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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: XO Life · HealthTech · Germany · scored as HealthTech · Germany, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
115
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
5
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 280 verified exits: 22% to sponsors, 71% to corporates and platforms, 6% via IPO, 1% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 18% (was 28%), corporates and platforms 79% (was 59%), IPO 2% (was 11%).

Recent deals in this marketAFINUM Management GmbH closed Fairbanks (2026) · Alantra Private Equity closed Deudafix (2026) · Alantra Private Equity Healthcare Continuation Fund closed Deudafix (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 · HealthTech in Germany.

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
NORD Holding
NORD Holding
90Very High
2
NORD Holding / Pinova Capital
NORD Holding / Pinova Capital
89Very High
3
Archimedes Partners
Archimedes Partners
88Very High
4
Ring Capital
Ring Capital
86Very High
5
Inflexion
Inflexion
84Very High
6
ArchiMed
ArchiMed
82Very High
7
ARCHIMED and Institut Mérieux
ARCHIMED and Institut Mérieux
82Very High
8
ArchiMed and Tethys Invest
ArchiMed and Tethys Invest
82Very High
9
Armira
Armira
82Very High
10
EQT
EQT
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.