AI-Powered Buyer Identification
for Sell-Side M&A

Discover and prioritize potential acquirers with AI. Build comprehensive buyer lists spanning strategic, financial, and non-obvious buyers—ranked by fit and acquisition likelihood.

Building Buyer Lists Shouldn't Be Guesswork

Sell-side advisors need to identify every credible acquirer quickly and accurately, but traditional approaches leave value on the table.

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Limited Buyer Universe

Bankers rely on existing relationships and obvious strategic buyers, missing non-traditional acquirers from adjacent industries, international markets, and emerging platforms that could drive premium valuations.

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Surface-Level Matching

SIC codes and industry tags miss buyers with adjacent strategic interests. A buyer's true acquisition rationale often spans multiple verticals, capabilities, and growth strategies that simple classification can't capture.

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Manual Prioritization

Ranking dozens of potential buyers by likelihood and fit is subjective and time-consuming. Without data-driven scoring, teams waste effort on low-probability buyers while overlooking high-potential acquirers.

AI-Powered Buyer Discovery & Prioritization

CorpDev.Ai uses advanced AI to identify, profile, and rank potential acquirers across every relevant category—delivering comprehensive buyer lists faster than any manual process.

AI-Powered Buyer Discovery

AI identifies buyers across strategic, financial, and non-obvious categories

Our AI analyzes acquisition histories, strategic priorities, financial capacity, and market positioning to identify every credible buyer for your client. Go beyond the usual suspects and uncover acquirers that traditional screening would never surface.

  • Strategic Buyer Identification

    AI maps corporate strategies, product roadmaps, and growth plans to identify strategic buyers with clear acquisition rationale

  • Financial Sponsor Screening

    Identify PE firms, family offices, and other financial buyers with relevant sector experience, fund capacity, and portfolio fit

  • Cross-Industry Discovery

    Surface non-obvious buyers from adjacent industries pursuing platform expansion, vertical integration, or capability acquisition

  • Acquisition History Analysis

    AI analyzes historical M&A activity to identify serial acquirers and companies with proven appetite for deals like yours

How AI Buyer Discovery Works

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Define Target Profile

Input the company's industry, capabilities, financials, and unique value proposition. AI identifies the key attributes that drive buyer interest.

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AI Buyer Scan

AI scans thousands of companies, PE firms, and investment groups to identify every entity with strategic or financial motivation to acquire.

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Rationale Mapping

For each potential buyer, AI articulates the specific acquisition rationale—synergies, strategic gaps, and value creation thesis.

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Prioritized Buyer List

AI delivers a ranked, categorized buyer list with detailed profiles, fit scores, and recommended outreach strategies.

Buyer Prioritization Capabilities

Strategic Fit Scoring

Multi-dimensional scoring across product overlap, customer synergies, geographic expansion, and technology complementarity

Financial Capacity Assessment

AI evaluates balance sheet strength, cash reserves, debt capacity, and recent fundraising to assess ability to close at target valuation

Cultural Alignment Analysis

Assess organizational culture compatibility, integration approach history, and retention track record to predict post-close success

Likelihood-to-Close Ranking

Composite scoring that combines strategic urgency, financial readiness, competitive dynamics, and deal timeline to rank buyer probability

Intelligent Buyer Prioritization

Data-driven ranking of buyer fit and acquisition likelihood

Not all buyers are created equal. CorpDev.Ai goes beyond identification to score and rank every potential acquirer on strategic fit, financial capacity, cultural alignment, and likelihood to close—so your team focuses outreach where it matters most.

  • Strategic Fit Scoring

    AI evaluates how well each buyer's strategy, product gaps, and growth objectives align with the target's value proposition

  • Financial Capacity Assessment

    Analyze buyer financial strength, available capital, leverage capacity, and willingness to pay competitive valuations

  • Cultural Alignment Analysis

    Evaluate management philosophy, integration approach, and operational culture to predict partnership compatibility

  • Likelihood-to-Close Ranking

    Composite scoring that factors in deal urgency, competitive tension, and historical close rates by buyer type

Everything You Need for Buyer Identification

From discovery to outreach—all AI-powered

Strategic Buyer Search

AI identifies corporate acquirers with clear strategic rationale—product adjacencies, customer overlap, geographic expansion, and technology gaps that make the target a natural fit.

Financial Sponsor Analysis

Screen private equity firms, growth equity funds, and family offices by sector focus, fund vintage, check size, and portfolio composition. Find sponsors with the right thesis and dry powder.

Buyer Profiling

Generate detailed buyer profiles covering acquisition history, strategic priorities, financial capacity, organizational culture, and preferred deal structures—everything you need for targeted outreach.

Fit Scoring

Multi-factor scoring engine evaluates each buyer across strategic alignment, financial capacity, cultural fit, and deal likelihood. Transparent scoring lets you understand exactly why each buyer ranks where it does.

Outreach Support

AI generates buyer-specific talking points, value propositions, and synergy narratives tailored to each acquirer's strategic priorities—helping you craft compelling initial outreach.

Buyer List Export

Export polished, presentation-ready buyer lists with profiles, scores, and rationale summaries. Formatted for client presentations, internal reviews, and CRM import.

Ready to Find the Right Buyers with AI?

Build comprehensive, data-driven buyer lists in minutes. Join sell-side advisors who've replaced weeks of manual screening with AI-powered buyer identification.

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Non-obvious buyers
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