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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: Lifebrain · Healthcare · Italy · scored as Healthcare · Italy, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 81 verified exits: 41% to sponsors, 57% to corporates and platforms, 2% via IPO.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 41% (was 40%), corporates and platforms 56% (was 57%), IPO 2% (was 3%).

Recent deals in this marketAlantra Private Equity closed Deudafix (2026) · Alantra Private Equity Healthcare Continuation Fund closed Deudafix (2026) · Apheon closed Alma (2026) · Apheon TMC HDC Long Term Value Fund (HarbourVest-led) + LFPI closed Alma (2026) · Apheon TMC HDC Long Term Value Fund SCSp (HarbourVest + LFPI-backed continuation fund) closed Alma (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Healthcare in Italy.

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
Turenne Groupe
Turenne Groupe
86Very High
2
Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint
84Very High
3
Ardian, Finint Infrastrutture
Ardian, Finint Infrastrutture
83Very High
4
Bridgepoint Development Capital
Bridgepoint Development Capital
83Very High
5
Bridgepoint (52.5% majority stake)
Bridgepoint (52.5% majority stake)
83Very High
6
Bridgepoint BE VII + General Atlantic
Bridgepoint BE VII + General Atlantic
83Very High
7
Bridgepoint Capital
Bridgepoint Capital
83Very High
8
Bridgepoint Capital Developpement
Bridgepoint Capital Developpement
83Very High
9
Bridgepoint Development Capital (with Paluel-Marmont Capital & LT Capital)
Bridgepoint Development Capital (with Paluel-Marmont Capital & LT Capital)
83Very High
10
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
82Very 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.