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
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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: lululemon athletica · Consumer · Canada · scored as Consumer · no country match, edit the profile above
How companies like this sold · 1,823 verified exits: 35% to sponsors, 57% to corporates and platforms, 8% via IPO, 1% other routes.
Route shift since 2020: sponsors 33% (was 37%), corporates and platforms 61% (was 53%), IPO 5% (was 10%).
Recent deals in this marketAltor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Amethis closed ADEMAT (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 · Consumer.
Memo view · print-readyRanked by fit on sector, geography, recency, current exposure and timing. Strength labels and tiers are published thresholds, not editorial picks.
Financial buyers 10
| # | Buyer | Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 · Very High · score 70+ | ||||||
| 1 | PAI Partners | 93Very High | ||||
| 2 | Finorpa Gestion | 93Very High | ||||
| 3 | NextStage AM | 88Very High | ||||
| 4 | NextStage AM, BNP Développement, Bpifrance and management | 88Very High | ||||
| 5 | Axio Capital / Siparex Intermezzo 3 | 88Very High | ||||
| 6 | FrenchFood Capital | 88Very High | ||||
| 7 | FrenchFood Capital + Cerea Capital | 88Very High | ||||
| 8 | FrenchFood Capital, Socadif | 88Very High | ||||
| 9 | Orlando Management | 88Very High | ||||
| 10 | Quadrivio Group | 87Very High | ||||
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