{"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 Pet Cremation Services","slug":"how-private-equity-is-buying-up-pet-cremation-services","published_at":"2026-07-12T17:06:02+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-pet-cremation-services","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-0110.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0110.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna examine the rapid consolidation of pet cremation and aquamation services across the US. With 70 percent of households now owning a pet, end-of-life care has become a nine-billion-dollar industry. Private equity firms like Shore Capital Partners and Alpine Investors have acquired dozens of independent operators, rolling them up into regional platforms such as Eternal Paws and True Spirit Pet. Lucas breaks down the unit economics: a single private cremation runs 150 to 400 dollars, with 60 percent gross margins, but consolidation can cut overhead by 20 percent through centralized routing and shared equipment. Luna questions how franchise-style playbooks trained on human funeral homes translate to an industry where the customer is grieving and the 'patient' is a pet. The episode also touches on consumer resistance — some independent vets are steering clients away from corporate-owned crematories — and whether the roll-up model can sustain premium pricing as competition heats up. A focused look at one of the fastest-growing niches in pet services. #PrivateEquity #PetCremation #Aquamation #RollUp #Consolidation #ShoreCapitalPartners #AlpineInvestors #EternalPaws #TrueSpiritPet #PetEndOfLife #PetIndustry #BusinessAcquisitions #MergersAndAcquisitions #BusinessPodcast #Finance #FexingoBusiness #TheBuyoutShow #PetServices Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna examine the rapid consolidation of pet cremation and aquamation services across the US. With 70 percent of households now owning a pet, end…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":617,"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-pet-cremation-services/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-pet-cremation-services.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}