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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

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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: Dropla Tech · Aerospace & Defence · Denmark · scored as Aerospace & Defence · Denmark, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 160 verified exits: 25% to sponsors, 71% to corporates and platforms, 4% via IPO.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 29% (was 22%), corporates and platforms 63% (was 77%), IPO 7% (was 1%).

Recent deals in this marketAlter Equity closed Expliseat (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners (with NewAlpha) closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners and Inova Capital closed Centor (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Aerospace & Defence in Denmark.

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
89Very High
2
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
82Very High
3
Altor Equity Partners
Altor Equity Partners
82Very High
4
DUBAG Group
DUBAG Group
Geographic expansion buyer
81Very High
5
Waterland Private Equity
Waterland Private Equity
80Very High
6
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
Geographic expansion buyer
79Very High
7
Capidea Management
Capidea Management
79Very High
8
Blue Equity
Blue Equity
79Very High
9
PAI Partners (Fund VIII)
PAI Partners (Fund VIII)
78Very High
10
PAI Partners (Mid-Market Fund)
PAI Partners (Mid-Market Fund)
78Very 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.