Private debt facility: how would you finance your future acquisitions?

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May 11, 2026

by a professional from IE Business School in Milano MI, Italia

A question for anyone who's financed acquisitions before. Would you: Raise debt deal-by-deal, sized and structured around each target as it comes, OR Put a large committed acquisition facility in place now, and draw against it as deals close? And more broadly: which lender types would you go to first (banks, private credit, unitranche, mezz)? What would you push hard on in the term sheet? And what's the one thing you wish you'd known before signing your first acquisition line? What are the pros and cos of both approaches in your experience? Curious to hear how others have approached this.
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Reply by an intermediary
in Austin, TX, USA
This really isn't an either or question. It's timing question. Private debt won't underwrite a platform without enough deal flow track record to model and analyze against. Until then you are raising deal by deal.
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