What it does
Investor Match ranks likely capital partners for a minority or growth investment — not control acquirers. The scoring favors firms that actually do this kind of deal: growth-equity firms mezz-debt providers. Each result returns a 0–100 fit score with the reasons that drove it (sector deals, check-size track record, specialty matches, stage fit).
When to use it
Source investors for a capital raise. "Building materials company, $100M revenue US Midwest" → ranked shortlist.
Pre-qualify before outreach. Skip the firms that don't do your stage, sector, or check size; lead with the ones whose track record actually backs the pitch.
Validate a banker's investor list. See who they may have missed in the long tail of specialty growth and mezzanine funds.
Find sub-debt partners. Toggle Capital to Subordinated Debt — most investor lists ignore the mezz universe.
Where to access it
How to use it
1. Describe the deal.
Type a sentence (e.g., "Building materials company based in Texas with $100M in revenue") and click Parse. The tool extracts sector, specialty keywords, size band, and geography into the criteria strip.
2.Edit the criteria. Everything is editable.
Target Company section:
Sector / Specialty — Specialty terms are the niche keywords that narrow within a sector. Most important field after Sector.
Investment — equity check size (min / max, $M). The check the investor would write, not the target's EV.
Size — Revenue / EBITDA — the target's size, by either denominator. Fill whichever you have.
Geography — countries / regions the target operates in.
Stage — Any (default) / Growth / Mature. This is a score boost, not a hard filter — picking Growth boosts firms categorized as Growth Capital or Venture; picking Mature tilts the other direction.
Investor Pool section:
HQ Region — narrow to investors headquartered in specific regions.
Investor Size (multi-select, all on by default) — Small / Middle-Market / Large / Mega.
Capital — Any (default) / Equity / Subordinated Debt. Toggle to restrict the pool to one capital type.
Once everything is set, select Find Matches.
3. Read the results.
Each row shows the fit score and the specific reasons (e.g., "3 deals in industrial services", "Growth Capital Firm — minority/growth fit", "specialty match — 2 building materials deals to date").
Tips
Set Stage when you know it. Growth and Mature both meaningfully shift the ranking — leaving on Any dilutes the score.
Check Size is the under-set field. Most users skip it; it's one of the strongest signals when included. A firm that writes $10M checks shouldn't rank for your $50M capital need.
Specialty beats Sector for fit. "Industrials" is too broad to differentiate; "cold chain" or "specialty distribution" pulls true matches.
Pair with Trading Partners. A high-scoring investor that's also a repeat counterparty of a sponsor in the same orbit is a warm-intro shortcut.
FAQ
Q: How is this different from Buyer Match?
Buyer Match ranks control acquirers (full sale). Investor Match ranks capital partners for minority / growth investments (partial capital). Scoring boosts growth-categorized firms here; Buyer Match doesn't.
Q: What does Stage actually do?
It's a score boost, not a filter. Growth boosts firms categorized as Growth Capital or Venture; Mature boosts established buyout-style minority investors. Any applies no boost. No firm is excluded by the Stage setting.
Q: Why no "Search a Mergr company" picker like Buyer Match has?
Capital raises are usually for new situations — a company evaluating a growth round, a sponsor sizing a co-invest. Starting from an existing Mergr company profile is rarely the relevant input.