Generational Equity Advises Advanced Business Systems in Sale to Stoneridge Software

By Generational Equity

03/20/2020

Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Advanced Business Systems, LLC, to Stoneridge Software. The acquisition was effective as of February 1, 2020 and details were not disclosed.

Advanced Business Systems, LLC, (ABS) based in Austin, TX and Metairie, LA, has helped customers modernize their ERP and CRM technologies to become more efficient and profitable since 1999. The Company is a Gold Microsoft Partner that has delivered Microsoft products to small and medium businesses (SMB) to improve productivity, decrease costs, and increase revenue.

Founded in 2012, Stoneridge Software is the largest Microsoft Gold ERP & CRM Partner in the upper Midwest, with offices in Barnesville and Minneapolis, MN and Fargo, ND. As a business technology firm with specialties in Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, and Dynamics CRM, Stoneridge focuses on attracting the most knowledgeable experts in the field to provide stellar solutions that deliver maximum business impact.

Generational Equity Executive Managing Director of M&A – Central Region, Michael Goss, and his team, led by Senior Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions Chris Gain, and assisted by Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions Andre Farahmandi, successfully closed the deal. Senior Managing Director Thomas Hamm established the initial relationship with Advanced Business Systems.

“ABS is a client-centric organization that was seeking a partner who would enable it to offer a more comprehensive suite of business solutions,” said Gain. “It was apparent from the first meeting that the two companies shared strikingly similar cultures and a passion for helping clients.”


About Generational

Headquartered in Dallas, Generational is one of the leading M&A advisory firms in North America.

With more than 350 professionals located throughout 17 offices in North America, the companies help business owners release the wealth of their business by providing growth consulting, merger, acquisition, and wealth management services. Their six-step approach features strategic and tactical growth consulting, exit planning education, business valuation, value enhancement strategies, M&A transactional services, and wealth management.

The M&A Advisor named the company Investment Banking Firm of the Year three years in a row, Valuation Firm of the Year in 2020, and North American Investment Bank of the Year in 2022 as well as Consulting Firm of the Year. For more information, visit https://www.generational.com.