At a time when the mergers and acquisitions landscape is evolving faster than ever, Shirin Behzadi is helping reshape the conversation around what it means to build – and exit – businesses with intention.
At a recent panel hosted by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Shirin joined a forward-looking discussion about the future of M&A. Alongside other investors and experts, she explored how today’s shifting market conditions are rewriting the rules of engagement between companies and investors.
The expert panelists brought their unique and deep knowledge of the marketplace each with their special areas of expertise. Among the takeaways were discussions around areas of opportunity for both companies and investors. Utilizing her years of experience as CEO and entrepreneur, Shirin shared real life examples of adjustments made by businesses to find opportunities in changing market conditions.
“Capital infusion and private equity done right, could be powerful catalysts for growth,” she told the audience. “It can be a force that helps a company become more of what it was meant to be—not less.”
The conversation covered everything from risks companies face today in light of the ever-changing landscape to innovative deal structures created in response to those changes.. Shirin emphasized that companies that embrace the necessary changes to adjust and adapt can create new foundations of continued growth.
With experience on both sides of the table, Shirin brings a unique lens to M&A. As a former CEO who scaled a company to nearly $1 billion, and now as an investor and advisor, she’s seen how transformative a well-matched deal can be and how damaging a misaligned one is.
“M&A doesn’t have to mean giving something up,” she said. “It can mean stepping into something more powerful, if you protect the vision that got you there in the first place.”
Shirin’s voice in the M&A space stands out: steady, insightful, and confident. She’s not interested in doing deals the way they’ve always been done. She’s here to help build what’s next – where founders and funds move forward together, with purpose.
