Acquisition intelligence for private markets

Every add-on your portcos should be chasing. Already mapped.

Every add-on your portcos should be chasing. Already mapped.

Vequity learned from 170,000 deals why acquirers bought what they bought, mapped that onto what 2.3 million companies do, and arrives with the targets each portfolio company should evaluate, scored and explained. When you sell, the same map shows which buyers could pay the most.

170,000

deals analyzed over 26 years

2.3M

company profiles, mapped by capability

1,900+

firms and portfolio companies with declared proprietary acquisition criteria

Your portfolio, already mapped

Inspira Financial
Retirement and benefits custodian · backed by Abry Partners
Benefits and custody add-ons · $3M to $15M EBITDA
Capabilities
IRA custodyBenefits administrationTrust servicesRetirement plan adminAlternative-asset custody
Reading capability profile
Company
Fit
Tier
Rationale
Ameriflex
Bolster
Tier 1
FSA, HSA, HRA and COBRA administration; deepens the consumer-directed benefits book
The Entrust Group
Bolster
Tier 1
Self-directed IRA custody, 22,000+ clients and over $4B under administration; the same play as the Quest book
Pension Corporation of America
Gap-fill
Tier 2
Retirement plan recordkeeping and administration Inspira lacks; cross-sell into the rollover base
Exeter 1031 Exchange Services
Bolster
Tier 1
Qualified intermediary capacity on top of Accruit, plus a trust company that also custodies self-directed IRAs

Deal flow today

The median PE firm has one business development professional and sees 18% of the deals that match its own criteria.

The median PE firm has one business development professional and sees 18% of the deals that match its own criteria.

SPS by With Intelligence (S&P Global); Vequity analysis

“Vequity allowed us to complete one of the most compelling deals we’ve acquired in many, many years. No way we would have found it on our own.”

Andy Code

Andy Code, Partner, Promus Equity Partners

Promus searched its own criteria on a Vequity membership and matched the deal.

The problem

Three ways an add-on list fails

Three ways an add-on list fails

Best targets missed

A keyword or NAICS search returns the same-industry tuck-ins everyone already knows and misses the adjacent-sector targets that fill a capability gap.

The hard work is still manual

Extensive manual and time-consuming research required after the "list" is created, to make it usable, trustworthy and to understand the true fit of each target.

Siloed

Each portco CEO, the deal team and the BD lead keep their own spreadsheet, so nobody sees the whole pipeline.

What changes

What Vequity makes easier

What Vequity makes easier

Fill every platform’s funnel

Fill every platform’s funnel

Every portfolio company arrives with a scored target list that updates as you edit its criteria and capabilities.

Every portfolio company arrives with a scored target list that updates as you edit its criteria and capabilities.

Defend every name at IC

Defend every name at IC

Each target is tiered and carries a written rationale: the capability it adds, and the precedent deals that demonstrate the strategic rationale.

Each target is tiered and carries a written rationale: the capability it adds, and the precedent deals that demonstrate the strategic rationale.

Be first in line

Be first in line

Declared criteria put your firm ahead on matching deals run by intermediaries. When you sell, Exit Radar shows who is already circling.

Declared criteria put your firm ahead on matching deals run by intermediaries. When you sell, Exit Radar shows who is already circling.

Across the hold

BUY

GROW

SELL

BUY

GROW

SELL

The transformative add-ons you know exist but cannot find. The premium buyer who never sees your deal.

The transformative add-ons you know exist but cannot find. The premium buyer who never sees your deal.

One system closes both gaps.

One system closes both gaps.

Who it is for

For PE firms and family offices

A proprietary add-on pipeline for every portco you hold, and the named premium buyers before you sell. One shared pipeline, unlimited users.

For strategics and corporate development

Tell the market what you want to acquire, once. Matched deals reach you with the rationale attached, before a broad process does.

For investment banks and advisors

The complete buyer universe for a mandate, each name with its proprietary acquisition criteria and strategic rationale.

Add-on case study

Search by the capability you want, not the code it is filed under.

Keyword and industry-code tools return companies that look like your portco. Vequity finds the companies that have the capability your platform wants to add, whatever code they sit under, and writes out why the fit raises the exit multiple.

Your platform
On-site gas generation and compressed air equipment
Sponsor-backed. Searched for an add-on for four years across three subscription databases.
On-site gas generationCompressed air equipment
The target Vequity surfaced
Aftermarket natural gas compressor parts manufacturer and rebuild shop
Tier 1 on the first search. Never appeared in a code or keyword search.
Industry-code and keyword databases
Four years, three subscription databases, no match
Filed under: compressor and gas equipmentFiled under: oilfield servicesNot found
Vequity: capability search
Natural gas compression→Natural gas compressor parts
Aftermarket compressor parts→In-house CNC manufacturing
Compressor rebuilds→Rebuild and repair services
Gas services→24/7 gas compressor support
Tier 1 match
Wanted to add: 4 capabilities
4 of 4 matched on what the company does, not where it is filed.
Contract machiningNationwide shipping
Day 0: search run, target identified. Days 1 to 60: outreach, conversation, terms. Day 60: LOI signed.
60 days
from search to signed LOI
35%
more targets than the three databases found combined

Exit Radar

When you sell, the map flips.

The same capability map that finds your add-ons shows which acquirers already want what your portco has, including the adjacent-sector buyer the bank’s list may miss.

76%

of sell-side processes powered by Vequity surface a net-new buyer that submitted an LOI, not identified by alternative systems

Vequity sell-side buyer lists to date.

See how exits work

Your company
Same-industry buyer
Same-industry buyer
Same-industry buyer
Adjacent-sector buyer
Declared this capability as a priority

Pricing

Priced for the whole firm, not per seat.

Firm membership

$6,000 per year

Founding rate through Feb 28, 2027. $9,000 list after.

  • Firm-wide access, unlimited users

  • Proprietary lists for new platform searches

  • Buyer intelligence across the firm

Portfolio coverage

$2,000 per covered portco per year

Founding rate through Feb 28, 2027. $4,000 list after. ~$165 a month.

  • Standing add-on pipeline

  • Buyer landscape snapshots and Exit Watch

  • Exit Radar Pro included for founding members until 2028

Claiming your firm is free.

See it on your portfolio.

A 30-minute onboarding session on your actual book, then decide.