{"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 Rooftop Solar Installers","slug":"how-private-equity-is-buying-up-rooftop-solar-installers","published_at":"2026-06-30T04:43:49+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-rooftop-solar-installers","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-0083.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0083.mp3","summary":"Episode 83 of The Buyout Show with Fexingo dives into the quiet roll-up of residential solar installation companies. Lucas and Luna break down the specific case of SunPower's dealer network being acquired by a private equity-backed platform called SolarCraft, which has now consolidated seven regional installers in the past eighteen months. They explore the logic: fragmented market, recurring revenue from service contracts and monitoring fees, and the looming threat of net metering policy changes. Lucas walks through the numbers: a typical solar installer trades at 5–7 times EBITDA, but PE firms are paying 8–10 times for a bundled platform with a referral network. Luna asks whether the solar roll-up model works if federal tax credits get scaled back — a real risk for 2027. The hosts also touch on how installer consolidation affects homeowners: fewer local options, but potentially lower hardware costs through bulk purchasing. A tight, skeptical look at an industry that's attracting billions in dry powder. #PrivateEquity #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #RollUp #SolarInstallers #SunPower #SolarCraft #BusinessAcquisitions #EnergyTransition #NetMetering #TaxCredits #Infrastructure #CleanEnergy #Business #Finance #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheBuyoutShow Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 83 of The Buyout Show with Fexingo dives into the quiet roll-up of residential solar installation companies. Lucas and Luna break down the specifi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":568,"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-rooftop-solar-installers/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-rooftop-solar-installers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}