{"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":"Why Private Equity Is Buying Up Hearing Aid Clinics","slug":"why-private-equity-is-buying-up-hearing-aid-clinics","published_at":"2026-06-22T04:43:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/why-private-equity-is-buying-up-hearing-aid-clinics","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-0067.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0067.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Buyout Show, Lucas and Luna examine the quiet roll-up of the hearing aid industry by private equity. With an aging population and margin-rich business models, firms like Sonova and Demant have seen their clinic networks snapped up. The hosts break down why audiology practices are a PE dream: sticky patient relationships, high margin recurring revenue from batteries and fittings, and a fragmented market ripe for consolidation. They look at the economics of a typical practice, the regulatory changes from the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act that shifted the landscape, and whether this consolidation will ultimately help or hurt patients. A case study in how demographics and dealmaking intersect. #PrivateEquity #HearingAid #Audiology #RollUp #HealthcareM&A #Demographics #Sonova #Demant #OtcHearingAid #FragmentedMarket #Consolidation #Business #Finance #Investing #Healthcare #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #BuyoutShow Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode of The Buyout Show, Lucas and Luna examine the quiet roll-up of the hearing aid industry by private equity. With an aging population and m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":581,"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/why-private-equity-is-buying-up-hearing-aid-clinics/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/why-private-equity-is-buying-up-hearing-aid-clinics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}