We find the deals
no one knew to look for

AI-powered M&A signal intelligence for middle-market and cross-border origination. We combine 10M+ private company profiles, 6,000+ monitored public companies, and 40,000+ M&A-related signals to surface opportunities before they reach traditional channels.

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Always-on signal detection

25+ proprietary signal dimensions from SEC filings, state registries, court records, job postings, broker listings, and more. Every signal scored, decayed, and cross-referenced through MAI's judgment layer.

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Monitoring Cadence
15 min to weekly
The Iron Triangle

When three specific signal types converge on one company, over half of those flagged complete an acquisition within 12 months — a 10x lift over the base rate. This is our highest-conviction indicator.

M&A Language Strategic Alt. Advisor Engaged 10x Lift vs base rate

M&A Language Detection

NLP scans SEC EDGAR every 15 minutes. Contextual understanding of transaction intent from 8-K, 10-K, SC 13D, and proxy filings.

Strategic Alternatives

Board-level declaration of exploring strategic options. Historically the strongest single indicator of near-term M&A activity.

Advisor Engagement

Investment bank or M&A advisor retained. Detected through engagement letters and 8-K disclosures. Signals institutional commitment.

Real-time signal dashboard

Hot companies, signal timelines, Iron Triangle alerts, and buyer-seller matches. All in one view. Updated every 15 minutes.

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Internal backtest against 340+ completed deals

Measured against a completed M&A sample set over a 12-month window. Results are internal and not an independently audited benchmark.

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The 44-day window is where advisory value lives: time for clients to identify the right approach, engage decision makers, and position a competitive bid before a deal is formally announced.

20-dimension buyer-seller matching

Machine-learned weights trained on real transaction outcomes. Not keyword matching — structural understanding of deal logic.

Industry Alignment

Exact SIC match, industry group overlap, sub-industry proximity, and semantic similarity. Four layers of fit.

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Financial Fit

Revenue range, deal size proximity, employee tier, balance sheet capacity. Does the math work?

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Signal Convergence

Seller signal strength, buyer confidence, acquisition track record, and signal type alignment.

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Sample buyer landscape

Healthcare services. ~$25M revenue. Remote patient monitoring. 200+ facility deployments. Owner exploring strategic exit. Traditional search finds 8–12 buyers. MAI finds 35+.

Tier 1 — Immediate Outreach
Major telecom — connected devices
Cellular RPM extends IoT health vertical. 3 prior healthcare acquisitions. Board overlap with target.
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National insurance carrier
RPM data reduces claims 12–18%. $500M corp dev mandate. Cross-sector match no traditional search surfaces.
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Tier 2 — Strong Strategic Fit
PE-backed home health platform
Add-on #4 for national RPM footprint. $200M fund, 3 years remaining.
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Defense health integrator
RPM for veteran monitoring. Existing VA contract vehicle. Surfaced by signal alignment, not industry code.
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The insurance carrier and defense integrator are matches no industry search would surface. More competitive bids = better price for the seller.

44 reports. 18+ industries. 7 capital markets.

Acquirer matching, target screening, valuation, deal structuring, and industry analysis — US, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, and cross-border.

Sovereign Fund Pitch Book

$500M–$1B convertible bond for Saudi PIF co-investment. Alat/Lenovo precedent. Dual-language.

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Semiconductor Target Screening

60 European InP wafer manufacturers evaluated. 16 verified acquisition-ready. Technical DD integrated.

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Hong Kong Shell Listing RTO

Reverse takeover structure for mainland biotech. Regulatory pathway, valuation, capital injection timing.

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Luxury Fashion Buyer Matching

"Must-sell" framework filtered 200 targets to 6. Client achieved meetings with 5 of 6.

ConsumerAcquirer Matching
Strategic channel partnership for cross-border healthcare and Hong Kong capital markets mandates
93.3% precision in an internal backtest against 340+ completed M&A samples
Academic research collaboration on AI verification for M&A intelligence
Judgment library: 39 deal-specific patterns from real transactions with client feedback loops
Engagement scope centered on research, origination intelligence, and advisory support
How we work with you

Designed for how investment banks actually operate.

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Research Partner — Retainer

Standing origination intelligence across your pipeline. Weekly signal alerts, on-demand buyer landscapes, priority access to new capabilities.

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Co-Brokerage

We join active mandates for buyer discovery. Your client, your execution. Fee participation on close. Aligned incentives.

See what your deal flow
is missing

Send us a sector or an active mandate. Sample buyer landscape in 48 hours — free, confidential, no strings.

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