Deals Down Under

Deals Down Under is the podcast for aspiring and active acquisition entrepreneurs in Australia. Each episode, host Dimitri Nikolakakis sits down with founders, operators, and dealmakers who have bought, built, and scaled businesses the unconventional way — without starting from scratch. From first acquisition to complex roll-ups, we dig into the mechanics of deals, the realities of ownership, and what it actually takes to buy your way into business in Australia. If you're tired of startup culture and ready to build wealth through acquisition, this is the show for you. Your Host: Dimitri Nikolakakis is an entrepreneur based between Cape Town and Melbourne, with a background spanning digital marketing, business acquisitions, and deal structuring. After building and scaling a performance marketing agency, Dimitri pivoted to acquisition entrepreneurship — aiming to buy, structuring, and operate businesses rather than building them from zero. He has spent the past several years working on a roll-up and acquisitions in Africa. Deals Down Under is his effort to document and better understand the Australian acquisition landscape — a market full of opportunity that remains almost entirely undocumented — and to build the community of operators and dealmakers that should exist around it.