Hillandale Advisors - April Update
https://hillandaleadvisors.beehiiv.com/p/helping-owners-scale-and-exit
Helping Owners Scale & Exit
By Matt Hultquist
Welcome to April 2026! 🎉
I’ve shared with many that this environment continues to be very challenging for business owners, operators and investors.
Uncertainty has grown across most end-markets with tariffs, inflation, war, private credit chaos, AI adoption, and many more themes.
Volatility (VIX) has doubled. Interest rates have jumped with inflation expectations.
Metals have tanked as oil & gas have soared! 🚨
We remain cautious yet opportunistic value-investors as Mr. Market occasionally throws us gems like Nvidia (NVDA) at $86 or maybe Amazon (AMZN) at $200!!
⚡ Quick Hits:
• PBR Coffee Social - April 15 - RSVP Here
• Meet Horizon Roofing’s new CEO — Matt Young
• Under LOI: Hillandale to Sell $3.8MM EBITDA Residential Platform
• Touchstone Electric Hits $6MM+ in Sales
• Freedom Communities Happy Hour — April 28
Raise Growth Equity
Looking to raise $1 - 10 million to grow your business or acquire a peer?
We take a deep dive on your business and industry to understand your vision and capital needs.
Then, we develop a plan, financial model and investment memo to confidentially share with a target group of investors.
Want to learn more? Email Matt@HillandaleAdvisors.com.
Value or Sell Your Business
What is my business worth? Who would buy it? Where do I start?
You’ve spent years building, hiring and selling, and now you are evaluating your alternatives.
We have spent the last 20 years analyzing companies, industries and valuing businesses.
We want to understand your goals, timeline and what the ideal outcome looks like for you.
We then take a deep dive on your business and industry to understand your company and determine a valuation range.
Then we develop a plan, financial model and investment memo to confidentially share with a target group of investors.
Want to learn more? Click here and email Matt@HillandaleAdvisors.com.
We hosted 15 CEOs / Owners to review their people, process and purpose.
We buy and hold great businesses with $1–10mm of EBITDA across the Southeast including:
Sidekick Therapy Partners
Aiwyn AI (SaaS)
Horizon Roofing
Polysonics – Acoustics & Technology Design
Datavations AI (SaaS)
IndiAide (SaaS)
Touchstone Electric
Meet Touchstone Electric ⚡
Our partners at Touchstone blew through $6mm in sales last year
Serving Charlotte, Raleigh, Greenville, Columbia & beyond
Home panels, generator installation, pools, crawlspace & EV chargers
Unmatched service, warranty, and experience with 600+ 5-star reviews
📞 855-502-2244
📧 info@touchstoneelectric.com
🌐 www.touchstoneelectric.com
Learn more about our investment in Touchstone & others here.
Jake Kennedy and I are grateful to work with an incredible group of operators and leaders in Charlotte.
A few principles we focus on in our Emerging Leader Roundtables :
✅ “Get Clear” — where are your strengths / gifts / platforms to serve,
✅ “Get Free” — where can you create capacity by saying “NO” to low impact or heart activities so you can say “YES” to high impact, high-leverage priorities,
✅ “Get Going” — once you have a mission statement, personal roadmap & Board of Directors, where can you try “low-risk” projects / activities to explore your next season.
See our latest cohort of Emerging Leader Roundtable.
Matt Hultquist | Hillandale Advisors | Matt@HillandaleAdvisors.com
429 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203
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Horizon Roofing | Polysonics | Aiwyn AI | Datavations AI | IndiAide | Touchstone Electric
