A full buyside mandate, start to finish
From the first thesis to a signed deal — proactive origination, disciplined execution, and a focus on long-term value creation. Most engagements use two or three of these; the mandate decides which.
Buyside advisory
We sit on your side of the table for the whole arc of an acquisition — shaping the thesis, pressure-testing what a good target actually looks like, and staying with the deal through negotiation and close. Not a list vendor and not a broker: a retained advisor whose only client on the deal is you.
When you'd use it
You have capital and conviction on a sector, and want senior people running the acquisition process rather than adding headcount to do it.
What you get
- A written mandate — thesis, criteria, geography, size, and what constitutes a pass
- Valuation context and comparable transaction benchmarks for each live target
- Negotiation support through LOI, exclusivity, and definitive agreements
- A weekly pipeline review with your team for the life of the engagement
Deal sourcing & origination
The core of most mandates. We run the Acquisera sourcing engine against your criteria to build the universe of companies that could fit, verify and score every one of them, then make direct contact with owners and intermediaries. Off-market by design — these are companies that are not running a process and would never appear in a banker's teaser.
When you'd use it
Auction processes are pricing you out, or your inbound flow does not match the thesis you actually want to execute.
What you get
- A market map of the addressable universe, segmented and sized
- A ranked, fit-scored target list held in your own proprietary database
- Verified decision-maker contacts for every qualified company
- Direct outreach from us, with every reply worked and logged
Custom marketing materials
Off-market outreach lives or dies on the first impression. An owner who has never run a process and has never heard of your firm needs to know who is asking, why their company, and what happens next — and they need it on one page, not in a twenty-minute call they have not agreed to yet. We build that material fresh for every mandate rather than reusing a house template, because the thesis, the sector, and the kind of owner being approached are different every time. Everything carries your firm's name, or stays discreetly unattributed where you would rather not be identified until later.
When you'd use it
You are approaching owners who are not running a process and have no reason to trust a cold email — which is to say, on every off-market mandate.
What you get
- A buyer profile that establishes who you are and what you have done, for owners with no reason to know either
- A project teaser describing the thesis in an owner's language, not investor language
- Outreach sequences and call framing, tuned to each segment of the target list
- An owner FAQ answering the questions the first conversation always raises
- Your branding throughout, or unattributed outreach where you want to stay anonymous early
Platform acquisitions
Platform selection is the decision the rest of the strategy is built on — the wrong anchor makes every add-on harder. We screen candidates not only on standalone quality but on what they make possible: management depth that can absorb acquisitions, systems that can carry more volume, and a position in the market that add-ons can extend.
When you'd use it
You are entering a new sector and need the first acquisition to be one you can build on for years.
What you get
- Platform candidate screening against buy-and-build suitability, not just standalone fit
- Management assessment and owner-intent read before you commit diligence spend
- A first-wave add-on map showing what the platform could acquire next
- Sector dynamics: fragmentation, consolidation activity, and valuation benchmarks
Add-on & bolt-on support
Add-on programs fail on throughput, not on strategy — portfolio company management is running a business and cannot also run a continuous search. We run it for them, on a standing mandate, so the pipeline keeps producing between deals instead of restarting from zero every time.
When you'd use it
You own a platform and need consistent tuck-in flow without pulling management off the operating plan.
What you get
- A standing add-on pipeline maintained between transactions, not rebuilt each time
- Geographic and capability gap analysis against the platform's current footprint
- Owner outreach at tuck-in scale, where sellers are rarely represented
- Coordination with portfolio company management so the search fits their capacity
Due diligence coordination
Once a target goes under LOI, the constraint becomes coordination: four or five workstreams, several outside firms, and a seller who has never been through this before. We hold the schedule, run the information requests, and keep findings moving to the people who need to act on them.
When you'd use it
You have a signed LOI and need the process run tightly, without your deal team absorbing full-time project management.
What you get
- A diligence plan and timeline with owners and deadlines on every workstream
- Information request management and data room coordination with the seller
- A findings log that ties each issue back to price, structure, or a close condition
- Weekly status across all workstreams, in one place
Included in every engagement
The services above flex to the mandate. These do not change — they come with the retainer at every tier.
Not sure which of these you need?
Most acquirers are not. Tell us the thesis and we'll tell you what the mandate actually calls for.
Talk to our advisory teamAcquisera Advisoryis our retained buyside service — we run the search for you.
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