William Webster

About William Webster

Will has 15+ years consulting with business owners on accounting, choice of entity, flowthrough and partnership taxation, corporate taxation, multi-state tax and apportionment, audit and attestation, capital raising and transaction advisory. He also brings 8 years of working with startups and growth stage tech companies in driving revenue growth and building lasting client relationships.Will started his career working with small business owners on bookkeeping, tax strategy and audit services for a boutique accounting firm in Kansas City.At EY Will managed real estate compliance engagements for multi-national Private Equity funds. As a manager he was responsible for interpreting Limited Partnership Agreements, calculating waterfall distributions, and REIT testing. Notable clients include Digital Realty, CBRE and Colliers International.In 2017 Mr. Webster joined a seed stage FinTech tax startup and scaled growth from pre-revenue to over $1M in sales.While at PitchBook data Will worked closely with investors to craft proprietary deal sourcing strategies and consulted with investor relations teams to develop unique and creative fundraising strategies. Mr. Webster worked closely with investment bankers to improve valuation processes and CIM generation. He collaborated with founders and C-suite executives on capital raises from $500k to $100M.Today Will supports family owned businesses as they gear up for their first round of institutional capital. He also works with founders across SaaS and Life Science verticals to map the market, build a pitchdeck and facilitate meetings with VC investors. On the buy-side Will provides financial due diligence / valuation and quality of earnings reports for middle market PE funds / family offices and fundless sponsors.

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Xylinx

   Sep 2022 — Present · Salt Lake County, UT, US

   We started Xylinx in 2018 to bring the same level of service and expertise national firms provide for the big guys to entrepreneurs, small business owners and privately held companies. Over the years we’ve added colleagues from international consulting firms as well as big 4 professionals with CPA, CFA, and other prestigious designations to the roster. Collectively we bring decades of experience representing hundreds of sellers and buyers on transactions ranging from $1M to $100M in EBITDA and TEV from $500k to $500M.Today we are a high touch concierge advisory firm providing quality financial due diligence, outsourced accounting, controller, CFO services, expert valuation and tax advisory/compliance for lower middle market companies, private equity firms and family offices. We understand the challenges sellers and buyers face. For owners preparing to maximize the value of a sale or equity raise, we can assess your company from a financial standpoint, and quickly assess value, along with any potential control and financial issues.On the buy side, we deploy resources quickly to match the speed and rigor that private equity requires. While performing financial due diligence, we are in a key position to also assess the target’s value creation opportunities and assess what steps a buyer can take to unlock growth potential immediately after purchase, increasing the return on your investment quicker.

Education

• The University of Kansas School of Business

  Master's degree, Accounting - Tax

  2009 — 2010

• The University of Kansas

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting

  2006 — 2009