M&A Advisory for iGaming Leaders

The Gambling Cockpit intervenes throughout the entire value chain of your M&A strategy to industrialize the approach while delivering results within short timeframes, ensuring that no opportunities are missed; at the best valuation.

The Gambling Cockpit’s M&A value proposition

Strategy

  • A thorough understanding of our clients’ ambitions is paramount. This enables us to create a seamless experience and focus on achieving impactful outcomes..
  • TGC identifies acquisition targets per assets or geographical zone, that either bring values to the core-business or come diversifying revenue sources.
  • We also support our client in divesting strategies, making sure the business remains healthy.
  • We support our client ambitions by designing strategies (asset types, geos, budgets, type of deals)
  • TGC have a 2000+ assets list that could match any of your ambition in

Execution

  • We start producing results by sorting leads, contacting our network in banks and reaching potential sellers.
  • Precise iGaming Valuations: In the iGaming industry, accurate valuation is paramount for successful M&A. We deliver precisely tailored assessments that account for the unique complexities of this market.
  • We put in place right tools and processes to industrialise M&A, still remaining opportunistic.
  • We support our client from the strategy until the closing, from the due dilligence, to the Post Merger Integration.
  • To secure our client’s interest, we’re structuring the deals (financials, tax, legal…)

Our convictions on Mergers and Acquisitions for iGaming

The Acquisition is the easy part, even though finding and closing great opportunities is still challenging. But when paying a large amount of money to enhance the core-business strength, no one can take the risk of failing Integration, that will add even more to the loss.

TGC’s Post Merger Integration expertise encompasses the full project lifecycle. We work closely with clients to define the optimal integration strategy, conduct thorough assessments, and manage all aspects of project delivery, ensuring a smooth and successful transition.

Our track record

We have supported iGaming leaders in their M&A ambitions

10+

Acquisitions managed

$17M

Transactions

5months

Post merger Process

We’ve worked with

North Star Network igaming affiliate consulting
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The kind of projects we ran…

M&A Opportunities research

We supported an iGaming business in finding M&A targets and ran negociation until closing.

Setting-up M&A Process’

We’ve implemented industrialized processes and tools to an affiliate and we have set-up the whole M&A practice, recruiting the key employees and onboarding them, until the closing of significant deals.

Post Merger Integration

We’ve defined and ran integration projects for Affiliates websites & Softwares.

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