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We Listen. We Care.
We Deliver.
Welcome to Harmony Succession Partners.
We do one thing and do it exceptionally well. We sell private businesses worth $3MM to $30MM across Ontario, Canada. Our mission is to provide the highest client experience to business owners looking to sell their business.
It's taken you decades to build your business, we unlock the wealth you have built.
Our Experienced Team
At Harmony Succession Partners (HSP), we pride ourselves on our focus and dedication to the Canadian lower middle market, having spent our entire careers serving business owners in the $3MM to $30MM segment of the marketplace.
We are committed to helping business owners sell and navigate one of the most important decisions of their life and have an established network of professionals including lawyers, commercial bankers and accountants to help you execute your exit. Call us to take the first step.
Partner
Thomas Bevilacqua
Thomas is committed to helping business owners retire successfully. He specializes in navigating the complexities of succession planning, maximizing exit value, preserving legacies, and ensuring that their next chapter is as successful as the first. While the majority of his career has been dedicated to assisting over 20 privately held business owners at a middle-market M&A firm, Thomas began his professional journey at Deloitte, CIBC, and MNP.
Outside of work, Thomas enjoys spending time with family and friends, cycling, playing hockey, and blowing off steam by splitting firewood up north.
Partner
Robert Bezede
Robert is an experienced M&A professional selling lower middle-market companies. Robert excels at managing client relationships and is known for his hands-on approach throughout the entire transaction lifecycle. Prior to HSP, he was a corporate finance partner at an accounting firm where he led the sale of 30 companies. He started his career as a commercial banker financing over $200MM of buy/sell, MBO and sub-debt transactions with Roynat Capital, a division of Scotiabank.
In his spare time, Robert loves to ski, spend time with his wife, read lots of books, play basketball and create educational content for his YouTube channel.
Vice President
Kolten Rossignoli
Kolten is a seasoned M&A professional specializing in the Canadian lower middle-market. He is passionate about guiding business owners through every stage of the transaction process, from initial planning to final close, ensuring a seamless and successful transition. Before joining HSP, Kolten held roles at National Bank, CIBC, and Duff & Phelps, where he advised on more than 15 private company transactions across a range of industries—including manufacturing, business services, industrials, consumer products, and food & beverage.
Outside of work, Kolten enjoys golfing, playing pickleball, exploring new pizza spots, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Associate
Sanjeev Makker
Prior to joining HSP, Sanjeev spent over 3 years at a lower-middle market M&A firm where he supported sell-side and buy-side transactions across a range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, transportation, and food & beverage.
What Makes Us Different?
Our Proprietary Network
We solely represent sellers of private companies worth $3MM to $30MM. We have one of the largest networks of qualified family offices, private equity firms, strategic buyers, and high-net-worth investors focused on acquiring lower middle market companies in Ontario. On average we source 7+ offers for our clients.
Our Pre-Sale Efforts
Preparing a business for sale takes 2-5 years. Our name is rooted in our desire to work in harmony with advisors such as your accountant, lawyer, wealth advisor, and banker years in advance. We help address any financial, HR and operational challenges to help you realize the highest exit value for your business.
Our Due Diligence
In the first month, we spend over 50 hours with our clients prior to reaching out to business buyers to scrub the financial information, understand your business model, and prepare a professional investment document. This ensures that we can source more credible offers from buyers and avoid any surprises once an offer is received. We do the heavy lifting upfront, which helps us achieve our historical +95% closing rate.
Our Closing Process
Our involvement post-offer separates us from other M&A providers. We save business owners, on average +20 hours of costs that would have otherwise been incurred by your lawyer or accountant by doing the preliminary work upfront for your advisors to review. This speeds up the closing process and keeps closing costs lower.
Our 24 Hour Commitment
We are dedicated to providing the best client experience. Every email, call, or text is returned within 24 hours or less. That is our commitment to being accessible to you to ensure that your company receives the attention it always deserves.
Our Success Speaks For Itself
7+
Average Offers Per Sale
$3MM to $30MM
Transaction Size
65+
Deals Closed In Last 5 Years
See What the Market Says About HSP
I am incredibly grateful to the team at Harmony Succession Partners for guiding me through such an important and complex transaction. They acted as my “shaman” throughout the process, asking thoughtful questions, listening carefully, and helping me navigate every obstacle with clarity and confidence. They negotiated tirelessly on my behalf, always with a genuine commitment to achieving a fair outcome for everyone involved, and ultimately secured a deal I am extremely pleased with. I could not have asked for a more committed, principled, and trusted team in my corner.
Seller
James Kim
Former Owner of KINTON RAMEN
I had the opportunity to work with Robert and Harmony Succession Partners on the acquisition of Great Canadian Coaches & Holidays, and I can candidly say he is one of the more thoughtful and strategic advisors I’ve worked with. Every deal has its challenges, and Robert approached this one with a very collaborative and problem-solving mindset, ensuring the transaction made sense for both his client and the buyer. His balanced and commercial approach was invaluable in getting the deal across the finish line. I look forward to working with Robert again on future acquisitions.
Buyer
Ankit Kamboj
KCM Holdings
Our Process
Our Sale Process
We are firm believers that there are no shortcuts to a successful sale. On average, it takes 6-12 months from when we are engaged to sell a business.
We close over 95% of the transactions we work on because we follow a proven process and drive value by ensuring the information is accurately presented, your story is told in the right way, we only work with qualified buyers, and we remain involved throughout the closing process.
Planning & Data Collection
We identify your sale objectives and clearly understand what we need to deliver on to ensure a successful outcome. We spend 1-2 months doing a detailed review of the business’s operations and financials via several on-site & virtual meetings to prepare a financial model and prospectus describing the business and its growth potential.
Our Pre-Sale Process
The reason why over 80% of our clients are referred by Canadian Banks is that we start working with our prospective clients 1 to 5 years in advance to provide actionable pre-sale planning advice, working in harmony with your accountant, lawyer, wealth advisor and commercial banker to ensure you are exit-ready.
Our goal is to identify and provide recommendations on how to ensure your business is best positioned for an exit. Our 5-step pre-sale process involves the following:
Assessment
We start with a business valuation and a review of your organizational chart and operations to provide feedback on pre-sale readiness.
How do our fees work
We ensure our fees are in line with industry averages. We charge an upfront work fee to ensure your commitment to the sale process, but the majority of our pre-sale planning and transaction services are performance-based, on a percentage of the final sale price ensuring that we are closely aligned with you. We get paid on the value we unlock for you.
HSP Industry Experience
We have supported the sale of over 50 companies across a diverse range of industries in the last 5 years.
We are process experts and look to learn and understand what makes your business unique, regardless of the industry you are in.
