At Vistura, we acquire creative agencies, offering owners with a smooth exit while focusing on building long-term sustainability for the businesses we acquire. Our approach is centred around helping portfolio businesses maintain a strong vision and operational endurance for the future.
Smooth Transition: We handle the details so you can exit stress-free.
Sustainable Growth: We ensure your business is set up for long-term success.
Building Vision & Endurance: Our 9-step framework helps your business endure in a changing market.
Smooth Transition
We handle the details so you can exit stress-free.
Sustainable Growth
We ensure your business is set up for long-term success.
Building Vision & Endurance
Our 9-step framework helps your business endure in a changing market.
Our Approach
At Vistura, we understand the importance of a smooth transition when selling your business. We focus on building a group of companies that share your values and complementary offerings through strategic acquisitions. Our mission is to provide you with a seamless exit path, ensuring your team is well taken care of, your business’s identity is preserved, and growth opportunities for your staff are maintained.
Vistura was founded by Stephen Fourie, an experienced entrepreneur and business strategist. With over two decades of experience, Stephen has successfully led multiple companies to growth and profitability. His expertise in business consulting and fractional COO services ensures that each acquisition is handled with precision and care.
With our shared executive management team, your business will thrive through internal promotions, keeping the essence of what makes your company unique and maintaining its identity.
Ready to take the next step? Get in touch today to discuss how we can make your business transition effortless and rewarding.
Our Process
Discovery Call
The first step is to get on a call and learn about your business.
This is usually a 30-45min call where we get to understand your business at a high level, and see if there's a potential fit for a deal.
If there's a fit, great, we move to the next step. If not, no worries, still great to chat!
Structure a Deal
If there's a potential fit, we'll work out the headline terms of a deal that works for both of us.
Once agreed on the outline, we'll get into any required due diligence and put agreements together. This can take anywhere from 48 hours to 12 weeks, but for most deals expect around 6 weeks.
The Deal Meeting
Once we have the paperwork sorted, we'll complete the sale and then transition to a handover phase.
We usually run a six-week 'in the office' handover period, followed by six weeks with you on standby.
This is entirely flexible based on your needs and preferences and what shape the business is in.
Our 9-Step Framework for Building Visionary Businesses that Last
Vistura’s established 9-step framework aids businesses in developing a clear vision and building operational resilience. This framework is utilized to foster sustainable long-term growth for each business in our portfolio.
PHASE 1
FOUNDATION
STRATEGIC CLARITY Translate the vision for the business into a clear and actionable strategic roadmap, eliminating overwhelm and providing clarity and focus.
ALIGNMENT BLISS Align the whole team on clearly communicated and articulated goals. Empowering the team to take action and drive results.
PERFORMANCE BEST PRACTICES Create easy-to-follow metrics to see how the business is performing, track improvements instantly, and visualise the impact of actions.
PHASE 2
SYSTEMS
REVENUE MACHINE Stop running the business on hope. Create predictable revenue streams, reducing stress and providing resources for further growth.
EXCEPTIONAL OPERATIONS Build scalable systems that ensure predictable success without micro-management
SUPERCHARGED MANAGEMENT TEAM Develop a robust leadership team capable of independently managing the business, promoting from within where possible.
PHASE 3
SCALE
INTEGRATED ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH Implement systems that allow the organization to sustain long-term growth in an ever-changing market.
LATERAL & VERTICAL EXPANSION Diversify product range, channels, and acquisitions to grow exponentially without risking the house
EVOLUTION & EXIT Identify future options for the business, which may include a long-term hold, transition to EOP, or a sale.
PHASE 1
FOUNDATION
PHASE 1
SYSTEMS
PHASE 3
SCALE
Strategic Clarity
Translate the vision for the business into a clear and actionable strategic roadmap, eliminating overwhelm and providing clarity and focus.
Revenue Machine
Stop running the business on hope. Create predictable revenue streams, reducing stress and providing resources for further growth.
Integrated organizational Growth
Implement systems that allow the organization to sustain long-term growth in an ever-changing market.
Alignment Bliss
Align the whole team on clearly communicated and articulated goals. Empowering the team to take action and drive results.
Exceptional operations
Build scalable systems that ensure predictable success without micro-management
Lateral & Vertical Expansion
Diversify product range, channels, and acquisitions to grow exponentially without risking the house
Performance Best Practices
Create easy-to-follow metrics to see how the business is performing, track improvements instantly, and visualise the impact of actions.
Supercharged Management Team
Develop a robust leadership team capable of independently managing the business, promoting from within where possible.
Evolution & Exit
Identify future options for the business, which may include a long-term hold, transition to EOP, or a sale.
Our Portfolio Businesses
Here are a few of the great businesses we've brought into our portfolio.
