Proprietary Search - Outsourcing

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January 15, 2025

by a searcher from University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA Anderson School of Management in Santa Monica, CA, USA

Hi All,

Looking for suggestions for outsourced marketing firms that can help in sourcing deals for a proprietary search. Feeling that broker deals are a bit picked over at the moment and want to try my hand at sourcing via proprietary means.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks

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Reply by an intermediary
from Vanderbilt University in Dallas, TX, USA
Hi Mark - Calder has an active buyside advisory service. Here's a link to our site: https://www.caldergr.com/our-services/buy-side-m-a-advisory-firm/. I've also included a nice tombstone we just published today for a successful deal we completed with a searcher in Chicago https://www.caldergr.com/tombstone/floorguard-products-chicago-illinois-acquired-by-local-entrepreneur-yan-vinarskiy/
Please let me know if you'd like to connect - redacted
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Reply by a professional
from Boston University in İstanbul, Türkiye
Hi Jeremy, Thanks for filling out our form and showing interest in our incubator. We understand that the model we've chosen—providing services on a retainer fee basis—may not be feasible for searchers with a limited budget. Our approach involves a dedicated team working closely with searchers to generate a significant volume of proprietary opportunities. This requires full-time effort and commitment from the searchers we work with. That said, we truly value the work self-funded searchers like yourself are doing. While we primarily work with capitalized searchers due to our retainer costs, we’re always open to revisiting this in the future as circumstances align better.
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