Anyone saying "refer the deals to a business broker" is obviously missing out on the best acquisition opportunity that exists - those that are proprietary and off-market.

Long story short:
Yes, that is commonly done and falls under the purview of investment banking, specifically "merchant banking." You get paid a success fee for making a buyside introduction.

Longer version of the story:
Yes, serious acquirers will pay for buyside deal origination on a success basis. A large part of my career has involved (and still does involve) doing exactly this with middle market companies. Most deals are "half-baked" as they are not in a sell-side process and they would need to have enough scale to justify a buyside/finder/success fee, but your best bet would be to get the information, which MUST include at least stated financials, then package/list the deal here anonymously, provide anonymous overviews and then get a success fee agreement in place prior to making the introduction/disclosing the company name.

Depending on the scale, you could also spend some time looking for PE offices that have similar companies or like that industry, reach out and make a similar introduction.

If the deals are in publishing/education, pls reach out. Those are sectors we've spent a ton of time in and happy to compensate you for any closed deals.