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Source what others haven't found yet.

Startweave helps private equity firms, family offices, strategic acquirers, and independent sponsors build proprietary acquisition pipelines around clearly defined investment criteria.

Build Your Acquisition Pipeline

Find it before everyone else

The businesses most aligned with your investment thesis are not always actively for sale. Startweave helps you systematically identify and approach companies that fit your strategy before they enter a formal process.

We build the market around your investment criteria, identify ownership and decision-makers, and support relevant outbound conversations with potential acquisition targets.

BENEFITS

Built for relevant opportunities

Focused research, verified intelligence, and outreach designed around the transaction—not a generic database.

Thesis-led research

Research begins with your actual acquisition criteria rather than broad database filters.

Proprietary opportunities

Build a custom market of companies that may not appear in traditional brokered deal flow.

Ownership intelligence

Understand who owns the business and who should receive the initial approach.

Strategic conversations

Create relevant conversations with owners and executives around a clear acquisition rationale.

HOW IT WORKS

A structured path from mandate to conversation

Every engagement starts with the objective and builds the research, intelligence, and execution around it.

01
Translate your acquisition criteria into a clear research framework.
02
Identify relevant companies across the defined market.
03
Find owners, founders, CEOs, and relevant executives.
04
Review company and contact information before outreach.
05
Launch targeted outreach around your acquisition rationale.
06
Organize relevant responses and pass them to your deal team.

MANDATE CRITERIA

Build around your acquisition criteria

We begin with your objective and translate it into a clear, usable research framework.

IndustrySub-sectorRevenueEBITDAGeographyOwnershipFounder-led statusBusiness modelEmployee sizeAdd-on criteriaPlatform criteriaStrategic capabilities

BUILT FOR YOUR OBJECTIVE

Where this service creates value

Platform acquisitions

Portfolio add-ons

Geographic expansion

Market consolidation

Capability building

Direct owner access

Your next acquisition may already fit your thesis.

Build deal flow around specific acquisition criteria and find the right business before everyone else.