Buy-side / Target identification

Find the acquisitions
that move your strategy forward.

Search beyond the companies you already know. Discover targets by what they do, research their capabilities, and build an acquisition shortlist with a strategic reason behind every name.

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Describe the capabilities you need. Watch the long list build.Actual product recording
Actual AI Metasearch run, shortened · Illustrative Walmart drone-delivery search: several AI models searched in parallel, results qualified against the thesis, then written up as a target identification document.

From thesis to shortlist

Every step of the search, in one workspace.

How target sourcing works →

  1. 01 / Qualify

    Test every company against your criteria

    Add each criterion as a question. Every company on the long list is researched against it, with the reasoning shown under each answer.

    A company table with AI prompt columns: each company carries a Qualified or Unknown answer per column, with the reasoning and a numbered source written under each answer
    Actual AI columns qualifying a long list

  2. 02 / Segment

    See where each candidate competes

    A market map breaks the industry into segments and places the companies in them, with the key trends written alongside.

    A market map for autonomous drone delivery services shown as a sunburst, with segments such as urban parcel delivery, medical and pharmaceutical delivery, and rural and remote area delivery, and the key trends for the market written alongside
    Actual market map · Illustrative Walmart case

  3. 03 / Prioritize

    Rank the qualified companies into tiers

    The Analyst places each candidate against your strategy, from acquire now to take a stake or partner for the technology, in a landscape your team can edit.

    An M&A target landscape slide with companies grouped into Tier 1 acquire immediately, Tier 2 strategic stake or acquire, and Tier 3 enabling technology, each with a valuation range and key facts, beside the Analyst's list of found companies and suggested pipeline stages
    Actual target landscape · Illustrative Walmart case

  4. 04 / Make the case

    Write the case for each priority target

    What the company does, why it fits, what it could be worth and the recommendation, with numbered sources your team can check.

    A Tier 1 target section for Flytrex with an isometric suburban delivery visual, key differentiators, an estimated enterprise value range and a strong-buy recommendation, beside the Analyst panel
    Actual Tier 1 target section · Illustrative Walmart case

Find more. Understand more.

Build a shortlist
you can act on.

Your sourcing mandate is more than sector, geography and size. Start with the capabilities and competitive position your business needs.

Discover businesses by what they actually do

Translate the strategy into search themes. Explore specialists, adjacent companies and enabling technologies that conventional industry labels can miss.

Go from a name to a researched target

Develop company profiles and assess products, customers, operating capabilities, ownership and financial context. Compare candidates against the same strategic criteria.

Turn the shortlist into an acquisition agenda

Build the rationale for priority targets, identify the questions to investigate, and bring the companies into your pipeline for relationship development and evaluation.

Sample analysis / Autonomous delivery

What could this acquisition
make possible?

The sample Flytrex assessment explores how a target’s capabilities could support Walmart’s delivery strategy, connecting the strategic opportunity to operating requirements and deal feasibility.

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Illustrative target assessment showing how Flytrex capabilities could support Walmart’s autonomous delivery strategy.
From a target’s capabilities to a buyer-specific acquisition case.Illustrative report output · View the full report for analysis and sources

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Put a strategic reason behind every name on your list.

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