For founders starting to ask what comes next

You built it. The question of what comes next has started to come back.

Most founders we work with weren't looking for an M&A advisor when we first met. They were sitting with a question they hadn't yet decided how to answer. Hokori advises Czech and Central European business owners on the sale of their company. One mandate type, run with modern tooling and senior judgment, on success fees aligned with closing.

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Mandate type
Exclusive sell-side advisory
Revenue band
€2M to €50M
Seller geography
Czechia, Slovakia, Central Europe
Buyer universe
CEE and DACH
Fee model
Success-fee only, on closing
Why Hokori

A practice built deliberately for one thing. Selling Central European founder-led businesses well.

01
You pay nothing unless the sale closes
Our fee comes when yours does. If the business doesn't sell, you owe us nothing.
02
We do one thing, and we do it for you
Sell-side advisory is the whole practice. The discipline keeps our attention on your mandate, not on a portfolio of unrelated work.
03
Modern tools where they help. Human judgment where it matters.
AI-leveraged work compresses analysis that used to take weeks. Senior judgment, which can't be compressed, runs your mandate end to end.
04
We speak your language. And the buyer's.
Czech and Slovak native operation. Direct fluency in CEE founder situations and in the cross-border counterparties who buy these businesses.
How a Hokori mandate runs

Six phases. Honest pacing throughout.

Selling a business is a process with parts we can move fast and parts that take the time they take. The first four phases happen at the speed of your data and your decisions. The last two happen at the speed of the buyer side, of lawyers, and of regulators.

01

Mandate and preparation

We sit with your numbers, your story, and your goals. By the end you know what we know, and you know what to expect from the months ahead.

Days to weeks
02

Valuation and positioning

We work out what your business is realistically worth on today's market, and the narrative that will defend that number with buyers. You walk out with a number you can credibly ask for.

Days to weeks
03

Buyer universe and outreach

We build a list of every credible buyer in the market and narrow it to the ones who fit. You decide who should never see the deal; we approach the rest under NDA.

Days to weeks
04

Information memorandum and management meetings

We prepare the document buyers will form their offer from, and the presentation you'll give them. Then we run the meetings together, typically four to eight depending on the deal.

Days to weeks
05

Negotiation and exclusivity

We benchmark the offers and negotiate price, structure, earn-outs, and warranties on your behalf. Confirmatory due diligence runs through this phase.

Weeks to months
06

Documentation and closing

We negotiate the share purchase agreement with your legal counsel: warranties, escrow, conditions precedent. Then closing.

Weeks to months
The service

One service. Stated plainly.

What we do
We advise founders on the sale of their company to a third party.
Revenue band
€2 to €50 million as the core focus.
Seller geography
Czechia primary. Slovakia and Poland secondary.
Buyer universe
Strategic, financial, and family office buyers across CEE and DACH.
Sectors
Open across industries. The pattern that matters is founder-led mid-market, not the sector label.
Fee model
Success-fee only, payable on closing.
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Perspectives

Notes on selling a Central European business.

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Succession · 2026

The 2026 tax change and what it actually means for founders considering a sale.

A clear-eyed reading of the legislative shift, who it affects, what the realistic decision window looks like, and the common mistakes made by founders reacting to it without an advisor.

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Valuation

Why headline multiples are the worst place to start a valuation conversation.

The peer-multiple shortcut is how most founders first hear about what their business is worth. It is also how most founders first form expectations that the actual buyer universe will not meet.

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Process

What a well-run sell-side process actually looks like, week by week.

An honest account of what happens between signing an engagement letter and signing a share purchase agreement, including the parts most advisors do not describe upfront.

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A first conversation

If you are considering selling your business in the next 24 months, a confidential conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.

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