Know who’s about to sell — 6 to 24 months before.
Fintent monitors what management teams are researching, and which PE firms, banks and advisors are researching them, to flag the companies most likely to sell, raise capital or slip into distress. Re-scored every Monday for 2M US companies.
A short list that actually transacts.
The weekly flag rule, replayed on two years of weekly scores against a sample of acquisitions of US companies announced in 2026.
Backtest sample: 1,896 acquisitions of US companies with up to 1,000 employees, announced January to October 2026 and matched to Fintent’s coverage, scored weekly from January 2024. Lift is measured against 6.4M US companies with web activity.
Signals from both sides of the table.
A database tells you a company exists. Fintent tells you when it’s moving, by surfacing who is researching what, every week.
What management is researching
- M&A ScoreSale of business, investment banks and brokers, M&A lawyers, selling to PE, audits and valuation.
- CapRaise ScoreDebt financing, growth equity, SBA loans and fundraising, typically 3 – 9 months before a raise.
- Distress ScoreLayoffs, outplacement, debt refinancing, financial distress and bankruptcy.
Who is researching the company
- Deal-Maker Score (M&A)7,500 PE firms, investment banks, and M&A advisory, law and consulting firms.
- Deal-Maker Score (CapRaise)2,000 lenders, venture capital and growth equity firms, and investment banks.
- Named firms on every signalSee which sponsors and advisors are circling, and how many people inside each.
Four modules. One workflow from thesis to first call.
A weekly shortlist, interpreted for your criteria.
- Tiered for youSignals are interpreted against your target criteria, with Tier 1 Hidden Gems at the top.
- Web check on every rowWritten in plain English, with sources one click away.
- 12 months of historyLeading topics and named deal-makers, downloadable to Excel.
Find the sub-sectors preparing to transact.
- Propensity vs the sectorCurrent and historical M&A and CapRaise activity for the sectors you cover.
- AI sub-sector insightsA written read on what is heating up and why, exportable to PDF or PowerPoint.
- Close the loopPush a hot sub-sector straight into a screener or a search.
Build the universe from 7M US companies.
- Filter on what mattersGeography, industry, size, funding and keywords in website text.
- Start from examplesAdd up to 10 domains you like and it reverse-engineers the filters.
- AI verifyDescribe the screen in plain English and exclude what does not fit.
Reach the decision-maker, not the switchboard.
- Business stakeholdersCFOs, founders and board members with verified email, direct dial and LinkedIn.
- Waterfall enrichmentChecked against 25+ contact data providers for the highest-quality match.
- Straight into the workflowExport to CSV or push into your sequence and CRM.
Your shortlist lands every Monday.
- Every screener at a glanceTier 1 Hidden Gems, Tier 2 Worth a Look, Tier 3 and Validation counts across all your screeners.
- Every company explainedLeading scores and topics, the deal-makers reading, and a plain-English line on why you’d be early.
- Owner and founder contacts includedVerified email and direct dial for the owners, founders and CFOs behind each flag.
- One-click workbookEvery tiered company in Excel, with a summary tab and one tab per tier.
In their workflow, every week.
Our sourcing workflow now lives in Claude
We ask Claude who’s showing M&A intent in our sectors, how those signals have trended over the past year and which names belong on our screeners. The answers come back right where we already work, without opening another app.
Senior Associate, Business DevelopmentIndustrials-focused PE firmFresh signals on every CRM account, every Monday
Fintent’s API keeps our screeners in sync with our CRM. Every Monday our bankers see the latest M&A signals right next to the accounts they already cover.
Sales Automation & Enablement ManagerLeading Software IBFrom one login to the whole deal team
The weekly alerts became part of how we source. We asked to roll them out across the deal team, so everyone starts the week knowing which companies are worth a call.
Business DevelopmentLower-middle-market PE firmFlagged first. Announced later.
Command Alkon
PE buyout by Francisco PartnersFlagged Feb 2025 on company intent: M&A Score 78, CapRaise 92. Announced Aug 2026.
EnviroServe
Acquired by Clean Harbors, $470MFlagged Jul 2024 on deal-maker attention from 11 firms. Announced Aug 2026.
O.Berk Company
Acquired by Berlin PackagingFlagged Feb 2025: M&A Score 57, CapRaise 56, both rising. Announced Jun 2026.
MicroAge
Acquired by ScanSourceFlagged Nov 2025: M&A Score 69, CapRaise 63. Announced Aug 2026.
Built for every seat at the deal table.
PE, Investment Banks & Corp Dev →
Find companies exploring a sale, and see which advisors are already involved. CapRaise ScoreLenders & Growth Equity →
Reach companies while they research financing, months before they raise. Distress ScoreLaw Firms →
Be first in the door for companies heading into distress or a deal. Data feedsHedge Funds →
Hedge short positions when buy-out probability is high.Signals where your team already works.
Ask in plain English for live scores, this week’s movers and 12 months of history. Sign in once with OAuth; setup takes about a minute.
Scores on every company and deal record, with workflows that trigger on signal changes.
REST API
Feeds by API, SFTP, GCP, S3 or Snowflake, or reach Fintent through the partners your team already uses.
Don’t take the backtest on faith. Run it on your own deal book.
Send deals you already know closed. Fintent shows which scores would have flagged those targets, and how many months before they announced.
- Actionable lead timeThe exact window you’d have had to win the mandate.
- Tailored to how you workA debt advisor, an M&A banker and an event-driven fund each get a different score stack.
- Evidence you can trustEvery outcome independently verified. Zero coverage is reported as zero.
Questions deal teams ask
What is Fintent?
Fintent is a deal-sourcing platform that predicts which US companies are likely to be acquired, raise capital or enter distress, typically 6 to 24 months before an announcement. It combines predictive signals with company search, sector trends and verified management contacts.
How does Fintent predict acquisitions?
Fintent analyzes Financial Intent Data: more than 2 billion article reads a day across 10,000+ legal, finance, news and business publishers. When a company’s management researches topics like selling a business or valuation, its M&A Score rises. When PE firms, banks and advisors research the company itself, its Deal-Maker Score rises. Scores from 0 to 100 are refreshed every Monday for 2 million US companies.
How accurate are Fintent’s signals?
In a backtest on a sample of 1,896 acquisitions of US companies announced from January to October 2026, companies flagged by Fintent’s weekly rule were 16 times more likely to be acquired within 12 months than the average US company. The median lead time from first flag to announcement was 16 months, and only about 0.4% of US companies are flagged in a given week.
Who uses Fintent?
Private equity firms, investment banks and M&A advisors, corporate development teams, lenders and growth equity investors, law firms and hedge funds.
Can I use Fintent in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot?
Yes. Fintent connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, so you can ask for scores, screener updates and signal history in plain English. Signals also sync to DealCloud, Salesforce, HubSpot, Affinity and Made Market, or arrive by API and data feed.
Does Fintent use personal data?
No. Fintent’s data feeds contain no personally identifiable information and are GDPR and CCPA compliant.
Get into deals earlier and miss fewer deals.
A 20-minute call with your own sectors loaded. Leave with a shortlist of companies flagged this week.