Proprietary deal flow for acquirersmandate matching & priority routing
Unity Acquisitions
Buyer services — Corporate development

Off-market targets for corp-dev teams

A dedicated origination channel for lean corporate development desks — identifying strategic candidates before they engage an advisor, before they run a process, and before competitors know they exist.

Extended sourcing arm

Bandwidth for work the desk cannot staff

Corp-dev teams are typically lean and internally focused on integration and pipeline management. Unity fills the outbound gap: relationship sourcing against the corporate growth thesis.

Competitors, complementary operators, talent clusters, and regional platforms can all sit on the same brief. Outreach stays confidential so market positioning is protected.

Corp-dev spine

From roadmap to a private introduction

01

Align to the M&A roadmap

Sector, adjacency, geography, and whether the close is a capability buy, a customer-base buy, or a market-entry platform.

02

Originate off-market

Owner conversations happen before an advisor is hired. Public listing is not the default.

03

Screen for integration

Customer concentration, leadership depth, and overlap with the existing footprint are checked first.

04

Match and route

When other qualified mandates fit, membership priority and a defined window decide review order.

  • Strategic target identification aligned with the corporate growth thesis
  • Off-market sourcing of competitors, complementary businesses, and adjacencies
  • Customer, technology, and talent acquisition targets — including add-ons
  • Geographic market entry through regional operator acquisitions
  • Confidential outreach that preserves competitive position

For acquirers

Who sees off-market deals first?

When several qualified buy-side mandates fit the same off-market opportunity, review order follows membership.

Not a public auction. Mandate-fit scoring still applies inside each tier.

  1. 1 Priority $500
  2. 2 Intelligence $300
  3. 3 Advantage $150
  4. 4 Free $0

Intelligence

$300/mo

  • After Priority, before Advantage/Free
  • Pipeline + diligence assistant
  • Instant deal alerts
  • Mandate-fit scoring
Select Intelligence

Advantage

$150/mo

  • After Intelligence in the queue
  • Full briefs & acquisition analyses
  • Portfolio / add-on targeting
  • Defined review window
Select Advantage

Free

$0/mo

  • Browse marketed listings & preview intel
  • Last in queue for overlapping mandates
  • Upgrade anytime from Membership
  • No review priority
Create free account
Corp-dev desk

Put the roadmap on a mandate

Unity originates against what you will actually close — not a generic listing feed.

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