For private equity firms

More deal flow. Better portfolio follow-through.

Buy-side origination for private equity firms. We source off-market, pre-market, and on-market deals through our intermediary network, expanding the channels you already use.

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Who this is for

Built for private equity firms first

Private equity firms come first. We consider other qualified buyers only when their mandate and capital readiness fit the opportunity.

Primary relationship

Private equity firms

  • We source thesis-matched platform and add-on opportunities.
  • We provide financial diligence support and operating context before a decision.
  • We support custom software builds, workflow consulting, team training, and growth initiatives after close.
Other qualified buyers

Selectively supported

We review family offices, independent sponsors, strategic acquirers, and search funds when their mandate and capital readiness fit the criteria.

Primary investor offers

Start with the market. Then expand the pipeline.

Market intelligence and deal sourcing are the front door. We make the thesis clearer, then add qualified coverage around the deal flow systems your firm already runs. Each map can show thesis-matched opportunities, intermediaries aligned with the mandate, and tailored owner lead lists for proprietary outreach.

Market intelligence

A commercial map for thesis alignment

We map the sector, geography, opportunity universe, aligned intermediaries, and business owner leads so your team knows where to look next.

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Deal sourcing

More qualified deal flow

We act as a buy-side deal origination firm and deal scout for private equity firms, expanding the pipeline without replacing existing channels.

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A six-step sourcing process

From thesis to qualified targets

  1. 1
    Define the mandate

    Translate the investment thesis into sectors, sub-sectors, size, EBITDA, revenue, ownership, and geography.

  2. 2
    Map the landscape

    Show relevant state coverage, market structure, buyer universe, and intermediary routes.

  3. 3
    Match aligned intermediaries

    Identify intermediaries whose mandates and relationships align with the investor's thesis.

  4. 4
    Build target lists

    Build thesis-matched opportunities and tailored business-owner leads for proprietary outreach.

  5. 5
    Classify platform and add-on lanes

    Separate platform criteria from add-on criteria, including portfolio company acquisition needs.

  6. 6
    Move qualified targets forward

    Turn the map into a prioritized origination plan with evidence, next actions, and decision context.

United States outline with two-letter state initials and selected illustrative market coverage states
Illustrative market map layer. State initials show the geography a commercial map can organize. Live opportunity density, aligned intermediary routes, and owner lead coverage are populated from the mandate and source set.
State key

Overview labels stay abbreviated for legibility. The selected example states are expanded here.

CA CaliforniaCO ColoradoFL FloridaGA GeorgiaIL IllinoisNC North CarolinaNY New YorkPA PennsylvaniaTX TexasWA Washington
How the map becomes useful

One market map, three decision views

The examples below show the kind of commercial output a map can produce for thesis alignment. They are illustrative formats, not current inventory.

Illustrative output
Coverage

Opportunity count by state

A quick view of where opportunity, intermediary, and owner coverage has enough density to support a focused origination lane.

CA9
TX7
FL5
NY4
GA3
Size bands

Size and EBITDA signal

The map can separate platform candidates from smaller add-ons without collapsing revenue and EBITDA into one proxy.

Platform$5M+ revenue and $1.5M to below $25M EBITDA
Add-on$3M to $5M revenue and $750K to below $25M EBITDA
WatchSource needs further financial enrichment
Role in the thesis

Platform, add-on, or resource

A final layer tells the deal team what each opportunity is meant to do in the acquisition strategy.

PPlatformAnchors a new geography or thesis
AAdd-onExtends an existing portfolio company
RResourceShows an intermediary or referral path
The SilverShore Network

The origination advantage is the network around the mandate

The SilverShore Network adds off-market, pre-market, and on-market deal flow from our intermediary network around the sourcing systems your firm already runs. Existing channels stay in place.

Coverage

Scout beyond inbound

We expand coverage beyond the inbound opportunities your team already receives.

Signal

Start with a better first look

We ground the first look in the acquisition criteria you share when you join the SilverShore Network so the team can assess fit quickly.

