Boutique M&A Advisory · Est. 2023

We walk with you
the last mile.

Relationship-led M&A advisory for founders and strategic buyers in BPO, CX and tech-enabled services. Philippines-grounded, with cross-border buyer access across APAC, the US, UK, and India.

Sell-Side Advisory Buy-Side Origination Cross-Border Transactions Commercial Due Diligence Valuation Framing Deal Structuring Sell-Side Advisory Buy-Side Origination Cross-Border Transactions Commercial Due Diligence Valuation Framing Deal Structuring
Who We Are

A boutique built on operator instinct and trusted access.

Founded in 2023, VSv Inc. (Velocity & Synergy Ventures) is a relationship-led M&A advisory firm serving founders and strategic buyers in the BPO and CX ecosystem. We don't run auctions. We run discreet, founder-first processes that protect the narrative, the timing, and the confidentiality at every stage — and we draw on two decades of inside-the-business operating experience to ground every conversation.

01 / FOCUS

Sector-led

M&A advisory, strategic partnerships, and capital introductions across BPO, CX and adjacent tech-enabled services.

02 / GEOGRAPHY

Cross-border

Philippines-centric origination with strategic buyer access across APAC, North America, UK and India.

03 / ENGAGEMENTS

Full-cycle

Sell-side, buy-side, diligence support, valuation framing, and management presentations.

04 / DISCRETION

Confidential

Strict anonymized outreach. Staged disclosure controlled via NDA and full counterparty qualification.

Our Services

Precision execution. Sector depth.

We support clients across the deal lifecycle — from initial positioning through closing — with the operator's lens that distinguishes useful advice from generic process management.

Sell-Side Advisory

Structured exit processes for founder-led BPO and tech-enabled services businesses. Confidential, controlled, and outcome-focused.

  • Positioning & teaser / IM development
  • Buyer mapping & targeted outreach
  • Process management & bid management
  • Negotiation & closing support

Buy-Side Origination

Proprietary deal sourcing for strategic acquirers seeking scalable delivery platforms. Founder networks. Local market access.

  • Target screening & thesis development
  • Proprietary outreach & qualification
  • Founder relationship-building
  • Diligence coordination through close

Transaction Support

Operator-led commercial diligence and synergy work. We pressure-test the deal narrative against real BPO operating realities.

  • Commercial due diligence
  • Operating model & delivery DD
  • Synergy sizing & integration planning
  • Client concentration & margin analysis

Deal Mechanics & Structuring

Practical structuring guidance grounded in what actually closes. Earn-outs, rollover equity, control vs. minority — calibrated to your goals.

  • Valuation framing & negotiation prep
  • Earn-out & rollover structuring
  • Minority vs. control trade-offs
  • LOI to definitive agreement support
Sister Company · BPO Delivery
CX Horizon
Full-Service BPO · Philippines

Lower cost. Faster ramp. Better outcomes.

CX Horizon — our sister company — delivers full-service BPO from the Philippines for global SMEs and enterprise scale-ups. Customized workforce models. AI-augmented operations. Operator DNA built across two decades inside the world's largest CX platforms. Whether you need contact-center capacity, back-office continuity, technical support depth, or AI-leveraged efficiency, CX Horizon plugs in directly — and we manage the handoff.

  • Customer Experience
  • Back Office & F&A
  • Tech Support
  • AI-Enabled Ops
Explore CX Horizon →
Track Record

Selected deal activity, anonymized.

Representative engagements illustrating scope and scale. Values shown reflect enterprise value or deal size as shared by parties. Specific transaction details are available under NDA and subject to counterparty consent.

2
Closed Transactions
USD 9M+
Closed Deal Value
6
Live Opportunities
5
Geographies
As of
Status Transaction Scale
Live
AI-native, sovereign contact-centre platform — AI workers and human agents on one stack, live and self-funded — raising its Series A
Project JanusCapital raise · AI / CX technology · India-built, global GTM
USD 20M Series A
Live
India-native agentic AI for BFSI collections and servicing — 7 lenders live, ~1M calls a month, 9.7x MRR growth in six months
Project PolarisCapital raise · AI / BFSI · India
~USD 0.35M (₹3 Cr)
Live
AI-driven smart DOOH platform turning every screen into a demographics-aware revenue engine — paying client live, $750K distribution deal signed
Project LumenCapital raise · Seed round · AdTech · Philippines + Uzbekistan
USD 1.5M Seed
Live
Omnichannel Indian heritage-grocery brand — 55% gross margin, stores profitable 34 of 34 months, D2C up 5.2x in six months
Project HeliosCapital raise · Growth round · Consumer / D2C · India
USD 2.12M (₹18 Cr)
Live
24/7 healthcare voice BPO handling US ambulance call-taking and dispatch — sticky US book, ~60% gross margin, near-doubling pipeline for Q1 2027
Project HermesSell-side · Healthcare BPO · Philippines (Cebu)
USD 0.72M revenue
Live
Scaled Philippine flexible-workspace and EOR platform — ~10,000 seats, ~150 clients, ~45% adjusted EBITDA margin
Project AtlasSell-side · Workspace + EOR · Philippines
USD 18.9M revenue
● Closed
Strategic CX/BPO platform acquired a Philippines-based BPO delivery business
Sell-side advisory · Cross-border
USD 3.2M
● Closed
Regional outsourcing group acquired an APAC services provider
Sell-side advisory · APAC
AUD 5.8M
How We Engage

A structured roadmap, discreet at every stage.

