14: M&A Zing (Ep. 14)– From Bain to Botanical Walls: Sebastiaan Willen’s Self-Funded Buy-Out
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Sebastiaan Willen spent a decade deliberately collecting the skills he’d need to buy and run a company—strategy at Bain, marketing at IWG/Regus, then 1,000-seat operations at Shopee in SE-Asia. In 2024 he launched a solo, self-funded search from London with one rule: only buy a business he’d be excited to grow. Eight months later he closed the acquisition of **Vistafolia**, the UK-designed, premium artificial-green-wall brand sold in 40+ countries. No bank debt, no outside equity—just personal cash and a performance-linked seller note that pays down as fast as the business scales.
