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How to View a PE Firm's M&A Activity on Mergr

See every transaction a PE firm has been involved in — buy-side and sell-side — with filters for transaction type, year, and geography. Different from the Portfolio tab, which lists owned companies; M&A Activity lists deals

Portfolio vs. M&A Activity — which tab to use

  • Portfolio tab — lists the companies the firm has owned (current and former). One row per company.

  • M&A Activity tab — lists the transactions the firm has been involved in (acquisitions, exits, secondary buyouts, recapitalizations). One row per deal.

Use Portfolio when you want to know *what they own*. Use M&A Activity when you want to know *what they've done*. This article covers the second.

Step 1 — Find the firm

Use the search bar at the top of any Mergr page. Type the firm name (e.g., KKR, Thoma Bravo, Audax) and either pick a match from the autocomplete or press enter to see full search results. For individual investors, we track their investment criteria, portfolio companies, M&A activity, as well as advisors, team members, and offices. In this search example we'll look-up the M&A activity for an investor.

Step 2 — Open the firm's profile and click M&A Activity

Selecting the firm opens its profile page (the Profile tab is the default landing view). Click the M&A Activity tab to switch to the deal-by-deal view.

Step 3 — Read and filter the M&A table

The M&A Activity tab lists every transaction Mergr has on file for the firm — sorted most-recent-first by default.

Each row shows:

  • Target company involved in the deal

  • Other parties (buyer or seller, depending on which side the firm was on)

  • Transaction type (e.g., Divestiture, Secondary Buyout, Trade Sale, Secondary Sale)

  • Deal value (where disclosed)

  • Date

The table is filterable across:

  • Transaction situation (Buy-side vs. Sell-side — isolates acquisitions vs. exits)

  • Geography (target country)

  • Year

Tips

  • Toggle Buy vs. Sell to read pace separately. A firm with a steady buy cadence but no exits in 3 years is in deployment mode; one with steady exits and no new buys is in harvest mode. Different conversation depending on which.

  • Sort by Deal Value (descending) to surface the firm's largest disclosed deals — useful for pitch comps and IC reference.

  • Filter by Transaction Type to isolate specific deal categories — e.g., Secondary Sale to find every PE-to-PE exit.

  • For a structured view of who the firm bought from and sold to (deal counterparties), use Trading Partners.

  • To stack this firm's deal pace against peers, use Compare.

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