We’re excited to present our latest Private Market Insights Spaces, where we’re going to talk about a new way to buy and own a small business, with the help of its employees. Join us for a conversation with Eduardo Cabral, Corporate Development Manager at Obran Cooperative, to talk about the co-op model for acquiring a small business. This series is designed to share details about the technical elements of SMB acquisition and operation. The co-op model for acquisitions is one that has not historically gotten as much attention as the investor and debt-funded search methods popularized by the dominant literature in our industry. However, for many entrepreneurs, we believe the co-op model represents an opportunity from a financial and mission perspective, and we expect to see more employee-driven acquisitions going forward. At Private Market Labs, our goal is to unlock the potential of the small business M&A world. We’re thrilled to partner with Eduardo and Obran, and are excited to have them in the Spaces.
A little more about our guest: Obran is a worker-owned cooperative conglomerate corporation. They exist to grow profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve their members, customers, and communities. Their business consists of sector strategies designed to leverage our unique cooperative advantage. As a Corporate Development Manager for Obran, Eduardo builds relationships with partner organizations to further the cooperative’s business and organizational goals. Eduardo developed business development skills at a Harvard Innovation Lab incubated/MassChallenge accelerated startup, as a capital markets analyst at Credit Suisse, and as an associate at Bengal Capital, a $40mm+ AUM cannabis-focused fund. Passionate about reducing wealth and income inequality, he also was an operator for campaigns such as Bernie Sanders for President 2016. Eduardo earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University. In his free time, Eduardo enjoys volunteering with local tenants’ unions, gaming, and ceramics.
