners without a family successor, with a preparation plan, criteria for comparing buyers, and care in the transition.

Buying Distressed Businesses: Real Opportunity or Risk of Inheriting Debts?

Buying distressed businesses can be an opportunity or a trap. Learn to distinguish symbolic price from inherited debts and proceed safely.

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Guides on Buying and Selling Businesses in Portugal

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Seller Financing: how to finance the purchase of a business with the seller

Independent Sponsors: what they are and how they buy businesses

Family Offices in Portugal: what they are and how they invest in companies

Private Equity in Portugal: how funds that buy companies work

How Portugal Can Facilitate the Transfer of Small Businesses

Management Buyout (MBO): how to buy the company you work for

Search Fund in Portugal: what it is and how it works

Management Buy-In (MBI): buying a company to lead it

Transfer of shares: how to buy or sell an Lda in Portugal

Impulsar Portugal Line: how to finance the purchase of a business

Business succession: alternatives when there is no family successor

Buying Distressed Businesses: Real Opportunity or Risk of Inheriting Debts?

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