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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

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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: Send Technology · InsurTech · UK · scored as InsurTech · United Kingdom, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
117
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
3
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 175 verified exits: 25% to sponsors, 67% to corporates and platforms, 7% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 23% (was 30%), corporates and platforms 70% (was 57%), IPO 5% (was 13%).

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 · InsurTech in United Kingdom.

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
Apax Partners
Apax Partners
85Very High
2
Apax Partners (with NewAlpha)
Apax Partners (with NewAlpha)
85Very High
3
Apax Partners and Inova Capital
Apax Partners and Inova Capital
85Very High
4
Apax Partners and JMI Equity
Apax Partners and JMI Equity
85Very High
5
Apax Partners SAS
Apax Partners SAS
85Very High
6
Inflexion
Inflexion
85Very High
7
Inflexion (Partnership Capital III)
Inflexion (Partnership Capital III)
85Very High
8
IK Partners
IK Partners
83Very High
9
Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint
83Very High
10
Bridgepoint Development Capital
Bridgepoint Development Capital
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.