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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: Codorníu Raventós · Consumer · Spain · scored as Consumer · Spain, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 139 verified exits: 35% to sponsors, 65% to corporates and platforms, 1% via IPO.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 35% (was 34%), corporates and platforms 64% (was 66%), IPO 1% (was 0%).

Recent deals in this marketAltor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Amethis closed ADEMAT (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026) · Apheon closed Alma (2026) · Apheon TMC HDC Long Term Value Fund (HarbourVest-led) + LFPI closed Alma (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Consumer in Spain.

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
96Very High
2
Finorpa Gestion
Finorpa Gestion
Geographic expansion buyer
90Very High
3
Extendam, Amante Capital
Extendam, Amante Capital
89Very High
4
Ardian
Ardian
88Very High
5
Argos Wityu
Argos Wityu
88Very High
6
Investindustrial
Investindustrial
88Very High
7
Investindustrial and Sammontana
Investindustrial and Sammontana
88Very High
8
Quadrivio Group
Quadrivio Group
Geographic expansion buyer
88Very High
9
EXTENDAM and Amante Capital
EXTENDAM and Amante Capital
88Very High
10
Extendam
Extendam
88Very 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.