Kevin, here's the model. Two products, the leads and the call center, working both sides: the companies raising, and the capital that raises them. And how we own the machine that runs it.
How do the tools become owned equity value inside a company, not a monthly service?
Here's the whole answer, in the language your partner prices on.
Your partner thinks in enterprise value, ownership, and multiples. So this is built for that: the two products, the structure, the year-one numbers, and exactly what you put in front of him.
Deal origination fills the pipeline. Capital raising closes it.
The same machine works both sides.
A service is worth about 1× revenue and dies the day you stop.
An owned IP asset that firms license is worth 4 to 10×, and it sells without you in the room.
Same work. Five to ten times the enterprise value.
You and Kevin own the IP HoldCo. It holds the engine, and it licenses that engine down into the desk, never contributes it. That single move turns a service into an owned asset.
He owns 50% of the desk he can see.
You own 100% of the machine that makes it run. Both true at once.
A monthly subscription license, sold in packages. Each package includes a bundle of what matters: leads, booked calls, and call-center minutes. Past the bundle, they pay as they go, in tokens, metered however they want.
Runs one advisor. A monthly allotment to keep the calendar full.
A team bundle. Deeper lead volume, more booked calls, more time on the phones.
The whole system across many offices, top volume, priority routing, full call center.
Their choice. A small office licenses light and buys tokens as it grows, a busy desk licenses heavy. Either way the engine is never sold, only licensed, and it stays in the HoldCo we own.
Scale figures are modeled scenarios. The real anchor is the partner's last-twelve-months mandates signed, closed, and average fee. Get that number Monday.
This is the licensor, the IP HoldCo we own 100%. It earns the recurring subscription and token revenue from every office, plus the license fee off the desks. Year one, conservative through a good run, with where it values out on revenue and EBITDA multiples.
| Year 1 · HoldCo | Conservative | Base | Good run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offices live by year-end | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| Avg revenue / office / mo | $5K | $6.5K | $8K |
| Desk license fees (yr 1) | $120K | $250K | $400K |
| HoldCo revenue (yr 1) | $270K | $640K | $1.15M |
| Gross margin | 80% | 82% | 85% |
| EBITDA (yr 1) | $120K | $350K | $750K |
| Exit ARR (Dec run-rate) | $420K | $1.0M | $1.85M |
| Revenue multiple | 4× | 5× | 6 to 8× |
| EBITDA multiple | 6× | 8× | 10 to 12× |
| HoldCo enterprise value | $1.7 to 2.5M | $5 to 6M | $11 to 17M |
Modeled, not booked. Drivers: offices signed, average subscription plus token usage per office, and the license fee off the NewCo desks. The licensing revenue is the piece that carries the platform multiple, high margin, recurring, and transferable. The real anchor stays the partner's actual last-twelve-months numbers.
The floor pays us to live. The desks throw off success fees. The HoldCo sells for eight figures.
We own the HoldCo.