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Get your deals off-market. Before the auction.

Talk to business owners directly and build comfort early — outside of a traditional sale process. Browse the platform, find targets curated to your needs, and get alerted the moment a new owner signals they’re ready to sell.

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What you get

Five advantages of going direct.

01

Widen the pool.

Owner-managers thinking about exit months before they call a broker. Deals you’d never see in an auction — because no auction exists yet.

02

Engage earlier.

Build relationship and understanding while the formal process is a speculation, not a timeline. You’re not competing — you’re informing.

03

Perpetual target radar.

Saved searches run continuously. Alerts fire on matches in your thesis. The platform prospects — you do the deal work.

04

Live market feedback.

See how sellers respond to your stance, approach by approach. Learn, in real time, where you sit on the competitive spectrum.

05

Scalable prospecting.

Credits and features to suit the requirements and resources of every buyer. Prospect once manually, or daily, automatically.

The cycle

Browse. Filter. Approach. Engage.

How a buyer moves from discovering an opportunity to an open conversation — on their schedule, in the background.

01
Browse the feed.
Project Kestrel £4.2–4.8M Industrial services · SE · £5–10M rev
Project Meridian £2.1M Services · London · £2–5M rev
Project Lyra Don’t know SaaS · National · £1–2M rev
Project Arbor £8–10M Manufacturing · NW · £10–20M rev
02
Filter to your thesis.
Sector (SIC)
Industrial services
Manufacturing
Technology & SaaS
Revenue band
£1–2M
£2–5M
Region
South East
03
Approach. Mix and match.

Plain text works. So does a range, a comparable deal, or your firm’s credentials. Mix and match — the seller sees everything you include when they review.

Format · 01

Plain text. The baseline.

A short, specific note. Always available alongside any format below. Three sentences, no padding.

Message attached to approach
We’re a lower-mid-market PE fund, recent £180M close. Target hold 5–7y. Industrial services is our stated focus; would value a conversation.
From Hanover Partners LLP
Format · 02

Pay structure. A full spec.

A shareable card of price and structure — headline range, completion split, deferred, earn-out, equity. With a note on what you’d need to see to firm up the preferred point.

Pay structure how we’d pay for this
Price £3.8M – £4.8M
£3.0M£6.0M
At completion 60% – 80%
0%100%
Deferred 5% – 15%
0%30%
Earn-out 10% – 25%
0%40%
Rollover equity 0% – 10%
0%20%
Context

We underwrite to customer quality we can’t see yet — hence the ranges. Once visible, we construct a specific offer within this envelope.

Seller’s ask £4.2 – 4.8M
Format · 03 · Premium

Signed precedent. With references.

A concrete past deal with attribution — sector, size, structure, multiple, year, and quotes from the people who closed it with you. The strongest credibility artifact a buyer can share.

Signed precedent Premium
Completed

Industrial Services
Carve-Out Acquisition

Revenue£5M – £10M
Structure70% cash · 30% earnout (2y)
Multiplec. 6.8× EBITDA
Closed in 14 weeks. Paid exactly on the terms we agreed day one. Kept the team intact. Easiest deal in twenty years.
Seller · Industrial services, SE
Straight buyer. Diligence was thorough but never punishing. Recommended without hesitation.
Advisor · Corporate finance boutique
Closed · signed off by both counterparties Q3 2024
Format · 04

Firm profile. Travels with every approach.

Your firm’s credentials — who you are, what you’ve done, where your capital comes from. Attached to every approach by default; you can’t accidentally forget it.

