Gui Carlos, CFA

Gui Carlos

CFA Charterholder

Why I Built This Platform

MSP and MSSP founders face one of the most active M&A markets in the history of technology services — and most of them navigate it blind. They don't know what their MSP is worth, who's buying, or how the market has shifted in the last quarter.

I built guicarlos.com to fix that. Every MSP deal I can find gets tracked. Every PE-backed platform gets profiled with their acquisition criteria. Valuation multiples get benchmarked by sub-segment. And all of it is available for free.

The goal is simple: give MSP founders the data they need to make informed decisions about the biggest financial event of their career — whether that's selling now, preparing for a future exit, or deciding to keep building.

Background

I spent a decade advising technology companies on M&A in one of the world's fastest-growing tech markets. That experience taught me how to value recurring revenue businesses — SaaS, managed services, subscription models — in ways that most generalist analysts don't see.

I brought that pattern recognition to the U.S. market and applied it to the sector where it matters most: the $106 billion MSP industry undergoing the most significant consolidation wave in its history.

As a CFA Charterholder, I bring institutional-grade financial analysis to the intelligence I publish — normalized EBITDA, quality of earnings frameworks, and defensible valuation methodologies grounded in actual transaction data.

What This Platform Covers

  • 113+ MSP/MSSP transactions tracked — buyer, target, deal structure, market commentary
  • 47 PE-backed platforms profiled — acquisition criteria, pace, hold-period status, decision-makers
  • Valuation data by sub-segment — general MSP, converged MSP+MSSP, vertical specialist, by geography
  • Free valuation assessment — 2 minutes, instant results, built on current market data

I live in the Denver area with my wife and two daughters. When I'm not tracking MSP deal activity or analyzing PE platform strategies, we're probably loading up the RV and heading to a campsite somewhere in Colorado.

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