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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: Wiio · Logistics · France · scored as Logistics · France, edit the profile above

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

How companies like this sold · 623 verified exits: 52% to sponsors, 46% to corporates and platforms, 1% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 48% (was 60%), corporates and platforms 50% (was 38%), IPO 0% (was 3%).

Recent deals in this marketAfricinvest Europe closed HTDS (2026) · Alter Equity closed Expliseat (2026) · Altor Equity Partners closed ElteraGruppen (2026) · Apheon closed Alma (2026) · Apheon TMC HDC Long Term Value Fund (HarbourVest-led) + LFPI closed Alma (2026)

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

Likely buyers · Logistics in France.

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
Bpifrance Investissement
Bpifrance Investissement
91Very High
2
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
Sodero Gestion, CENCD
89Very High
3
PAI Partners
PAI Partners
Repeat counterparty · bought 1 from Cerea Partners
87Very High
4
Arkea Capital, BNP Paribas Developpement and IRD Invest
Arkea Capital, BNP Paribas Developpement and IRD Invest
87Very High
5
Arkea Capital Partenaire
Arkea Capital Partenaire
87Very High
6
Ardian, Finint Infrastrutture
Ardian, Finint Infrastrutture
86Very High
7
Waterland Private Equity
Waterland Private Equity
86Very High
8
Turenne Groupe
Turenne Groupe
84Very High
9
Audacia
Audacia
84Very High
10
Cerea Partners
Cerea Partners
84Very 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.