Proprietary deal flow for acquirersmandate matching & priority routing
Unity Acquisitions
Buyer services — Independent sponsors

Proprietary deal flow for independent sponsors

Sponsors need a first look they can take to capital partners. Unity sources privately, screens against your thesis, and routes overlap by membership priority inside a defined review window.

The sponsor edge

Proprietary access is the strongest asset

When you present a deal to capital partners, a privately sourced file under controlled distribution is a clearer story than a shopped book. Unity surfaces off-market opportunities in the lower middle market and places you in the review order for your mandate.

When other qualified mandates overlap, membership priority and a defined window decide who sees it first. A single-buyer presentation happens only with a written exclusivity arrangement on that opportunity.

How sponsors work with Unity

From thesis to a private introduction

01

Lock the thesis

Sectors, earnings band, geography, management posture, and structures you can actually take to capital partners.

02

Source privately

CPA, counsel, lender, and owner channels work the brief. Founder-owned businesses with a quiet transition sit at the center of the pipeline.

03

Screen before delivery

Size, structure, and ownership are checked against the mandate so the file is something you can underwrite — not a listing blast.

04

Route the overlap

Priority → Intelligence → Advantage → Free, then fit inside the tier, inside a defined window.

05

Introduce under NDA

Seller groundwork is often already in place. You enter a conversation, not a cold auction.

Priority review window

Overlapping sponsor mandates are ordered by membership. Exclusivity is written, not assumed.

Pre-screened opportunities

You will not spend a week on a file that is too large, too small, or incompatible with the capital stack.

Structure-flexible

Majority control, minority, earnouts, and partnership structures stay available when the owner is not being shopped.

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
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Independent sponsor access

Put a mandate on the desk

Share thesis and criteria. Matching opportunities enter the routing model used across the platform.

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