05
Buy-side origination
Off-market acquisitions: a buy-side guide
Off-market acquisitions are bought before they are for sale. Here is how buy-side acquirers source them systematically rather than waiting on bankers to send the book.
Blog
Field notes on deal origination.
Practical guides for private equity firms, M&A advisors, and boutique investment banks: how proprietary deal flow is actually built, the signals that say an owner is ready, off-market sourcing, and the line between work AI scales and work experienced operators own.
04
The complete guide
Deal sourcing for private equity: the complete guide
Deal sourcing decides which firms see the best companies first. This complete guide covers the channels, the process, and the metrics that turn cold markets into proprietary flow.
03
Definitions
Deal sourcing vs deal origination
Deal sourcing vs deal origination is small in language and large in results. Sourcing finds deals that exist, origination creates deals that do not. Here is the clear version.
02
Building origination
Deal origination function: how to build one
Most firms bolt origination onto a deal team and wonder why it never compounds. Here are the three models for building a deal origination function and how to choose between them.
01
The origination thesis
What proprietary deal flow really means
Proprietary deal flow is the most wanted and least engineered thing in private equity and M&A. Here is what the term really means and how to build origination as infrastructure.
See this run on your mandate
Thirty minutes on your thesis, your current origination coverage, and the founder conversations this system would open in your market. The call goes to Martin directly. If we are not confident it fits, we will say so.
Confidential, and handled by the team that would run your mandate. Or read how the engine works first.