Agora Value Partners

Increase the value of what you've built.

Agora Value Partners helps owners, boards, and leadership teams create stronger, more transferable businesses that command higher value and greater strategic options.

Whether you're preparing for growth capital, leadership transition, family succession, employee ownership, or a future sale, we help you understand what drives value, where risk and opportunity exist, and which actions matter most.

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Advisors, not brokers Confidential Since 2013
The Agora Value Partners team
We've sat in your seat.
Owners & operators first

A more valuable business today. Greater choices tomorrow.

Strong, transferable value · Whatever comes next
How we help

Three ways we work alongside you.

No heavy framework. No jargon. We help you understand what drives value in your business, unlock it, and position the company for whatever future you choose.

01

Discover

Understand what drives value.

A clear-eyed read of your business: what's creating value, what's holding it back, and where risk and opportunity exist. It starts with a free VQ assessment and a conversation.

02

Elevate

Unlock enterprise value.

Working side by side with your leadership team on the handful of actions that matter most: stronger operations, deeper teams, more predictable performance.

03

Position

Create better options for the future.

A stronger, more transferable business gives you real choices: grow it, transition it, bring in capital, or simply own it with confidence. The decision stays yours.

Wherever you're headed Growth capital Leadership transition Family succession Employee ownership A future sale Keep owning it
Our team

Experienced partners, not a process.

We've built companies, bought them, sold them, and led them through transitions of every kind.

That experience is the work. Every engagement is led by a partner who has sat in your seat, faced the same decisions, and knows what it takes to build a business that's stronger, more profitable, and more valuable.

We're advisors, not brokers. We don't sell businesses, and what you do with the value you build stays entirely your call.

Behind the partners sits a bench of associate advisors: specialist depth across strategy, finance, operations, and the people side of leadership, brought in where the work calls for it.

Organizational design
Strategic planning
Incentives & compensation design
Acquisition strategy
Succession & transition readiness
Leadership & talent development
Financial performance & reporting
…and wherever the work leads
Garry Krum
Founder & Partner
Garry Krum
40+ years helping hundreds of owners achieve transition success.
Aaron Stevens
Managing Partner
Aaron Stevens
25+ years of sales, leadership, and growth strategy. Client-first, always.
Wally Beecroft
Partner
Wally Beecroft
35+ years of executive, C-suite, and board governance experience leading businesses through rapid growth and successful transitions.
Associates
Jessica Archer
Associate
Jessica Archer
Facilitator-extraordinaire, helping leaders clarify what they want, what they have, and how to get there.
Derick Jiwan
Associate
Derick Jiwan
10+ years turning complex operational realities into clear, executable commercial strategy.
Annette Wehrli
Associate
Annette Wehrli
20+ years helping leadership teams work through the people and structure issues that shape growth.
+ Interested in joining as an associate?
Now welcoming
Associate advisors
Operators who've built and run real businesses. If that's you, we'd like to hear from you.
Is your business worth what you think it is?
Do you know what drives, or detracts from, the value of your business?
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Understand your value drivers.

The free VQ assessment gives you a first read on the strengths and risks shaping your company's value, in about twenty minutes. Then a real conversation, if you want one.

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