Continuity

Carry the relationship forward

We carry useful context from the first look into diligence and portfolio value creation.

What membership means

Your existing sourcing lanes stay in place. SilverShore adds mandate-specific coverage beside them and expands the pipeline without asking your team to replace what already works.

Investment thesis

Durable businesses, better infrastructure

We look for durable businesses where better operating visibility and diligence-ready evidence can support the next stage.

Better acquisition decisions create more capacity for portfolio value creation.

The SilverShore operating view
From thesis to close

Thesis-fit opportunities. A faster path to committee.

SilverShore pre-qualifies opportunities against your investment thesis, organizes the first diligence questions, and helps the strongest fits reach Investment Committee with less rework.

Thesis-fit sourcing

Pre-qualify opportunities against the thesis

We screen sector, size, EBITDA, revenue, geography, ownership, and mandate-specific criteria before a deal enters active review. Your team sees why the opportunity fits and what remains open.

Investment Committee

Move the right deals forward with a clean first read

We organize disclosed financial metrics, source context, and open questions so the committee can decide whether to advance, request more work, or pass.

Initial diligence

Make the first diligence pass easier to complete

The objective is not to add more process. It is to qualify fit earlier, organize the evidence, and give Investment Committee a clear next decision. When the first pass moves faster, the strongest opportunities can advance toward a close with less rework.

Thesis-fit screen

Pre-qualification before the first call

We compare each opportunity against the firm's registered thesis and record the fit, gaps, and follow-up questions.

Initial diligence

Organize the evidence that matters first

We normalize disclosed metrics, connect source context, and group the financial and operating questions that need answers.

Committee handoff

Give the committee a clear decision path

Investment Committee sees what fits, what remains open, and whether the opportunity is ready to advance into deeper diligence.

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Buy box

The SilverShore acquisition buy box

A clear financial range and a focused set of sectors. These are hard sourcing gates. We do not source below the minimum annual EBITDA, at or above the $25 million ceiling, or below the minimum gross annual revenue criteria.

Qualifying annual EBITDA range $750,000 to below $25M

Annual EBITDA is kept distinct from SDE, cash flow, and revenue. It is never derived from revenue or inferred from a margin.

Minimum gross annual revenue $3M to $5M

The threshold depends on the mandate. The range is stated as a range and is not collapsed into a single figure.

Sector focus
  • 01 Business services
    • Accounting and tax firms
    • IT services and managed providers
    • Compliance and testing services
    • Specialty consulting and outsourced operations
    • Commercial staffing and recruiting
  • 02 Consumer services
    • Home improvement and repair
    • Landscaping and outdoor services
    • Automotive repair and maintenance
    • Pet care and veterinary services
    • Personal care and wellness
  • 03 Healthcare services
    • Behavioral health
    • Home health and hospice
    • Dental and specialty clinics
    • Physical therapy and rehabilitation
    • Medical billing and revenue cycle
  • 04 Distribution and logistics
    • Industrial distribution
    • Specialty wholesale
    • Third-party logistics
    • Warehousing and fulfillment
    • Route-based delivery
  • 05 Manufacturing and industrial
    • Precision machining and fabrication
    • Industrial equipment and components
    • Specialty chemicals and materials
    • Packaging and engineered products
    • Field and plant maintenance

✓ Screened in

  • Companies at or above the annual EBITDA and revenue floor.
  • Durable, largely non-discretionary demand.
  • Operations that are documented, or can be documented for diligence.
  • Clear room to add growth and operating infrastructure.
  • A counterparty who genuinely wants a transition.

× Screened out

  • Below the $750,000 annual EBITDA or $3 million to $5 million gross annual revenue floor.
  • At or above the $25 million annual EBITDA ceiling for qualifying sourcing.
  • Undisclosed annual EBITDA, which cannot be published.
  • Pre-revenue or turnaround-only situations.
  • Dependence on a single customer or on one principal alone.
  • No realistic path to operating improvement.
  • Already fully banked with no fit for our model.
Why undisclosed EBITDA is not published

SilverShore lists an opportunity publicly only when its annual EBITDA is source-disclosed. Without that evidence a profile stays private and criteria-matched, so the public library shows only profiles that already meet the publication standard.

