The MSP for Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
IT due diligence before close. Stability and risk reduction after close.
Built for the ETA community by a former searcher who closed his own deal in 2023 and has since bought an add-on. Trusted by dozens of ETA operators. Working with searchers and operators nationwide.
Technology support at every stage of the acquisition
Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) puts two technology questions in front of you at different times. Before close, you need to know what you are buying. After close, you need it to keep running.
Inzo Technologies® helps searchers establish an IT baseline during diligence and helps operators stabilize inherited systems after close. We work across IT, cybersecurity, and voice, and we support buyers and operators nationwide.
Still in diligence?
Establish the IT baseline before you sign. Review the servers, the software, the vendors, the phone system, and the costs that surface in your first year of ownership.
Already post-close?
Take control of the systems you inherited. Cut cyber risk, clean up admin sprawl, and build an operating roadmap you can actually run the business on.
Built for ETA because we have lived it
Nick Akers joined Novastone Capital Advisors as their first searcher in North America and closed their first U.S. deal. He met the broker at a networking lunch in September 2022, signed the LOI on Christmas Eve, and closed on STL Communications in May 2023. He rebranded it Inzo Technologies.
Before the search he founded a venture-backed company on technology he licensed from his university, then spent six years as managing director of a chemical manufacturer. He grew it to about 300 employees, and rebuilt its entire technology stack along the way. Same work, other side of the table.
In June 2026 we closed our own add-on: DeMott Technical Solutions, a Louisville IT firm founded in 2003. Another founder exit, financed with cash and a seller's note.
We have brought that operator's experience to help searchers across the country.
Startup founder Nick Akers acquired STL Communications Inc. in 2023 and rebranded it Inzo Technologies.
What we find in acquired businesses
Nick has said it on more than one podcast: he has not yet seen a deal where the exiting owner invested in modern IT. These businesses ran for decades on decisions nobody revisited.
What we have walked into with buyers:
- every business password, including the bank login, in a shared Google document inside an employee's personal Gmail account
- passwords handwritten on the break room board, photographed by a disgruntled employee who used them to attack the business
- company email still running on AOL, with decades of mail to migrate
- Microsoft licensing shared across multiple people
- no firewall, no VPN, and an assumption that antivirus was enough
- an attacker inside a live email thread between the CFO and a vendor, who changed the ACH details and collected roughly $150,000
None of this is unusual. It is what a 20-year-old business looks like when nobody owned the technology decision. Our IT due diligence questionnaire helps buyers find this before close, and our post-close stabilization work cleans it up after.
Where you have heard us
Nick joins ETA podcasts regularly to talk through the technology risk that shows up in small business acquisitions.
Featured on Acquiring Minds
Cybersecurity Horror Stories in Due Diligence and Post-Closing
Nick joins Ryan Condie on "Let's Buy a Business" to chat common messes he's seen buyers walking into, and argues why cyber and IT diligence should be part of every deal.
From Co-Leading a Family Company to 'Buying and Building' an IT MSP
Nick shares his ETA journey with Brian Wolfe on "Funded Audio", from CEO of a startup to helping lead a family-owned company to acquisition entrepreneurship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Entrepreneurship through acquisition, usually shortened to ETA, is the path where an individual buys an existing small or mid-sized business and runs it rather than founding something new. Buyers include traditional search funds, self-funded searchers, and independent sponsors. Most target profitable businesses with 10 to 100 employees.
Most businesses in this size range have no internal IT staff and technology decisions the prior owner made years ago. A managed service provider gives the new operator support, security, and documentation without hiring. Before close, the same provider can tell you what condition the environment is in and what it will cost to fix.
Yes. We support searchers and operators nationwide. Remote support, monitoring, and security operations run the same regardless of location. Onsite work is scoped per engagement.
Nothing. The IT Due Diligence Discovery Questionnaire is free, and we will walk through your answers with you at no cost. We make money when operators choose us for ongoing support after close, so it is in our interest for you to understand the environment before you buy.
Nick Akers is the President and CEO of Inzo Technologies. He acquired STL Communications in 2023 as Novastone Capital Advisors' first US searcher and rebranded it Inzo Technologies. In 2026 he completed the company's first add-on acquisition, DeMott Technical Solutions in Louisville. Before the search he founded a venture-backed company and served as managing director of a chemical manufacturer. He speaks regularly on ETA podcasts about technology risk in small business acquisitions.
Managed IT support, cybersecurity services, 24/7 security operations, network infrastructure, data protection and recovery, and business voice. Post-close work usually starts with stabilization and moves into an ongoing managed program.
Need a clearer view of what you are buying or inheriting?
Whether you are in diligence or already post-close, we can help you identify technology risk, prioritize next steps, and move forward with a clearer plan.