Expanded Buyer Coverage
for Live M&A Mandates
Serica & Co. helps business brokers, M&A advisors, and boutique investment banks identify and approach additional strategic and financial buyers for live sell-side engagements.
You retain the client. You control the process. We expand the buyer coverage.
Extend the buyer universe
without changing your process.
You may already know the obvious buyers for a mandate. We help uncover additional strategic acquirers, private equity firms, portfolio companies, family offices, independent sponsors, and long-term investors that may fit the opportunity.
Our role is simple: provide another layer of buyer coverage while your team retains control of the client relationship and transaction process.
An Extension of Your Deal Team
- 01
Share the Mandate
Provide the teaser, buyer criteria, exclusions, geography, and any process considerations relevant to the opportunity.
- 02
We Map the Market
Serica identifies additional strategic and financial buyers based on sector fit, acquisition history, geography, portfolio strategy, and mandate relevance.
- 03
Approved Buyer Outreach
We conduct targeted outreach only within the parameters agreed upon with your team.
- 04
Interest Returns to Your Process
Qualified buyers are introduced back to the advisor, who retains control of NDAs, confidential materials, management meetings, indications of interest, diligence, and execution.
Broader Coverage. Relevant Buyers.
- Strategic Acquirers
- Private Equity Firms
- PE-Backed Portfolio Companies
- Family Offices
- Permanent Capital / Holding Companies
- Independent Sponsors
- Acquisition history
- Sector and geographic fit
- Existing portfolio companies
- Add-on criteria
- Relevant decision-makers
- Rationale for potential fit
Your Client Relationship Remains Yours.
Serica works as an extension of the advisor's team. We do not seek to replace the sell-side advisor, take control of the seller relationship, or independently circulate confidential information.
- Which buyers may be contacted
- Existing relationships and exclusions
- What information can be shared
- How interested parties enter the process
We expand your reach while respecting the process you have built.
When Additional Buyer Coverage Can Help
- A live mandate would benefit from a broader buyer universe
- The obvious strategic and sponsor buyers have already been contacted
- The business operates in a niche or fragmented market
- The deal team has limited internal bandwidth for outbound buyer research
- You want to identify PE-backed platforms and add-on buyers
- A process could benefit from a fresh pass at the market
- You want supplemental outreach without adding permanent headcount
How Buyer Coverage Might Work
A hypothetical company, shown for illustration only.
Founder-Owned Specialty Services Company
- Revenue
- $15M
- EBITDA
- $2.5M
- Geography
- Southeastern United States
- Situation
- Founder exploring a transition
- Relevant strategic operators
- PE-backed platforms
- Sector-focused private equity firms
- Family offices
- Long-term holding companies
The advisor retains the mandate and process. Serica provides supplemental buyer identification, outreach, and qualification within agreed parameters.
Flexible Buyer-Coverage Support
Every mandate is different. Serica can support targeted buyer research, outreach, or broader buyer-coverage efforts depending on the needs of the advisor and the opportunity.
- Buyer Mapping
- Buyer Research
- Decision-Maker Identification
- Outbound Buyer Outreach
- Follow-Up & Qualification
- Buyer Introductions
Have a Mandate That Could Use Broader Buyer Coverage?
Send us a teaser or tell us about the opportunity. We can quickly determine whether our buyer network and research process could add useful coverage.