Firm profile shown to every seller you approach
£420M 5-yr deployed
3 Offices
34 Staff
Deals per year
20246£82M
20235£67M
20227£104M
20215£71M
20206£96M
Deal size
Small <£5M38%
Medium £5–20M52%
Enterprise £20M+10%
Stage mix
Venture12%
Growth58%
Mature30%
Sector focus
Industrial services Business services B2B tech
Last updated Apr 2026
04
Approved. Now talk.
Seller, Project Kestrel
Thanks for getting in touch. I’ll be honest — I’ve never sold a business before, so I’m feeling my way a little. Your range looks like it might be in the right area?
Completely understood — no rush at all, we move at your pace. Could we start with your FY25 trading, just to ground things?
Ruth Ashford, Hanover Partners
Seller, Project Kestrel
I think so… here’s last year. Let me know if that’s the sort of thing you’re after.
Seller, Project Kestrel
Shared FY25 trading
Revenue£7.4M
EBITDA£1.2M
3y CAGR+14%
That’s exactly it — really encouraging numbers, thank you. And what does the customer mix look like?
Ruth Ashford, Hanover Partners
Seller, Project Kestrel
Shared Customer composition
Top 3 clients42% revenue
Avg tenure6.2 years
Recurring68%
Good, healthy tenures. Would you be comfortable showing the senior team structure?
Ruth Ashford, Hanover Partners
Seller, Project Kestrel
I think so… I’ve kept the names off for now, if that’s alright — still feels a bit early for that.
Seller, Project Kestrel
Shared Senior team · org chart ✓Anonymised
Founder / MDstaying 24mo
FDOps DirectorSales Director
32 headcount · 5 senior, 8 management, 19 delivery
Of course — names aren’t important yet. Just to gauge the team’s depth: roughly how long have your second-tier directors been with you, and what age bracket are they?
Ruth Ashford, Hanover Partners
Seller, Project Kestrel
Let me think… they’ve all been with me a fair while, which I suppose is a good sign. Does this help?
Seller, Project Kestrel
Shared Second tier · tenure & age ✓Anonymised
FD9 yrs · early 50s
Ops Director6 yrs · late 40s
Sales Director4 yrs · early 40s
Ruth Ashford, Hanover Partners
Indicative offer From Hanover Partners LLP
£4.2–4.6M 70% cash · 20% deferred (24mo) · 10% rollover
There’s still plenty we’d want to understand — but we know enough now to give you a narrower range than where we started. We’d keep the brand and the team, and we’d be more than happy to talk you through the offer and the whole deal process when we meet face-to-face.
Seller, Project Kestrel
That’s — genuinely helpful to see it narrowed down, thank you. I’d still want to understand a bit more before I commit to anything, but yes, I’d like to meet. Next Tuesday, 10am? I’ll bring the FD.
Pricing

Three tiers. Pay for access, not volume.

Every tier includes unlimited masked search. The difference is how many approaches you can make and how richly you show up to sellers.

Starter

For individual acquirers testing the feed.

£99/month
or £84/mo billed annually (save £180)
  • 5 access requests / month
  • 1 seat
  • Unlimited masked search
  • 1 saved search · daily digestSaved searchIndustrialSouth East£2–10MNew match · Project Larch — in today’s digestSave one filter set; a daily digest emails any new masked listings that match.
  • Compact profile · 400-char aboutHow sellers see youHanover PartnersPE fundPitch400 charsBranding—A compact card: a 400-character pitch, no logo.
  • Archive + retract alertsChange alertProject Kestrel — retracted by the sellerKnow the moment a listing you’re tracking is archived or retracted.
  • — Advanced filter stacking
  • — Price-change history
  • — Signed precedent (Format 03)
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most taken Professional

For active dealmakers working multiple mandates.

£399/month
or £339/mo billed annually (save £720)
  • 15 access requests / month
  • 3 seats · team activity feed
  • Unlimited masked search
  • 3 saved searches · instant alertsSaved searchIndustrialSouth East£2–10MInstant match · Project Larch — 2 min agoSave up to 3 filter sets; get an instant alert the moment a new masked listing matches.
  • Expanded profile · 1,000-char + logoHow sellers see youHanover PartnersPE fundPitch1,000 charsBrandingFirm logoAn expanded card: a 1,000-character pitch plus your firm logo.
  • Price + exit-structure change alertsChange alertProject Kestrel — asking price £4.8M → £4.2MGet alerted when a tracked listing changes its price or exit structure.
  • Advanced filter stacking + PDF briefsStack filtersSouth EastIndustrial£5–10M rev£1M+ EBITDA↓ Export 12 masked briefs · PDFCombine region, sector, revenue and EBITDA filters in one view — then export the matching masked briefs as a PDF.
  • — Price-change history
  • — Signed precedent (Format 03)
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Enterprise

For firms and funds with a continuous mandate.

