Commercial diligence for ETA searchers & SMB buyers
Assess the market pre-LOI
Pressure-test revenue durability post-LOI
Design a focused 90-day operating plan
Who we are
Former BCG consultant and Kellogg MBA with experience across commercial diligence, strategy, and operating leadership.
Led PE-backed operations with $85M P&L responsibility across 25 sites and 500+ team members.Built and led commercial strategy, GTM, and transformation work across industrial and multi-site businesses in North America and Latin America. Works in EN/SP/FR/IT.NorthGrid brings direct senior-level judgment to small and lower-middle-market acquisitions.
Why NorthGrid
Built for thin SMB data, fast ETA timelines, and real acquisition decisions.
Most SMB acquisitions get financial, legal, and tax review. The commercial side is often thinner.That gap matters. A business can clear QoE and still carry serious commercial risk: concentrated customers, seller-dependent relationships, weak pricing power, fragile retention, unclear market position, or a growth story that does not hold up.NorthGrid helps buyers pressure-test those risks before close and translate the findings into practical priorities for the first 90 days.
Services
Pre-LOI
commercial screen
Go / No-Go view in 5 BDInvestor-ready one-pager
Market attractiveness
Demand & competition
Customer segment view
Seller question list
Post-LOI
durability review
Confirm / caution / stop in 10 BDCommercial memo
Revenue & concentration
Retention / churn
Pricing power
Risk map & triggers
Pre-Close
90-day plan
Day-1 ready in 7 BD30 / 60 / 90 priorities
KPI cadence
Customer watchlist
Pricing backlog
Team & cadence plan
