Commercial growth.
Strengthen positioning, develop sponsorships and partnerships, and improve sales execution. Connect opportunities across the portfolio where they serve a real customer need.
Communities. Content. Insights.
You built the trust.
Let’s build what’s next.
We acquire and scale media businesses that focus on community, events, content, research, and insights, bringing the capital, people and technology to help them go further.
Our approach
Strong foundations.
Room for growth.
You’ve built the audience, expertise and relationships. We bring the resources to help your business go further.
Our focus
We acquire media companies serving a professional audience through content, community-driven events, and data-driven insights.
Communities
Where professionals meet.
Where professionals meet. Engaged networks united by an industry or discipline, brought together through memberships, local gatherings, global trade shows and virtual events. Places to learn, exchange ideas and build lasting relationships.
What we acquireEstablished professional communities, membership businesses, trade shows and event platforms.
Content & Editorial
The voices professionals turn to.
The voices professionals turn to. Publications, podcasts, video and creator-led businesses that earn attention through expertise and a distinctive perspective. Coverage can focus on one industry or explore themes across several.
What we acquireDigital-first publications and content creator businesses with quality editorial output and an engaged audience.
Insights
The intelligence behind better decisions.
The intelligence behind better decisions. Specialist knowledge and first-party and third-party data translated into research, briefings, benchmarks and information products that customers value.
What we acquireSpecialist research and insights firms with valuable data, trusted analysis and information products.
Keep what makes it special.
Build what comes next.
Your brand, expertise and customer relationships are the foundation. Our approach is to work with you to identify what the business needs next, and take responsibility for helping deliver it. We agree the resources, leadership and support each business needs.
Business operations.
Support finance, HR, production and the everyday work that keeps the business running, with clear responsibility for execution.
Technology and applied AI.
Improve workflows, reduce repetitive administration and build useful new capabilities around the expertise that makes the business valuable.
Capital and leadership.
Invest in people, products and acquisitions, with clear priorities and operating accountability. Build for the long term.
The opportunity
Built around an audience.
Open to what’s next.
CommunitiesContentInsights
We focus on professional audiences with clear needs, identifiable commercial buyers and businesses we can meaningfully help grow.
Communities create relationships. Content keeps the conversation going. Insights turns specialist knowledge into information people can act on.
A business can excel in one area or span several. We start with what makes it valuable and where it can go next. Each acquisition should have a credible business case of its own.
Technology and applied AI
More time for the work that matters.
Great interviews, valuable communities and trusted research depend on people. We apply technology and AI to the work around them, from production and campaign delivery to research workflows and business administration.
We start with a practical outcome: more capacity, better service or a product customers need.
PeopleOperationsTechnology
For founders
A few questions.
Straight answers.
Thinking about what comes next for your business? Start here.
Let’s talkWhich businesses are a good fit for Rethink?
We’re interested in professional communities, membership and event businesses, publications, creator-led media, and specialist research firms. You can serve one industry, one profession or a topic that crosses several.
We generally prefer to acquire a majority stake in businesses with $3M–$25M in revenue, an established audience and a history of profitable growth.
These are guidelines, not fixed requirements. We’re open to businesses outside this range where there’s a strong fit.
What would Rethink bring to my business?
We work with you on the constraints holding back growth. That could mean stronger sales execution, help with production and business operations, investment in a new offering, or better technology. We agree the priorities, resources and people responsible for delivering them.
Can I stay involved without running everything?
Yes. You might want to keep leading the company, focus on content or customer relationships, or plan a transition. We discuss the role you want and the leadership the business needs before agreeing how we’ll work together.
Would my brand and team change?
We start with the identity, expertise and relationships that made the business worth building. We discuss any proposed changes with you as part of the acquisition, including where the team needs investment and where shared support could help.
Does my business have to fit all three pillars?
No. A strong publication, event business or research firm can be valuable on its own. Connections across Communities, Content and Insights should create something useful for customers. They aren’t a requirement for every business.
How would we agree a price and structure?
We’d look at the business’s revenue, profitability, customer relationships, growth prospects and the investment it needs. Your objectives matter too. We discuss price, payment terms and your future involvement together, so you can assess the whole proposal.
How does a conversation become an acquisition?
We begin by getting to know you and the business. If there’s a fit, we review the information needed to develop a proposal, then work through due diligence, agreements and a transition plan. Scope and timing depend on the business and what we agree together.
Can we talk before I’m ready to sell?
Yes. You don’t need to have made a decision or started a sale process. We’d like to understand what you’ve built, what you want next and whether we could be a good partner when the time is right.
Our businesses & investments
Communities, content, events and intelligence for retail leaders.
InvestmentVenture capital investing in early-stage commerce technology and creator economy infrastructure.
AI agents and services for the real estate and events industries.
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You’ve built something people value.
If you own a media, events, or data and insights company serving a business community and are considering the next chapter, we'd like to hear your story.
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