From first conversation to post-close transition, we run a deliberately staged process that protects the narrative and keeps momentum without sacrificing control. Typical timelines are indicative — every mandate is calibrated to the founder's goals.

/ 01

Discovery

~ 4 Weeks

Diagnostic conversations, opportunity framing, and confidential profile building.

/ 02

Detailing

~ 2 Weeks

Teaser, IM, financial pack, and buyer mapping with anonymized positioning.

/ 03

Introduce

~ 1 Week

NDA-gated outreach to qualified counterparties through trusted-network channels.

/ 04

Due Diligence

~ 8 Weeks

Commercial, operational and financial DD coordinated alongside management meetings.

/ 05

Handover

~ 1 Week

LOI through definitive documents, with negotiation support to closing.

/ 06

Transition

~ 26 Weeks

Post-close consulting and integration support for as long as our services remain valuable.

"We walk the last mile with you — and as long as you deem our services valuable."

Investor Opportunities · Capital Raise

Founders raising now. Conviction you can underwrite.

Live capital raises from companies with products in market, real revenue and plans you can check. VSv runs each raise end to end: teaser, data room, founder access and terms. Company identities, full models and valuation are released only against a signed NDA.

4
Live capital raises
~$24M
Combined ask (seed to Series A)
AI · AdTech · Consumer
Sectors
JanusNEW
AI-native contact-centre platform
$20M
Series A · priced round

The AI workforce inside a full contact-centre stack — sovereign by design, cloud by choice.

Live
Full platform in production
$24.8M
ARR target by month 36
3
Provisional patents filed
  • AI workers and human agents on one stack — incumbents sell the AI separately, AI-native rivals have no contact centre underneath.
  • Runs on-premise or air-gapped with its own speech and language models: zero API token cost, and built for BFSI and government buyers that cloud-only rivals can't serve.
  • Customers fund the sovereign hardware, so equity buys selling, not building. Plan: 151 customers and a cash-positive year 3.
India-built · Global GTM via SIs, telcos and BPOs
PolarisNEW
Agentic AI for BFSI operations
~$0.35M
₹3 Cr · early-stage growth

The India-native agentic AI operating system for BFSI customer operations.

9.7x
MRR growth in 6 months
7
Lenders live in production
69%
Paid rate vs 54% human
  • Head-to-head in an NBFC trial: beat both the human team and two rival voice-AI vendors, at ~80% lower cost per account.
  • Its own voice LLM handles 12+ Indian languages and code-mixed speech on 60% less compute, which makes voice AI pay at Indian per-call economics.
  • Goes after a $12.4B BFSI ops spend where 68% of firms want AI and 21% have deployed it. Plan: $12.5M revenue at 40% EBITDA by FY31.
Bengaluru, India · NVIDIA Inception · Google for Startups
LumenNEW
AI smart DOOH advertising
$1.5M
Seed · ~$5M post-money

Turning every blind screen into an intelligent, revenue-generating media engine.

2–5x
Revenue lift vs static DOOH
$750K
5-yr exclusive deal signed
20M+
Blind screens worldwide
  • Computer vision reads audience and attention in real time, and generative AI serves the matched ad instantly — no images or personal data stored.
  • Paying client live across 4 retail stores, a Philippines distributor active, and a pipeline with global sportswear, luxury and mall operators.
  • Three revenue lines (SaaS, revenue share and licensing) plus an equity stake in a sister product. Target: $5M+ ARR by year 2.
Philippines + Uzbekistan · 20–35% equity on offer
HeliosNEW
Omnichannel heritage-grocery brand
$2.12M
₹18 Cr · growth round

The 'Trader Joe's of India' — curated, traceable, GI-tagged regional foods.

$1.84M
ARR · 60% YoY growth
55%
Gross margin vs 45% peers
34/34
Profitable store months
  • Built to $1.84M ARR on just $447K raised, while peers raised $20M+ to reach a similar scale.
  • 8 company-owned stores, D2C up 5.2x in six months, live on Zepto and Instamart, backed by its own 20K-units-a-day factory.
  • Franchise rollout to 156 stores (franchise stores pay back in 14–18 months). Plan: $39M revenue by FY30.
Dehradun, India · Shark Tank India alum founder

Not an offer of securities. Figures are company-provided, indicative and not independently verified by VSv. INR converted at ₹85 per US$1. As of .

