Our purpose is to redefine what it means to be a business broker in Australia.
ExitWise works with a small number of Australian SMEs and investors in the $5–$20 million enterprise value range on business sales and acquisitions.
Clarity creates confidence. Confidence creates value.
We help business owners and serious buyers make high-confidence decisions — by making risk, quality, and economics obvious.
Deals stall when buyers can’t understand what they are buying.
- Data rooms grow, but conviction doesn't.
- When risk isn't clearly framed, confidence erodes.
- Deals slow, leverage shifts, and price and terms are renegotiated (making the deal less likely to proceed).
Underwriting
Underwriting is the analysis investors do before buying a business to validate the numbers, assess risk, and confirm the investment can deliver a profitable exit
gives confidence.
Price simply reflects that level of confidence.
- Confidence is built by clearly framing risk and validating economics.
- Price is an output — not the starting point.
Tell the story and trust the price will follow.
Build confidence first — then let price emerge.
Buy-side The buy-side is made up of investors who deploy their own capital and are accountable for investment outcomes. thinking, applied to the sell-side The sell-side consists of advisers who support transactions and are compensated through fees rather than investment returns. world.
Coming from the buy side changes the approach. We focus on what moves a decision — not what fills a data room.
The thinking behind ExitWise →- A clean underwriting process
- Presentation of credible information
- Controlled deal momentum
We create an environment where clear, confident decisions can be made.
- Clarify what matters
- Frame risk clearly
- Protect leverage and control pace of deal
When decisions are clear, exceptional outcomes emerge.
- Buyers acquire businesses with confidence — positioned to deliver intended, risk-adjusted returns.
- Sellers exit with fewer surprises, less friction, and confidence in the outcome.
- ExitWise can remain involved after the deal closes, helping ensure the deal delivers what it was set up to achieve.
We value relationships more than anything. Even though we act for either the buyer or seller in any one deal, by creating win-win outcomes we keep pathways open for all types of future collaboration.
Please reach out.
We can start with a casual short call so I can understand what you're consicering and give you feedback on what I think could be lucrative pathways for you.