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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: Muninn · Cybersecurity · Denmark · scored as Cybersecurity · Denmark, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 80 verified exits: 29% to sponsors, 60% to corporates and platforms, 11% via IPO.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 21% (was 21%), corporates and platforms 75% (was 73%), IPO 3% (was 6%) (sector-wide).

Recent deals in this marketAFINUM Management GmbH closed Fairbanks (2026) · Alkemia SGR closed Circle Group (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (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 · Cybersecurity 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
Axcel
Axcel
83Very High
2
VækstPartner Kapital
VækstPartner Kapital
81Very High
3
BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital Multi-Asset Continuation Fund
BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital Multi-Asset Continuation Fund
80Very High
4
Sophora Unternehmerkapital
Sophora Unternehmerkapital
Geographic expansion buyer
80Very High
5
EQT
EQT
79Very High
6
Nordic Capital
Nordic Capital
78Very High
7
Deutsche Beteiligungs
Deutsche Beteiligungs
78Very High
8
Via Equity
Via Equity
78Very High
9
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
77Very High
10
Oakley Capital, Eurazeo, Sagard NewGen (I-Tracing platform)
Oakley Capital, Eurazeo, Sagard NewGen (I-Tracing platform)
Geographic expansion buyer
77Very 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.