Alex is the founder of Cauma Group, an investor in / adviser to serial acquirers, and the former CFO of Threecolts, a leading ecommerce SaaS consolidator
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Aug 20, 2026
How David Harrison and Paul Barry turned £10M of rollover equity into an £800M exit to PE. ALSO: September Serial Acquirer Summit now 70% sold.
Aug 13, 2026
A rap track-inspired franchise rollout - pitched by a team with no track record. Two family offices said Why Not. BONUS: September Summit full-day tickets sold out 🎉Afternoon tickets still available. Get yours today!
Aug 6, 2026
“The pattern I expect to hold is newer companies buying traditional ones for the customer base and the distribution: the hardest thing to build and the easiest thing to buy”. ALSO: 24th September conference now 45% sold + interviewing for the Bootcamp September Cohort.
Jul 30, 2026
Chris Bayley wants you to know that 30% of Best Buy profits come from extended warranties. Why did Constellation just buy a busted restaurant POS? ALSO: September Summit ON SALE.
Jul 23, 2026
Teamshares has defied naysayers by cutting debt, levelling up the M&A game, and going public. Now, more VCs are piling into the HoldCo game.
Jul 16, 2026
From handling payroll for gig economy to building CEE’s dominant Back Office vertical agent - with a rollup in-between. BONUS: Stop tokenmaxxing - use Towards AI to ramp org productivity!
Jul 9, 2026
In 20 years, Lagercrantz increased sales 6x+, cash flow 17x & share price 80x. The playbook? Shifting from distribution to product businesses - and constantly improving them. We show you exactly how they did it.
Jul 2, 2026
70+ acquisitions, €300M revenue & the smartest play on "sustainable flying" - but for how long can Quatra remain family-owned? BONUS: We've teamed up with Christopher and Flo from Legacy Partners. Maybe you should too?
Jun 25, 2026
At 30, Alex channelled his frustration with midcap PE into building a deal-by-deal powerhouse that he called NGC Nachfolgekapital. Here’s how he did it.
Jun 19, 2026
Bakeries, chauffeur fleets, HVAC: a peek inside Fabio Nalucci’s rollup empire. A search funder’s 2.5-year toil culminates in a 4-way merger. Also: big thanks to Strada and Orrick!
Jun 14, 2026
Insights from the IPO prospectus. BONUS: AOL generates 50% of Bending’s EBITDA. What does it actually do?
Jun 11, 2026
A storied acquirer of scientific instrument businesses sees cash flows plunge by half, blames external factors. Is there more to the story? Rollupeurope investigates.
Jun 4, 2026
“We only partner with the people who’ve crossed the bridge”. Bart Wouters talks LV8, Strada’s EIR programme, and keeping its “graduation rate” above 80%.
May 28, 2026
A speculoos-flavoured, family-owned compounder dead-set on global cookie dominance.
May 21, 2026
Highlights from Europe’s No1 Independent Sponsor gathering. 17 US LPs you should be pitching to right now. UK Indy Sponsor deal tear-down (HVAC!)
May 14, 2026
“If the founder is looking to retire, we will find a successor. If the founder is looking to get to the next level, we can help with that too. We recruit someone into every business we acquire”.
May 7, 2026
20%+ margins, 30%+ ROCE & just getting started. The story of Ettiketto, a cash flow beast hidden inside a shape-shifting Swedish HoldCo. PLUS: Rollup Bootcamp is back! Applications for the June ‘26 Cohort now open 🚨
May 6, 2026
From idea → investable thesis in 6 weeks
May 3, 2026
Tidbits from a PE powwow in Berlin. Fireside chat with the COO of Europe’s No.1 VMS acquirer. BONUS: Pep talk by the mastermind of Germany’s stunning ‘23 Basketball World Cup victory.
Apr 30, 2026
Two self-funded searchers land a €30M ($35M) investment from Strada. Then, build a $30M revenue accounting group in <1 year. Next: gunning for a top 10 spot in France
Apr 26, 2026
Europe’s biggest bargain sale in 30+ years is underway. Who will be the winners?
Apr 23, 2026
2 Swedish guys roll up a non-obvious market. Unlock an estimated $80M windfall for themselves (& 58% IRR for the Sponsor)... And keep going!
Apr 16, 2026
No.1 reason why PE alums fail as Independent Sponsors. Operator incentives that work. What’s this obsession with shared services?
Apr 9, 2026
How two 20-something Warren Buffett aficionados built an iconic IT Services rollup
Apr 3, 2026
INSIDE: Bryan Rand’s learnings from building a $400M revenue HoldCo. We've heard about Shore - the GOAT of lower mid-market PE... but Shore the Search Fund investor? Philosophical + money reasons to raise from Reef Pass / Telos North vs. PE
