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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: Idera · Software · France · scored as Software · France, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
119
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
1
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 598 verified exits: 23% to sponsors, 75% to corporates and platforms, 1% via IPO, 0% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 23% (was 22%), corporates and platforms 76% (was 76%), IPO 1% (was 2%).

Recent deals in this marketAFINUM Management GmbH closed Fairbanks (2026) · Alkemia SGR closed Circle Group (2026) · AnaCap Financial Partners closed CDR (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 · Software in France.

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
Isai Gestion
Isai Gestion
92Very High
2
TeamSystem
90Very High
3
Meanings Capital Partners
Meanings Capital Partners
89Very High
4
Oakley Capital
Oakley Capital
88Very High
5
Turenne Groupe
Turenne Groupe
87Very High
6
Entrepreneur Invest
Entrepreneur Invest
87Very High
7
Meanings Capital Partners with Bpifrance
Meanings Capital Partners with Bpifrance
86Very High
8
Ring Capital
Ring Capital
85Very High
9
Oakley Capital, Eurazeo, Sagard NewGen (I-Tracing platform)
Oakley Capital, Eurazeo, Sagard NewGen (I-Tracing platform)
85Very High
10
Docebo
Docebo
83Very 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.