Dealport acquisition field notes
Build a search your team can inspect.
Practical operating guides for independent sponsors, search funders, family offices, lean private-equity teams, and PE-backed companies. Each note focuses on evidence, review decisions, and the handoff from research into a real commercial conversation.
Field notes
proprietary deal sourcing
How to build an evidence-backed target pipeline
A practical system for turning an acquisition thesis into decision-ready coverage, evidence, review gates, and handoffs.
acquisition target list
Acquisition target list: build one that survives review
Build an acquisition target list with explicit criteria, source evidence, unknowns, review gates, and a refresh loop before owner outreach begins.
acquisition thesis criteria
Acquisition thesis criteria: a working template
Define acquisition thesis criteria as pass, reject, evidence, and unknown rules. Use this practical template to screen M&A targets consistently before outreach.