Phone:
Email:
Rugved@business-team.com
DRE License:
Professional Affiliations:
M&A Advisor
Background/Experience:
Rugved Nakade is an M&A Advisor with BTI Group/Business Team, bringing firsthand experience as an entrepreneur, acquirer, operator, and business executive to his work with buyers and sellers.
As an entrepreneur, Rugved has acquired businesses, scaled their operations, and successfully exited investments. This experience gives him a practical understanding of the M&A process from an owner's perspective, including evaluating opportunities, negotiating transactions, navigating due diligence and financing, operating businesses after acquisition, and ultimately preparing them for a successful transition.
Rugved also brings more than 15 years of experience in engineering, operations, business development, and executive leadership, including serving as CTO of a private equity-backed portfolio company. His career has included extensive work in industrial equipment and services, complex consultative B2B sales, and working with business owners and senior executives across domestic and international markets.
Rugved holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Based in Houston, Rugved works with business owners and acquirers across a range of industries, with particular expertise in industrial and business services, engineering and technical businesses, e-commerce, digital services, and consumer products. His approach is consultative and relationship-driven, focused on understanding each owner's objectives and helping clients navigate the M&A process with clarity, discretion, and confidence.
2025
Phone: (408) 316-5198
Email:
ian@business-team.com
DRE License: 00693916
Professional Affiliations:
IBBA (past board member), CABB (past president), IBBA 2024 Chairman's Circle Award Winner
Background/Experience:
Ian MacLachlan received his B.S. in Physics from San Jose University. He founded Grand Prix, a manufacturer and mail-order business for specialty motorcycle parts as well as a chain of Kawasaki dealerships. In 1977 GPC was the largest chain of Kawasaki dealerships in the U.S. After selling GPC through a business broker, he became involved in the business brokerage industry founding Business Team -the largest business brokerage firm in the Western United States. Business Team has arranged the sale of over 7000 companies to date.
Ian is a co-founder and past chairman of the California Association of Business Brokers, has previously served on the Board of Directors of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), and is a frequent speaker at IBBA conventions. He is also a member of M&A Source.
He has been qualified as an expert witness in business valuation and standard of care by the California Superior Court.