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Find the buyers most likely to be in.

Set a target profile and get the strategic and financial buyers most likely to be relevant, ranked from verified European deal history. Deterministic scoring with published weights, defensible in a kickoff meeting. How the score works

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Type any company, covered or not. We read its public footprint and pre-fill the profile.

Company name or website · covered or not, we pre-fill sector and country from its public footprint

Or build the profile yourself

Sector

The target's industry family

Sub-sector

Optional precision within the family

Country

Where the company operates from · 16 European markets

Target size (EV)

Optional · adds a check-size fit against each fund

Sector match

Strict keeps only buyers with in-sector deals · Broad admits neighbouring sectors

Geography match

Strict requires deals in the country itself · Broad counts the rest of Europe

Target: Beautynova · Consumer · Italy · scored as Consumer · Italy, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
120
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
0
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 198 verified exits: 41% to sponsors, 54% to corporates and platforms, 5% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 41% (was 40%), corporates and platforms 57% (was 51%), IPO 2% (was 8%).

Recent deals in this marketAksia SGR closed Seasmart (2026) · Alkemia SGR closed Circle Group (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Amethis closed ADEMAT (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026)

10 of the top 10 closed a deal in this space in the last 12 months.

Likely buyers · Consumer in Italy.

Memo view · print-ready

Ranked by fit on sector, geography, recency, current exposure and timing. Strength labels and tiers are published thresholds, not editorial picks.

Financial buyers 10

#BuyerMatch
Tier 1 · Very High · score 70+
1
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
100Very High
2
Quadrivio Group
Quadrivio Group
93Very High
3
PAI Partners (Fund VIII)
PAI Partners (Fund VIII)
91Very High
4
PAI Partners (Mid-Market Fund)
PAI Partners (Mid-Market Fund)
91Very High
5
PAI Partners (Mid-Market)
PAI Partners (Mid-Market)
91Very High
6
PAI Partners / ADIA
PAI Partners / ADIA
91Very High
7
PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
91Very High
8
Investindustrial
Investindustrial
91Very High
9
Investindustrial and Sammontana
Investindustrial and Sammontana
91Very High
10
Finorpa Gestion
Finorpa Gestion
Geographic expansion buyer
90Very High
GP Intel Pro

The full shortlist is open, precedents included. Pro adds the working tools.

Export the tiered buyer list to Excel, precedents and timing in the cells · Sourced press links on census add-on deals · Custom scoring weights

Prefer the raw rankings? League tables · every buyer has a profile in the buyer directory · scoring rules in the methodology.