How to Use Mergr
Guides to every search interface, workflow tool, and feature in Mergr
22 articles
Core Search Interfaces
One search interface per entity type — firms, companies, deals, advisors, professionals, and press.
- How to Search PE Firms on MergrFind private equity firms — searchable by name, size, AUM, location, target sector focus, target geography, deal type, and recent activity. Useful for sourcing co-investors, sell-side BD, LP and fund-of-funds…
- How to Search Companies on MergrFind companies — searchable by name, sector, size, location, ownership status (Public, Private, PE-Backed, Acquired), current owner, and buy/sell M&A activity. Useful for target sourcing, BD prep, vendor target lists,…
- How to Search M&A Transactions on MergrFind M&A deals — searchable by date, buyer, seller, target, sector, deal value, transaction type, side, and geography. Useful for pitch comps, deal sourcing, sector intel, sponsor activity tracking, vendor…
- How to Search M&A Advisors on MergrFind investment banks and law firms — searchable by name, location, size, deal type focus, sector experience, geographic coverage, and recent activity. Useful for sell-side prep, buy-side advisor selection, vendor…
- How to Search M&A Professionals on MergrFind senior PE investment professionals, investment bankers, and M&A lawyers — searchable by name, title, firm, biography keyword, geography, and email availability. Useful for sourcing, recruiting, BD targeting, and competitive…
- How to Search M&A Press Releases on MergrFull-text keyword search across 120K+ M&A announcements — for finding deals that don't surface through structured filters, hyper-specific historical research, sector-niche exploration, and language-driven competitive intel.
The Mergr Toolkit
Productized workflows for sourcing, diligence, market mapping, and pitch prep.
- The Mergr Toolkit GuideQuestion in. Answer out.
- Buyer Match: Find the Most Likely Acquirers for a Target CompanyScore and rank strategic and financial buyers against any target's profile — with editable criteria and per-buyer reasoning.
- Investor Match: Rank Likely Capital Partners for a Minority / Growth InvestmentScore growth-equity, and sub-debt investors on sector specialty, check size, geography, and stage fit — for any company you describe.
- Advisor Match: Rank Likely Investment Banks and Law Firms for a DealScore banks and law firms on sector track record, deal-size band, geography, and recent activity — for a target you describe or pick from Mergr.
- Prospector: Find Lookalike Companies for Add-On Targets, Sourcing Lists, and OutreachPick any reference company — or describe one — and surface companies that resemble it on sector, specialty, ownership, and geography
- Roll-Up Tracker: See Which PE Platforms Are Actively Acquiring Right NowRank PE-backed, public, and strategic acquirers by recent add-on velocity — or pick a firm for a lifetime view of every platform they've ever rolled up.
- Shed: Find Likely Divestiture Candidates from Recently-Acquired PlatformsWhen a sponsor buys a platform, the inherited add-ons that don't fit its thesis are often divested next — Shed scores them in tiers (Possible / Watch / Likely Retained)…
- Investor Lookalikes: Find PE Firms That Look Like a Reference — Bigger, Smaller, or Same TierPick any PE firm and surface its peer group on sectors, deal type, and target geography — for BD outreach, investor sourcing, and LP peer benchmarking.
- Dossier: Generate a Press-Cited M&A Narrative for Any PE Firm or CompanyAn on-demand profile built from a firm's or company's deal history and official press releases — with inline citations to every source.
- Lineage: Map a PE Firm's Talent Flow — Where the Team Came From and Where Alumni WentSee feeder firms, destination firms, and "Alumni-Led" spinouts at a glance — click any node to pivot into another firm's network.
- Ownership Graph: Trace a Company's Ownership History, Add-Ons, Exits, and Advisor RelationshipsPick any company to see every ownership era, the transitions between sponsors, PE maturity and exit signals, and the bankers and lawyers who've worked the deals.
- Trading Partners: Map a Firm's or Company's Deal Counterparties — Who They Buy From and Sell ToSee sources, exit partners, repeat-partner badges, partner-mix breakdowns, and tier-shift patterns at a glance — for any PE firm or corporate acquirer.
- Compare: Stack Up to 4 PE Firms Side-by-Side on Strategy, Sector Mix, Deal Pace, and Advisor FootprintComparison panel with similarity scoring, advisor affinity ranking, and a 4-page PDF export — for peer benchmarking, pitch prep, and LP diligence.
- Rankbuilder: Sortable, Filterable Leaderboards of PE Firms, Corporates, Banks, and Law Firms by M&A ActivityFour entity types in four tabs — narrow by year, sector, deal size, geography, and side (buy or sell) to build any league table you need.
- Analytics: Track M&A Market Activity, Sector Rotation, Exit Mix, and Sponsor Trajectory Across a Rolling 10-Year WindowFilter by acquirer type, geography, sector, or keyword — or scope every chart to a single PE firm or strategic — for thesis sizing, market overviews, and sector trend pitches.
- Deal Flow Map: Visualize Cross-Border M&A Flows by Country, Sector, and Buyer TypeAn interactive world map of buyer-to-target deal flows — filter by sector keyword, time window, or country focus to spot inbound and outbound activity