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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: EverBank · Fintech · USA · scored as Fintech · no country match, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
118
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
2
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 669 verified exits: 26% to sponsors, 67% to corporates and platforms, 7% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 23% (was 31%), corporates and platforms 69% (was 61%), IPO 7% (was 8%).

Recent deals in this marketAlantra Private Equity closed Deudafix (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Amethis closed ADEMAT (2026) · AnaCap Financial Partners closed CDR (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Fintech.

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
Apis Partners Group
Apis Partners Group
87Very High
2
Apax Partners
Apax Partners
84Very High
3
Apax Partners (with NewAlpha)
Apax Partners (with NewAlpha)
84Very High
4
Apax Partners and Inova Capital
Apax Partners and Inova Capital
84Very High
5
Apax Partners and JMI Equity
Apax Partners and JMI Equity
84Very High
6
Apax Partners SAS
Apax Partners SAS
84Very High
7
Vitruvian Partners
Vitruvian Partners
83Very High
8
IK Partners
IK Partners
82Very High
9
YFM Equity Partners
YFM Equity Partners
82Very High
10
Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint
81Very 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.