The deals worth having are the ones nobody ran a process on.
By the time a book arrives, the price is set and the room is full. The companies that decide your year have no banker, no listing and no filing that says they are open to a conversation. Someone has to find them and ask.
We do that work so you do not have to. By the time a name reaches you, the company fits your mandate, our managing partner has spoken with the founder, and the founder has agreed to meet you. You are the only firm they are meeting through us.
What you get
Four things, held across the mandate.
- 01
A Market You Can See Whole
Every company that fits your mandate, in one map, with the evidence for each and the gaps stated. You know how large the field is before you commit to it.
- 02
Founders Who Have Said Yes
Every founder you meet has spoken with our managing partner first: why a sale or a partner is on the table, the timing, and the business as they describe it. Your time goes to conversations that can become deals.
- 03
No Other Firm in the Room
Each mandate is exclusive. For its term, the founders it finds are introduced to you alone, each with a brief that separates what the record shows from what the founder said.
- 04
A Deal That Keeps Moving
We stay after the introduction, through the letter of intent, diligence and the closing table, so the meetings, the requests and the open issues do not stall between the two sides.
What a Mandate Puts on Your Side
Six things stand behind every mandate, in the order the work runs. We answer for all of them.
What Firms Ask First
- Is the mandate exclusive?
Yes. Each mandate is run for one firm. For its term, the founders it finds are introduced to you alone.
- Who speaks with the founders?
Our managing partner, himself. He has the first conversation with each founder before you meet them: the business, the timing, and whether a sale or a partner is something they would discuss.
- Do you already have the founders?
No. They are found for your mandate, from the primary record, and approached for it. That is why nobody else has seen them. Where we cannot honestly reach a market, we say so on the first call.
- What do I see while it runs?
A report each week: companies in scope, founders reached, conversations held and introductions made. You also get your own sign-in, where you see your brief, your shortlist and what changed.
- What does it cost?
Each mandate is scoped and priced on its own. Before it starts we agree the number, the term and how it is paid, so you know the full cost before any work starts.
- Is there work you do not take?
Yes. We do no financing work on any deal, and we work only on structures the investment methodology permits.
The investment methodology
Send us the mandate.
What you acquire or invest in, and what you are not seeing enough of. A founder who wants the right investor or acquirer starts here too. Our managing partner reads it himself and answers himself.