733Park
Consulting

Growth strategy and exit readiness consulting for payments, fintech and SaaS companies.

For operators 12 to 36 months from a sale who want the number set by the business they built, not by what diligence finds.

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733Park's rule of thumb: growth strategy consulting for a payments, fintech or SaaS company is worth doing when it changes something a buyer will pay for, and there are five of those: recurring revenue, retention, concentration, clean financials and a growth plan a buyer can underwrite; done 12 to 36 months before a sale it is worth 20 to 40% of enterprise value, and 733Park does the readiness work and then runs the sale.

Why the price is set before the process

Most founders meet an M&A advisor when they are already ready to sell. By then the number is mostly set. The decisions that move it, recurring revenue, customer concentration, margin, clean books, a growth story a buyer can underwrite, take months to fix.

This is the work of closing that gap before you go to market. We build it backward from how your most likely buyer will value the business, then help you put the pieces in place while you still have time. In 2026 that starts with an honest read on where a buyer will put you on the AI line: exposed, resilient or native. That answer changes what you fix first.

We have closed 200+ deals in payments, fintech, AI and vertical SaaS. We know what buyers in these sectors reward and what they quietly discount, because we sit across from them every week. That is the difference between a company that is for sale and one that is ready to sell.

Who it is for

Founders and operators of payments, fintech, AI and SaaS companies who expect to sell in one to three years and want the intervening time to compound into a higher number. Also owners who have had an inbound approach and want to know what the business would be worth after a year of preparation rather than today.

What we work on

  • Revenue quality. Moving one-time and month-to-month revenue to contracts, lifting net revenue retention, pricing that does not depend on seats.
  • Concentration. Reducing dependence on a single customer, partner, processor or bank, or turning it into a defensible position.
  • Margin. Gross margin net of hosting, inference and payments costs; unit economics that survive a buyer's model.
  • Financial readiness. Three years of clean accrual financials, normalized add-backs, a quality-of-earnings prep pass, working capital benchmarked, so the books hold up in diligence.
  • Contracts and structure. Change-of-control clauses, assignability, IP assignments, processor and partner agreements, cap table.
  • Organization. A management layer that runs the company without the founder, with documented responsibilities.
  • The growth plan. The adjacent verticals, product attach (payments, AI, services) and channels the buyer will pay for, validated with real numbers.

How it works

A short, confidential first conversation. If the work makes sense, a scoped engagement with terms agreed in writing up front, built backward from how your likely acquirer will value the business. Monthly working sessions, a readiness scorecard you can see move, and a hand-off into a sell-side process run by the same senior partner when you are ready. The preparation is never handed cold to a banker who was not in the room.

What we do not do

We are not a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and we do not raise capital. This is advisory work that gets your company ready. When it is time to run the sale, we do that too.

Related reading

$10B+
Transaction volume facilitated
200+
Deals closed
4-6
Months from kickoff to close, typical
25+
Years of payments M&A expertise
FAQ

Growth strategy and exit readiness questions founders ask

What does a growth strategy consultant do for a payments or fintech company?
Works the five levers a buyer pays for, recurring revenue, retention, concentration, clean financials and an underwritable growth plan, in the 12 to 36 months before a sale, built backward from how the likely acquirer values the business. 733Park does that work and then runs the sale.
Who helps SaaS founders with growth strategy before an exit?
733Park works with SaaS, fintech and payments founders on growth strategy and exit readiness, then runs the sale, so the preparation and the process are aligned instead of handed off cold to a banker who was never in the room.
What is exit readiness consulting?
The advisory work of preparing a company to sell for a premium, usually 12 to 36 months before the transaction. It covers revenue quality, customer concentration, margin, financial cleanup, contracts and the growth story, all built around how your likely buyer will value the business.
How far ahead should I start?
If you are within 36 months of a possible sale, you are in the window. Most of the work that lifts the multiple takes 12 to 24 months to show up in the numbers, so earlier is better. The first conversation is short and free.
How much value can this actually add?
It depends where you start. In our experience the gap between a prepared and an unprepared version of the same company often runs 20 to 40% of enterprise value. The levers are the same ones buyers use to set their offer.
How is this different from a management consultant?
The work is scoped to what changes the sale price, nothing else, and the same senior partner who does the readiness work runs the eventual transaction.
Is this different from running the sale?
Yes. Readiness happens before a process starts and shapes the range you can sell into. 733Park does both.
How do we start?
With a free, confidential conversation about where the company is and when you want to sell. If the work makes sense, we scope it, agree terms in writing up front, and get to work. When you decide to go to market, the same team runs the sale.

Start with a confidential call.

We will tell you where you stand and what the next 12 months should look like. The first conversation is free.

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