Active Mandates

Live deal flow, under NDA.

Confidential teasers from our active sell-side and buy-side mandates. Codenames are used throughout. Full briefing memos with named entities, financials, and management contact are released only against a signed NDA — request a brief on any opportunity below.

6
Sell-side opportunities
~$289M
Aggregate revenue
~28,850
Aggregate FTE
Codename Sector / Focus Geography Scale
AtlasNEW
Flexible Workspace + EOR Platform
~10,000 seats · 6 buildings · ~840 EOR staff; seats-to-EOR cross-sell runway
Philippines
Cebu 65% · Metro Manila + Clark 35%
$10–25M
~45% adj. EBITDA; ~150 sticky clients
HermesNEW
Healthcare Voice BPO — 24/7 EMS dispatch
US ambulance call-taking; 10 US contracts; 4-yr anchor client
Philippines (Cebu)
100-seat site; ~35% capacity headroom
<$5M
~60% gross margin; +50–60 FTE pipeline Q1'27
Demeter
Multilingual CX & Operations Support
Voice + digital, B2B sales, trust & safety
Americas (US + LATAM)
Onshore + nearshore
$50–100M
Single-digit EBITDA margin
Apollo
AI-augmented Digital CX
Hybrid human + AI; modular automation
EMEA + global
35+ languages
$10–25M
~20% EBITDA margin
Zeus
Telecom-led BPO transitioning to global mix
Domestic + offshore + fintech ME
Africa + India + MENA
Multi-country
$100M+
~10% EBITDA margin
Ares
Omnichannel CX & back office
19+ years; 150+ active clients
Philippines
Mindanao multi-site
$50–75M
~20% EBITDA margin
5
Active buyer mandates
$110–490M
Combined deal envelope
Listed + PE + VC
Buyer profiles
Codename Buyer Profile Sector Focus Target Size
Orion
Nasdaq-listed global BPO
~$600M LTM revenue
Healthcare RCM
India delivery required
$15–50M
Tuck-in scale
Lyra
BSE-listed Indian BPM/IT services
~$225M revenue; 50-yr legacy
General BPO / BPM
F&A, CX, demand-gen
$20–40M
U.S. client book required
Pegasus
VC-backed AI-native CX platform
~$100M+ ARR; $500M valuation
Pure CX (omnichannel)
Tech / e-commerce bias
$25–150M
Global geography
Cygnus
Philippines BPO operator
Founder-led; Mindanao footprint
General BPO (tuck-in)
Voice + non-voice
$1–2M
Luzon mandatory
Andromeda
PE-backed global CX leader
~$1B+ revenue; ~28K FTE
Healthcare / Insurance
Payer, provider, PBM, life & annuities
$50–250M
Global geography
5
Archived mandates
1 · 1 · 3
Sold · deferred · withdrawn or pivoted
Oct 2026
Last reviewed
Codename Sector / Geography Status Reason & Impact
Hermes
Prior mandate · CX + FinOps + RevOps
North America + Asia
Deferred
Founder prioritising FY27 growth; M&A options to be revisited toward 2028.
Impact: Paused, not lost — re-engagement window 2028.
Poseidon
Offshore talent & staff augmentation
Multi-country offshore
Withdrawn
Shareholders have chosen not to sell.
Impact: Off-market; no process running.
Artemis
Healthcare RCM / Risk Adjustment
USA + India
Raising capital
Company is raising a funding round instead of pursuing a sale.
Impact: Control sale shelved; may return as a minority raise.
Aurora
Sales + CX + Back Office + FinOps
India (Delhi NCR)
Off the table
Mandate withdrawn by the company.
Impact: No longer available to buyers.
Zodiac
F&A Outsourcing — specialty finance
USA + Philippines
Sold
Business sold through a transaction not led by VSv Inc.
Impact: Closed; no longer available.

Strictly confidential. Codenames and ranges only — full deal details, named entities, and management access disclosed under NDA. As of .

Registered & Compliant

A credentialed, regulated entity.

VSv Inc. is a duly registered domestic corporation in the Republic of the Philippines, regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Our governance, books, and tax compliance are maintained current.

SEC Registration
2023080113481-00
Securities and Exchange Commission · Republic of the Philippines · Issued 23 August 2023
BIR / TIN
633-095-671-000
Bureau of Internal Revenue · RDO 049 North Makati · Issued 4 September 2023
Registered Office
5F Phinma Plaza, Rockwell Center
39 Plaza Drive, Poblacion, Makati City 1210, Metro Manila
Talk to Us

Clarity starts with a conversation.

Whether you're a founder considering an exit, a strategic acquirer with a clear thesis, or an investor exploring the BPO & CX ecosystem — we'd value the discussion. Every inquiry is held in strict confidence and reviewed personally.

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