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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

Start from a company

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: CampusParc · Industrials · USA · scored as Industrials · no country match, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 2,170 verified exits: 39% to sponsors, 57% to corporates and platforms, 4% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 36% (was 42%), corporates and platforms 59% (was 53%), IPO 4% (was 4%).

Recent deals in this marketAfricinvest Europe closed HTDS (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Amethis closed ADEMAT (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners (with NewAlpha) closed Centor (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Industrials.

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
Bpifrance Investissement
Bpifrance Investissement
90Very High
2
IGI Private Equity
IGI Private Equity
90Very High
3
Audacia
Audacia
89Very High
4
Waterland Private Equity
Waterland Private Equity
88Very High
5
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
87Very High
6
IK Partners
IK Partners
86Very High
7
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
Repeat counterparty · bought 2 from Ardian
86Very High
8
PAI Partners / ADIA
PAI Partners / ADIA
Repeat counterparty · bought 1 from Ardian
86Very High
9
Initiative & Finance
Initiative & Finance
86Very High
10
Initiative & Finance (FCPR I) with Thierry Suin (MBO)
Initiative & Finance (FCPR I) with Thierry Suin (MBO)
86Very High
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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.