Proprietary deal flow for acquirersmandate matching & priority routing
Unity Acquisitions
Buyer services โ€” Search funds

Off-market targets for search-led acquirers

A search needs a first look that can be taken to investors. Unity originates against a written thesis and routes overlapping interest by membership priority โ€” not a public auction.

Why searchers use Unity

The clock is the real constraint

Searchers rarely lose because they cannot underwrite. They lose because the first look arrives after a process is live. Unity origination is the work of creating that look while the owner is still privately considering options.

Founder-owned companies with transferable operations sit at the center of the pipeline. Distribution stays limited. Investor conversations can start from a proprietary file.

Search spine

From search thesis to introduction

01

Define the company you will operate

Sector, earnings band, geography, and whether you need the founder to stay through a handoff.

02

Originate privately

CPA, counsel, lender, and owner channels work the brief. Public listing is not the default.

03

Qualify before the investor call

Motivation and ownership clarity are screened so the file can survive a capital-partner conversation.

04

Route and introduce

Overlap follows membership, then fit, inside a defined window. NDA before names.

Operator-ready files

Search theses need businesses a principal can step into. Unready processes stay off the desk.

Aligned with sponsors

The same routing model used for independent sponsors applies here. See independent sponsors.

Lower middle market

Relationship sourcing still works in the corridor Unity concentrates on.

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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Search desk

Write the company you will run

Sourcing, matching, and routing follow that mandate.

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