How sourcing works

From mandate to investor decision

This is a criteria-fit process rather than a spray of teasers. Each handoff protects counterparty relationships and your team's time.

Mandate

Set the criteria

We document your thesis, size, geography, structure, and the operating profile you can improve.

Map

Build the target universe

We use sector mapping and research to turn the thesis into a concrete target universe.

Match

Review qualified opportunities

We gate opportunities against your criteria and introduce them blind, without confidential source detail.

Prepare

Give diligence a clean starting point

We assemble operating and financial context so the first review is substantive.

Decide

Choose whether to proceed

Your team decides whether to proceed, and nothing is shared with the owner until you opt in.

Investor services

An operating partner across the whole deal

Six services, from thesis to post-close execution. Each exists to protect your capital and compound the value of what you buy.

Hand-drawn illustration of market intelligence, sector mapping, and a compass

Market intelligence

Build the target universe before you outreach

We sharpen a thesis into a concrete target list built through relationship-led research.

What this includes
  • We map markets and conduct focused sector research.
  • We identify intermediaries whose mandates align with the thesis.
  • We build tailored lead lists of business owners operating in the buy box for proprietary outreach.
  • We turn the map into a prioritized origination plan.
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Hand-drawn illustration of buyer mapping and criteria-fit deal sourcing

Deal sourcing

Expand the pipeline your team already runs

We source off-market, pre-market, and on-market opportunities through our intermediary network, screening for alignment with your investment thesis before the first look.

What this includes
  • We source through the intermediary channels your firm already uses, while adding qualified coverage.
  • We screen for sector, geography, revenue, EBITDA, ownership, and transaction fit.
  • We source platform acquisitions and add-on opportunities against the right criteria.
  • We organize source context and open questions for a faster initial diligence pass.
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Financial diligence

Decision-ready financial context

We turn the data room into a clear investment picture while keeping every metric distinct and source-bound.

What this includes
  • We provide quality-of-earnings and financial review support.
  • We make revenue, margin, working capital, and cash conversion visible.
  • We organize the diligence checklist and decision-ready financial context.
  • We report annual EBITDA separately from SDE, cash flow, and revenue.
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Portfolio company monitoring

Keep portfolio activity visible

We give sponsors a clear view of pipeline, growth activity, and the operating signals that matter across portfolio companies.

What this includes
  • We give the sponsor a clear view of pipeline and growth activity.
  • We organize key updates and movement into a consistent monitoring view.
  • We make follow-up, status, and next actions easier to review.
  • We can source add-on opportunities when a portfolio company has a defined acquisition lane.
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Portfolio company consulting

Make the portfolio company more tech-enabled

We help service-based and other portfolio companies become more tech-enabled through automation consulting, custom software, and practical AI training.

What this includes
  • We map workflows and identify practical automation opportunities.
  • We develop custom software, dashboards, integrations, and internal tools.
  • We run AI workshops and build repeatable AI use programs for portfolio teams.
  • We train employees to use custom workflows, software, dashboards, and integrations productively.
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Investor credibility

Make your firm legible to the market

We make the firm easier for founders, intermediaries, and capital partners to understand and trust.

What this includes
  • We develop investor and sponsor websites.
  • We clarify brand positioning and messaging.
  • We build proof, case-study, and portfolio presentation systems.
  • We create materials that make the firm legible to founders, intermediaries, and capital partners.
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What the network includes

What being in the network gives your team

Join the SilverShore Network to receive fit-screened coverage, blind-first context, and a clean path into diligence.

Publication standard

Public profiles require source-disclosed annual EBITDA. Live criteria-matched deal flow remains private and blind-first for network members.

