{"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 Pet Cremation Services","slug":"why-private-equity-is-buying-up-pet-cremation-services","published_at":"2026-06-13T17:38:19+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-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-0050.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0050.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Buyout Show, Lucas and Luna explore a consolidation frontier few people talk about: the pet aftercare industry. As the humanization of pets drives spending from cradle to grave, private equity has quietly rolled up crematories, aquamation facilities, and memorial product distributors. Lucas breaks down the numbers—over 70% of US pet owners now consider pets family, and the pet funeral services market is growing at roughly 8% annually—and examines the fragmented landscape where a single roll-up platform, Everlife Holdings, has acquired more than 40 local cremation providers since 2020. Luna questions the ethical tightrope: do consolidation and profit motives conflict with grieving pet owners' expectations for dignity and personalized care? The hosts look at a specific case—the acquisition of Rainbow Bridge Pet Cremation in Ohio—to illustrate how operators are standardizing processes while promising local sensitivity. They also touch on the regulatory vacuum compared to human funeral homes. Episode 50 closes with a reflection on whether private equity can handle a business built on empathy. #PrivateEquity #PetCremation #PetAftercare #Consolidation #RollUp #EverlifeHoldings #PetFuneralServices #Aquamation #MergersAndAcquisitions #Business #Finance #PetIndustry #HumanizationOfPets #FragmentedMarket #RainbowBridgePetCremation #PetLoss #PEInvesting #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode of The Buyout Show, Lucas and Luna explore a consolidation frontier few people talk about: the pet aftercare industry. As the humanization…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":562,"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-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/why-private-equity-is-buying-up-pet-cremation-services.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}