Surfacing M&A Intent

By tapping into the programmatic ad ecosystem, we are able to monitor what articles are being read on 10,000+ business, news and finance websites. We apply the latest NLP techniques to the data to understand what each article is about. And, and employee of which company is doing that research. 

As a result, we produce financial intent data for 4M+ companies in the US.

Early Warning Radar for Acquisitions

Armed with this data and by applying AI/ML techniques,  we can alert you when:

– Employees and/or mgmt teams of companies are researching topics related to sale of business like valuation, financial audit, M&A lawyer, due diligence, etc. (M&A Score)
– Targets are researching specific sponsors or intermediaries (Deal-Maker Score)
– Intermediaries/Advisors or Sponsors are researching the company (Acquirer/Advisor Score)

A combination of these signals provides a powerful predictor of and an early warning radar for M&A activity.

Cyxtera Prediction Example

Below is an example of Cyxtera’s research activity prior to the acquisition announcement on 11/1/2023.

As you can see, we flagged high M&A Intent in May of 2023 prior as a combination of:
– High M&A Score: Cyxtera’s employees were researching articles related to the sale of business, working with investment bank and corporate law firms
– Medium Acquirer/Advisor Score: Employees of Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Moelis, and Latham & Watkins started researching Cyxtera