{"podcast":{"title":"The Buyout Show with Fexingo: Private Equity, Roll-Ups, and Business Acquisitions","slug":"the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","podcast_index_feed_id":7871630,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna examine private equity through the lens of actual deals — roll-ups in HVAC, veterinary clinics, and funeral services; buy-and-build strategies; and the mechanics of leveraged buyouts. Each episode dissects a specific transaction, from sourcing to exit, using real numbers, term sheets, and public filings. The show serves founders weighing an offer, analysts building models, and investors tracking the industry. Expect critical discussions on valuation multiples, earnouts, debt covenants, and the cultural friction between PE operators and portfolio-company management. Lucas, a journalist with a decade covering dealmaking, guides the numbers; Luna, an engaged interlocutor, presses on execution risk and founder psychology. Together they ask: What separates a value-destroying roll-up from a platform that compounds for a decade? No hype, no jargon — just the tradecraft of buying and scaling businesses. #PrivateEquity #LBO #RollUp #BuyAndBuild #PE #DueDiligence #Valuation #MergersAndAcquisitions #FamilyBusinessExit #SearchFund #EBITDA #DealSourcing #SMB #BusinessAcquisition #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Finance #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:18:12.773861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630"},"episode":{"title":"How Private Equity Is Buying Up Fire and Security Companies","slug":"how-private-equity-is-buying-up-fire-and-security-companies","published_at":"2026-07-07T16:55:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-fire-and-security-companies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0099.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0099.mp3","summary":"Episode 99 of The Buyout Show. Lucas and Luna drill into one of private equity's quietest roll-up plays: the consolidation of commercial fire protection and security monitoring companies. They walk through the numbers behind a single acquisition platform — Ficarino Holdings, which has aggregated over 50 regional fire alarm and sprinkler contractors since 2017 — and unpack the economics that make this sector irresistible to P-E firms: recurring service contracts, state-mandated inspection schedules, and sticky B2B relationships. They also discuss the risk that consolidation creates fewer supplier options for building owners and whether quality of service can survive multiple roll-ups. Specific case: how Ficarino went from a small Philadelphia outfit to a national player worth an estimated $2 billion by 2025. Concrete, skeptical, and well-sourced. #PrivateEquity #RollUp #FireProtection #SecuritySystems #FicarinoHoldings #CommercialRealEstate #BusinessAcquisition #ServiceContracts #Consolidation #InspectionRevenue #LucasAndLuna #TheBuyoutShow #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Finance #Investing #SprinklerSystems #AlarmMonitoring Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 99 of The Buyout Show. Lucas and Luna drill into one of private equity's quietest roll-up plays: the consolidation of commercial fire protection a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":602,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/episodes/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-fire-and-security-companies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-fire-and-security-companies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}