Dealflow and origination
Most opportunities are visible long before anyone runs a process. We identify counterparties early, confirm authority and live mandate on both sides, and introduce them when the timing is right.
Services
M&A origination and carve-outs
For funds and acquirers, we identify companies and owners that fit an acquisition thesis, including divisions a parent may be ready to carve out, and introduce them once there is genuine openness to a conversation. We do not run sale processes or advise on terms; that stays with your advisers.
Provider mandates
For specialist providers and B2B companies, from contract manufacturers and research organisations to software, staffing and professional services companies, we find companies with a live need for what you deliver and introduce them when they are ready to buy.
Commercial partnerships
Distribution, licensing, co-development and channel partnerships, introduced between companies whose strategies and timing line up.
Advisory
Commercial advice on where growth should come from, and in what order to pursue it.
Go-to-market
For providers: which clients to pursue first, what they buy, and the signals that show when they are ready.
Partnership strategy
Which distribution, licensing or co-development partners fit, in what order, and what each side needs from the arrangement.
After an acquisition
For new owners: the suppliers, partners and commercial relationships to review in the months after closing.
Where we advise, our advice is commercial and is given only to the business we work for. It is not investment, legal, tax or transaction advice.
Who we introduce
On each side of a dealflow mandate, we look for counterparties with a live need and the authority to act on it.
- Funds and acquirers with a defined thesis
- Corporates reviewing which divisions are still core
- Specialist providers such as contract manufacturers, research organisations, and software, staffing and professional services companies
- Distribution, licensing, co-development and channel partners
How we work in dealflow
Carve-outs, supplier mandates and partnerships show up in corporate development activity and contract cycles well before anyone runs a process.
Define the thesis
We agree what fits, from sector and size to the situations you don't want to see.
Map the market
We map the companies and owners that fit and watch for the signals that show timing.
Confirm both sides
Authority and live mandate are confirmed on both sides before anything is passed on.
Introduce
Introductions are made once there is genuine openness to a conversation, with context on both sides.
Follow through
Every introduction is followed up and tracked to an outcome.
Fees and protection for introductions are agreed in writing before any names are shared.
Typical mandates
- An acquirer with a clear thesis and no proprietary pipeline
- A corporate reviewing which divisions are still core
- A diagnostics company looking for a manufacturing partner
- A health technology company looking for its first distribution partner
- A software or staffing company that needs clients with a live need for what it delivers
- A manufacturer looking for its next distribution partner
Across industries
Dealflow is the lane we run in the most industries. The signals differ from one industry to the next, but the work is the same: find the counterparties with a live need, confirm both sides, and introduce them when the timing is right.
- Healthcare and health technology
- Wealth and financial services
- Software and technology services
- Staffing and recruitment
- Energy and environmental services
- Advanced materials and manufacturing
- Education technology
- Media and production
Case studies
Clean-Seas West Virginia
Six commercial introductions in 120 days for a plastic conversion facility in West Virginia.
RESPILON
Three qualified demand-side introductions in about 43 days.
Vention
US$85,000 in additional revenue in under 60 days.
Advanced Medical Sales
An introduction to a healthcare network of more than 60 clinics with an immediate need.
DGR Systems
An introduction to a Florida school district buying 1,510 Wi-Fi 7 access points.
Tetra Films
An introduction to Baffin ahead of the launch of its Terrain collection.