What membership includes
ItemDetail
Thesis matchEach opportunity is gated to your criteria.
Weekly distributionTailored weekly distribution lists aligned with your thesis.
Market mapsBiweekly market map reports that show where fit is emerging.
Deal alertsInstant notifications when a deal aligns with your thesis.
Broker networkManaged access to our broker network and qualified mandates.
First lookYou receive a blind profile before any name.
Operating contextEach profile includes the available operating context.
ConfidentialitySource identity stays sealed until both sides opt in.
First monthFree on every plan
Network membership

Start with the coverage cadence your mandate needs

Every plan starts with a free first month. The difference is how often your team wants SilverShore close to the thesis. Network membership is for deal flow and market intelligence. Portfolio company support begins with a strategy meeting.

Best for active origination Monthly
$2,000 per month

Keep managed thesis-aligned coverage open while your team is actively pursuing acquisitions.

  • Weekly thesis-matched lists
  • Biweekly market maps
  • Instant deal alerts
  • Managed broker access
First month free Start with monthly →
Recommended Best for a defined mandate Quarterly
$5,500 per quarter

Give a defined quarterly mandate a repeatable rhythm of market coverage and qualified introductions.

  • Weekly thesis-matched lists
  • Biweekly market maps
  • Instant deal alerts
  • Managed broker access
First month free Start with quarterly →
Best for durable coverage Annual
$18,000 per year

Build a durable origination relationship that stays aligned as your thesis and target universe develop.

  • Weekly thesis-matched lists
  • Biweekly market maps
  • Instant deal alerts
  • Managed broker access
First month free Start with annual →
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One application

Join the network through a focused application.

The full application now lives on its own page. It changes with your role, keeps the questions relevant, and lets you move backward before you submit.

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One path, five clear steps
  1. About
    About you and your firm
  2. Map
    Geography preferences
  3. Fit
    Revenue and annual EBITDA ranges
  4. Type
    Transaction types your team considers
  5. Next
    Capital range, membership plan, and secure checkout
Answers

Questions from buyers

Are there live deals listed on the site?+
The public library shows selected source-backed opportunity profiles across five sectors with disclosed gross revenue and annual EBITDA. Live criteria-matched deal flow remains private and blind-first, shared only with SilverShore Network members whose criteria match.
How does SilverShore prepare opportunities for initial diligence?+
We screen opportunities against the firm's registered investment thesis before sharing them with the deal team. We organize disclosed financial metrics, source context, and open questions so the team can complete the first diligence pass faster and decide which opportunities should move to Investment Committee.
How are fit and confidentiality handled?+
Opportunities are gated against the thesis you share when you join the SilverShore Network before any introduction. Company identity and confidential detail are withheld until both sides opt in.
Do you represent the buyer or the seller side?+
We build operating and readiness infrastructure and facilitate qualified introductions. In qualifying private-company transactions we may operate within the federal M&A broker exemption; we are not a registered broker-dealer or investment adviser.
What is the SilverShore buy box?+
SilverShore screens for companies with annual EBITDA generally from $750,000 to below $25 million and minimum gross annual revenue of $3 million to $5 million depending on the mandate, across consumer services, business services, distribution and logistics, healthcare services, and manufacturing and industrial. SilverShore does not source below the minimum financial criteria or at or above the qualifying EBITDA ceiling. Annual EBITDA is kept distinct from SDE, cash flow, and revenue.
Why do undisclosed-EBITDA businesses not appear publicly?+
SilverShore publishes an opportunity only when its annual EBITDA is source-disclosed. Until that evidence exists the profile stays private and criteria-matched rather than published.
Stay in the loop

Get notified when there is a fit

Choose the updates that match how you work. Both lists are opt-in.

For investors and qualified buyers

Intermediary-sourced deal intelligence

Get the free SilverShore deal intelligence list when an intermediary-sourced opportunity fits your thesis. Coverage includes off-market, pre-market, and on-market opportunities.

For intermediaries and advisors

Investor demand and opportunity updates

Updates about new investor demand, active acquisition themes, and relevant opportunities to introduce.

Next step

Put your thesis in front of the right opportunities

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