Two founders preparing full exit from a high-revenue Telegram media business with no audit history, no formal transfer framework, and no identified buyers. A complete sale process was built from scratch.
A high-revenue digital asset with no audit history, no formal transfer framework, and no identified buyers. Revenue split across several sole proprietorships with tax fragmentation risk.
Business audit, restructuring roadmap, buyer map, analytics package, transfer framework, and negotiation materials for a complete sale process to a major media group or institutional buyer.
30+ buyer candidates profiled. Tax exposure identified and restructuring plan prepared. Custom transfer framework built for an asset class with no standard ownership mechanism. Full sale materials completed.
The founders operated 34 Telegram channels with a combined subscriber base of more than 5 million. The network covered regional news, finance, technology, and digital marketing verticals. Revenue came from advertising placements sold to major national and international brands.
The founders wanted a full exit — a complete sale to a large media group or institutional buyer. But the business had never been structured for a transaction.
Revenue was split across several sole proprietorships, including structures involving family members with no operational role. This created exposure under Russian tax rules on business fragmentation.
A restructuring roadmap was prepared: consolidate operations, regularise the tax position, move contracts to a cleaner structure, and build an auditable financial record that would survive buyer due diligence.
More than 30 potential acquirers were profiled across multiple categories:
Each profile included: ownership structure, financial capacity, acquisition history, sanctions status, decision-makers, and digital media strategy. The work also produced a wider ownership map of the Russian media sector.
A full analytics package was built for all 34 channels covering:
Telegram channels cannot be transferred through standard corporate or property mechanics. A bespoke framework was required covering technical handover steps, security settings, verification points, and documentation for sale documents.
A custom transfer framework was developed covering:
The business had commercial scale but was not transaction-ready. The audit revealed tax exposure, weak documentary hygiene, and liabilities that would have surfaced in any buyer's due diligence review.
The asset class itself required custom legal work — channels could not be transferred through standard corporate or property mechanics, and no off-the-shelf framework existed.
The engagement covered business audit, background work, tax analysis, market intelligence, buyer profiling, sanctions screening, digital media analytics, and transaction structuring for a non-standard digital asset.
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