Pre-built answers to the M&A questions you ask every week.

15 NEW tools, each one engineered around a specific question — and each one ending in something you can act on:

Each tool is a workflow an analyst would assemble by hand given enough time. We've built them once — so you get the answer the moment you ask the question.

Here's a brief overview of each - all available to use inside Mergr now.

Find the most likely buyers for a target company.

Buyer Match scores private equity firms and strategic acquirers based on sector fit, deal size, geography, keywords, and recent acquisition activity. Enter a target description, and Mergr does the rest.

Results are ranked into PE Buyers and Strategic Buyers, with explainable scoring and CSV export so you can quickly build and defend a buyer list.

Use it when: You’re running a sell-side process and need a defensible buyer universe in minutes instead of days.

Find the right investors for a company seeking capital.

Choose or describe a company and Investor Match scores private equity firms, growth equity funds, and strategic investors based on sector fit, check size, geography, keywords, and recent investment activity.

Results are ranked into PE & Growth Investors with explainable scoring and CSV export so you can quickly build and defend a target investor list.

Use it when: You’re running a capital raise, growth equity round, or minority investment process and need a focused investor universe.

Find the right banks and law firms for a deal mandate.

Describe your target company and Advisor Match scores investment banks and law firms based on sector experience, deal-size fit, geography, keywords, and recent advisory activity.

Results are ranked into Banks and Law Firms, with explainable scoring and CSV export so you can quickly build and defend an advisor shortlist.

Use it when: You're staffing a sell-side or buy-side mandate, or briefing a client on advisor options, and want every name on the shortlist backed by concrete deal-history data.

Find companies similar to one you already know.

Prospector ranks lookalike companies based on sector overlap, size, ownership type, geography, and auto-extracted specialty keywords — pulled from the reference company’s description and press releases to capture niche terms like “fasteners” or “commercial HVAC.”

Results are ranked by similarity score with explainable signals and CSV export, so you can quickly expand from a single reference company to a full prospect list.

Use it when: You want to find companies similar to a portfolio company, client, or recent acquisition — without manually searching the database.

Track active roll-up platforms ranked by add-on activity.

Roll-Up Tracker surfaces private equity–backed platforms with the most aggressive add-on activity, filterable by sector, geography, and platform status (current vs. exited). You can also drill into a specific PE firm to see their full roll-up history — including every platform, add-on acquisition, sponsor transition, and advisor relationship.

Each platform shows a chronological add-on sequence, deal-level detail, and direct links to source press releases.

Use it when: You’re sourcing roll-up platforms, tracking which sponsors are consolidating an industry, or building a firm profile around acquisition strategy.

Find add-on acquisitions that may be divested under new ownership.

Shed surfaces inherited add-ons within recently acquired platforms across private equity and corporate buyers, flagging those that may not fit the new owner’s strategy. Each add-on is scored on signals like sector mismatch, sub-scale size, geographic outlier, and an active-rotator parent — then grouped into tiers (Possible and Watch) so the strongest candidates rise to the top.

Filter by acquirer type, time window, sector, geography, or keyword. Sort by recency or signal score, and click into any result to view the source press releases.

Use it when: You’re sourcing carve-out opportunities, pitching divestiture work, or building a list of non-core assets for targeted outreach.

Find private equity firms similar to a reference firm.

Investor Lookalikes ranks PE firms based on sector overlap, AUM, geographic focus, and recent deal activity. Results are grouped into three tiers relative to the reference firm: Bigger (competing on larger deals), Peers (same tier), and Smaller (down-market comparables).

Each firm is scored with explainable signals, and the full list can be exported to CSV.

Use it when: You’re benchmarking a sponsor against peers, identifying co-invest partners, or expanding outreach to firms with a similar investment profile.

Generate a structured M&A profile for a private equity firm or company.

Dossier compiles an entity’s deal history and press release coverage, then generates an M&A Narrative — an analysis organized into chronological phases that shows how strategy has evolved. Each insight is linked to source press release language, so every claim is verifiable.

The profile also includes key metrics like total deal count, press coverage, sector mix, and headquarters, with options to print or export to PDF.

Use it when: You’re preparing for a client meeting, building a pitch around a sponsor’s track record, or briefing a team on an acquirer’s strategy.

Map the alumni network of a private equity firm.

Lineage shows where a firm’s senior team came from (Feeders) and where former senior professionals have gone (Destinations), grouped by size tier and geography.

Diverging bar charts visualize talent flow in each direction.

Use it when: You’re evaluating a firm’s pedigree for an LP report, mapping alumni networks for BD outreach, or identifying firms whose teams trace back to a top-performing sponsor.

View the full ownership history of a company.

Ownership Graph maps a company’s ownership over time — through strategic acquirers, private equity sponsors, and subsequent buyers. Each ownership period includes entry and exit dates, deal type, hold length, and acquisitions.

Late-stage holds are flagged as potential exit signals, helping you identify companies approaching a typical sale window.

Use it when: You’re modeling exit timing, tracing ownership for due diligence, or building a list of companies likely to transact.

Map a firm or company's buyer–seller relationships.

Trading Partners surfaces every counterparty a private equity firm or corporate acquirer has transacted with — both sellers they’ve bought from and buyers they’ve sold to — ranked by deal volume.

Each partner shows historical deal count, deal types, geographic concentration, and recent activity, along with visuals like a 10-year activity sparkline, sector mix, and geographic breakdown.

Use it when: You’re preparing for a deal where a known counterparty may reappear, identifying likely exit buyers based on a sponsor’s history, or mapping a firm’s transaction network for BD outreach.

Compare private equity firms side by side.

Compare lines up entities column by column across metrics like total deals, deal types, sector mix, hold periods, and recent activity — so differences and overlaps are clear at a glance.

The full comparison can be printed or exported to PDF for use in pitch materials, IC memos, or LP reports.

Use it when: You’re selecting between sponsors for a sell-side process, building a comp set for an LP discussion, or briefing a partner on how firms stack up.

Browse sortable leaderboards of the most active M&A players.

Rankings lists the top private equity firms, corporate acquirers, investment banks, and law firms — sortable by deal count, deal value, and recent activity.

Filter by industry, deal size, geography, or transaction type to refine the leaderboard. Each entity links to its full profile for deeper research.

Use it when: You’re scanning a sector’s most active players before outreach, building a league table for a market overview, or identifying which advisors lead a specific deal type.

Explore M&A activity at the market level.

Analytics visualizes deal volume, sector breakdown, deal-type mix, and geographic distribution across the database, with time-series views showing how activity has shifted over time.

Filter by industry, deal size, geography, or date range to focus on the segment that matters most.

Use it when: You’re sizing activity in a sector before pitching a thesis, identifying inflection points in deal volume, or building a market overview for a client memo or fund presentation.

See how capital flows across borders in M&A.

Deal Flow Map visualizes cross-border deal activity on a world map, with arcs sized by deal volume and nodes scaled by country-level activity. Toggle between private equity and strategic activity to compare each.

Filter by time window, deal threshold, keyword, or country focus to zero in on a specific cross-border pattern.

Use it when: You’re analyzing inbound or outbound activity for a country, validating a cross-border thesis with deal data, or tracking how capital moves across borders in a specific sector.

The tools you use most will shape what we build next. Have feedback or a workflow you’d like to see? Email us at support@mergr.com.

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