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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: Vacasa · Hospitality · USA · scored as Hospitality · no country match, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
120
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
0
corporates + others

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) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners (with NewAlpha) closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners and Inova Capital closed Centor (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Hospitality.

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
EXTENDAM and Amante Capital
EXTENDAM and Amante Capital
93Very High
2
Extendam
Extendam
93Very High
3
Extendam, Amante Capital
Extendam, Amante Capital
93Very High
4
Bpifrance Investissement
Bpifrance Investissement
90Very High
5
Cerea Partners
Cerea Partners
86Very High
6
Finorpa Gestion
Finorpa Gestion
84Very High
7
Quadrivio Group
Quadrivio Group
82Very High
8
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
81Very High
9
Axio Capital / Siparex Intermezzo
Axio Capital / Siparex Intermezzo
81Very High
10
Vitruvian Partners
Vitruvian Partners
80Very 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.