£1,765/month
or £1,500/mo billed annually (save £3,180)
  • Unlimited access requests
  • Unlimited seats
  • Unlimited masked search
  • Unlimited saved searches · instant alertsSaved searchIndustrialSouth East£2–10MInstant match · Project Larch — 2 min agoSave unlimited filter sets; instant alerts on every new masked match.
  • Branded profile · 2,000 + banner + case studiesHow sellers see youHanover PartnersPE fundPitch2,000 charsBrandingBanner + casesFully branded: a banner, 2,000-character pitch and case studies.
  • All alerts · any field changeChange alertProject Kestrel — EBITDA band updated to £1M+Get alerted on any field change to any listing you track.
  • Advanced filters + named account managerStack filtersSouth EastIndustrial£5–10M rev£1M+ EBITDA↓ Export 12 masked briefs · PDFStack region, sector, revenue and EBITDA filters, then export the matching masked briefs as a PDF.
  • Seller price-change historyPrice-change history12 Mar£4.8M2 Apr£4.5M21 Apr£4.2MSee every asking-price change a seller has made, with dates — read the intent behind the number.
  • Signed precedent attachments (Format 03)Format 03 · signed precedentPrecedent deal · signed.pdfStatusVerifiedAttach a signed precedent transaction to your approach — proof you’ve closed comparable deals.
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Both sides verified

Nobody on this platform is anonymous to us.

Sellers

Real shareholder. Their company only.

Every seller confirms their officer or PSC record against the Companies House register, or passes a photo-ID check. They post for their business — not someone else’s.

Buyers

Firms or LinkedIn verified. Always pay.

Corporate buyers match their email to their firm’s registered website. Individuals verify with LinkedIn. Every buyer account carries an active subscription — there is no free-tier lurking.

Answered

What buyers ask first.

How fresh is the supply? Are these warehouse listings or live owners?
Every listing shows a posted date and a last refreshed date. Sellers get engagement emails at 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days — at 180 days with no refresh, the listing auto-archives. Inactive supply removes itself; if a listing is live, an owner has touched it recently.
What happens after I request access?
You submit a short pitch and pick one of five stance options. The seller sees your profile (legal name, firm, LinkedIn, platform history) and your stance, then decides: conversation only, partial reveal, or full reveal. Progressive disclosure is on the seller’s terms; more specific approaches earn earlier reveals.
Can we share a seat across our deal team?
Each seat is individually verified and counts toward the per-month access-request quota. Starter is 1 seat, Professional is 3, Enterprise is unlimited. Your monthly allotment is shared across your seats — one pool, multiple hands.
Is the seller really anonymous, or can I figure them out from the clues?
Pre-approval, a listing shows only sector, region, revenue band, EBITDA band, years trading, exit structure and asking range. No legal name, no trading name, no address, no website, no customer names. We don’t publish city-level location; only a UK region or ‘national’. If an owner-specific clue could be inferred from a narrative, our PII scrubber catches it before publish.
What does ‘access’ actually include — identity, financials, attachments?
Access is not all-or-nothing. When a seller approves you, they pick a reveal level: conversation-only (thread opens, nothing identifying disclosed), partial (specific fields — e.g. exact revenue, EBITDA), or full (legal name, address, website, customer list, attachments). They can reveal more as the conversation progresses — or hide again. Every reveal and every hide is audited.
What happens if I cancel mid-month?
Access runs to the end of your paid period. No automatic refunds. Existing approvals remain active through their natural expiry; messaging threads stay open. Your saved opportunities and pipeline state are retained indefinitely — reactivate any time and pick up where you left off.
Off-market supply, held behind a subscription.
If you’re serious, apply.
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