- Ownership
- Segment match
- Thesis fit
Ownership chain
Real owners
Proprietary
Deal Flow
for M&A boutiques, PE funds & corporate development teams
M&A boutiques, PE funds & corporate development teams. We introduce you to 2–5 companies a day, matched to your investment thesis.
One exclusive partner per segment.
Process
Source. Contact. Nurture.
Build relationships with the right companies: we refine your thesis, deliver fresh targets every Monday, and sharpen the approach through conversations with insiders in your target industries.
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Source
The right companies & owners.
Every target that fits your thesis, classified by who really controls it: founder, family, group, or fund. Full ownership mapped, down to the end-owners’ direct lines: email, LinkedIn, phone. Powered by Sift, our proprietary sourcing engine.
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Contact
With the right angle.
Tailored for M&A, personalized and refined across 22 industries and counting. We communicate what sets you apart, whether you’re a boutique, a fund, or a consolidator. We never do volume - reputation is your greatest asset.
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Nurture
Long-term relationships.
Target owner’s behavior - views, clicks, events - logged and scored. Pulse reads each relationship and pushes nurture suggestions to your bankers’ phones, keeping you top of mind through the months-long cycle until a mandate appears.
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The sourcing engine
Sift•
PitchBook shows you companies that have already transacted. Specialized tools list only what’s already on-market. Claude hands you the same 10-15 names every other banker gets. LinkedIn, Apollo and Prospeo don’t know the real ownership chain.
Sift does. Through a blend of OSINT, specialized data sources, and our proprietary model, it maps the complete target universe for your thesis. You never license it or learn it - Sift stays with us, and every Monday we hand your team a fresh, vetted batch.
The proof
They reply.
You take over.
We co-craft the messaging with your firm and with industry insiders we interview for each thesis.
You get the replies and meetings straight to your inbox, and take over the relationship.
Inbox
A real sample of the 86 replies from the last 20 business days* for one client.
See the full 90-day results →
*The last 20 business days before our website launched, not a live feed. Anonymized, some translated.
Pulse · monitoring
The nurture engine
Pulse•
A sale or fund entry is likely the most important decision of a founder’s life. Our system is built to earn trust and stay top of mind.
Pulse monitors every relationship and notifies your team the moment action is needed.
Case study
Proof, not promises.
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90 days
€4.5M
pipeline fees
| Stage | Companies | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Fit — Contacted | 745 | 98.87% deliverability |
| Owner(s) Engaged | 227 | 30.4% of contacted |
| Project | 110 | 48% of engaged |
In their words
One partner per segment. Check if yours is open →
FAQ
Frequent questions.
We are a relationships business. Our mandates come from trust.
They still will. And we help you create new ones every day, outside your existing network. The only caveat: if you do large-cap deals exclusively, our value is marginal. You probably already know every applicable company, and that is still best done with lunches and a notebook. We shine in mid- and small-cap environments.
Why only one partner per segment?
While we work together, your thesis is worked for you alone. One partner per segment: your targets, your messaging and your replies are not shared with anyone hunting the same companies. If your segment is already taken, we will tell you and decline the engagement.
What’s your pricing model?
We take 10% of your fee on every deal we originate and you win. The model aligns our interests with yours and protects your reputation by keeping us focused on the right deals rather than volume. We are here to build long-term relationships with our clients.
Will reaching out to new companies hurt my reputation?
If done scorched-earth, yes, and it will cost you. That is exactly why so few agencies do M&A outreach well, and why we never do volume. Done right, it is the opposite: your reputation is our success indicator. Every message is co-crafted with you, written for M&A rather than sales, and sent only to owners who fit your thesis. We know the codes of the industry, and we constantly monitor reply sentiment, deliverability and inbox placement. Your name is on it, so it matters to us as much as to you.
Could we not build this in-house?
You could. It typically takes months of iteration, a dedicated hire and a stack of tools to wire together. We deploy the engine in two weeks, operate it on your behalf, and you retain the data and every relationship we open. Sift and Pulse, our two proprietary tools, stay exclusive to us.
Do we have to change our CRM or sending tools?
No. We are tool agnostic. We work with your existing sending stack and CRM, or set up new ones if you prefer, or if your stack is too outdated.
Contact
How do you
originate?
Thirty minutes. No deck, just an open conversation to see if we’re a fit. Sign the optional NDA in our meeting link if you’d like to see real customer data.
Your first 10 meetings
With no setup fee
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