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About Drive Equity
Drive Equity helps founders of SMB and lower middle market companies build more valuable businesses. We provide the tools, insights, and perspective to understand what drives enterprise value and create a clear playbook for increasing it. Through assessments, advisory, and connections with other successful founders, we help leaders make better decisions and build businesses buyers want to own.
ABOUT ME
I’m Matt Tortora. For more than 25 years, I’ve worked at the intersection of business strategy, growth, and M&A.
I’ve been an operator, an investment banker, and an advisor to hundreds of founders. I’ve led companies, built advisory practices, and closed transactions across the lower middle market.
Today, I partner with founders who want clarity on their value and a plan to maximize it whether they’re exploring an exit in the near term or building a business that’s positioned for the future.
25+ Years
As an operator, advisor, & investment banker.
Hundreds
Of founder, investor, &
buyer relationships.

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