Deal Origination

Identify deal opportunities, track market activity, understand sourcing gaps, and uncover opportunities before they become widely visible.

SOURCE DEALS EARLIER

Find the right deals before the market moves

Dealmakers need more than completed transaction records. To source opportunities earlier, they need visibility into market activity, open opportunities, active dealmakers, portfolio holdings, intermediary relationships, and signals that show where opportunities may emerge next.

We help fund managers improve coverage, spot sourcing gaps, and act on deal signals before they become widely visible.

DATA YOU CAN ACT ON

Deal Origination data you can act on

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Forward-looking deals data

Open opportunities, pipeline intelligence, and assets likely to come to market.

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Completed deal records

Historical transactions, market activity, and completed deal intelligence.

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Dealmaker intelligence

Active dealmakers, sponsors, advisors, intermediaries, and firms.

Portfolio holdings

Portfolio company and ownership data to support sourcing and market mapping.

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Relationship mapping

Connections between firms, people, sponsors, advisors, and deal participants.

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Insights and alerts

Market trends, reports, email alerts, and timely deal signals.

POWERED BY M&A DEALS

Track what happened, what is in play, and what may come next

M&A Deals helps dealmakers track live deal activity, open opportunities, active dealmakers, intermediary relationships, and market movements so they can identify relevant opportunities earlier and improve origination coverage.

ACROSS PRIVATE MARKETS

Where Deal Origination intelligence helps

TURN SIGNALS INTO SOURCING ACTION

What can you do with Deal Origination intelligence?

Explore deals

Find opportunities earlier

Identify open opportunities, emerging deal activity, and assets likely to come to market.

Track active dealmakers

Monitor sponsors, advisors, intermediaries, and firms involved in relevant transactions.

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Understand sourcing gaps

Compare market activity against your coverage to see where opportunities may be missed.

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Map deal relationships

Understand the firms, people, sponsors, advisors, and intermediaries connected to each deal.

Find the right opportunities faster

See how our platform helps dealmakers track market activity, uncover open opportunities, map key relationships, and improve origination coverage across private markets.

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Insights for Deal Origination

Browse exclusive insights into the Deal Origination market, written by our well-connected reporters, analysts and editorial teams.

Private equity emerging managers to watch 2025: Where are they now?

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SPS Deal Origination Benchmark Report LTM 2025

Firms saw an average of 18.4% of their target market deal flow in the LTM

A smarter way to use your CRM

48% of asset managers are underwhelmed by their CRM. Discover how to improve integration, accuracy,

Deal Origination Benchmark Report

Firms saw an average 17.6% of their target market deal flow in 2024.
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Events for Deal Origination

Womens Private Equity Summit Europe 2025

Women’s Private Equity Summit Europe