Founder receives Women of Inspiration award
Seneca reported that Lindsey Penrose received the Universal Women's Network Inspire Award for building her M&A consulting firm.
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Toronto business-brokerage and lower-mid-market M&A advisory boutique
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The Penrose Group is a founder-led Toronto boutique that represents owners selling small and mid-sized private companies (roughly $1M to $20M of EBITDA, or enterprise values of $5M and up) and advises strategic and financial buyers on acquisitions. Founded in 2006 by Lindsey Penrose, it started in private land assembly and commercial real-estate due diligence before moving into business brokerage and M&A, with a focus on multigenerational family businesses. It is a very small, lean firm; it publishes no analyst program, although its founder has spoken of a student mentorship program.
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Runs sale processes for private business owners, including valuation, marketing materials, buyer outreach, LOI negotiation, due diligence and closing, with optional post-closing transition support.
Advises strategic and financial buyers on targeted acquisitions.
Valuation advice and transaction support as part of sale or acquisition mandates.
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Founded The Penrose Group after studying at Seneca College and leads its business-sale and acquisition mandates, especially exits for multigenerational family businesses. Under her leadership the firm has also assembled more than 2,000 acres of land and advised on private real-estate financings. She received a Women of Inspiration Inspire Award in 2019 for leadership in business.
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Seneca reported that Lindsey Penrose received the Universal Women's Network Inspire Award for building her M&A consulting firm.
A firm press release (seen as a search snippet only) said Courchesne Larose bought 50% of Dandrea Produce in an eight-figure deal that closed on 31 August 2015.
The firm says it was founded in 2006 to do private land acquisitions and commercial real-estate due diligence, and later became a business-brokerage and M&A advisory firm. Only the year is known.
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