Does anyone have experience with an equity roll-in deal?

Hi all,

I was talking to an important sports articles distributor to acquire his business, that he wanted to sell. After a couple of weeks he came back to me with the idea of partnering instead to acquire more similar businesses together. Not really what I had in mind, and also I am a bit reluctant to partner with someone I don't really know. What could a solution be? I thought of proposing an asset roll-in instead where his business would give him a minority share in a newco that would go on for similar acquisitions. Does anyone have experience with such a structure? I believe it 's called equity roll-in. thanks for any experience you d be willing to share

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