Be first in the door when a company heads into distress, or into a deal.
Fintent flags the companies researching restructuring, a sale or a financing, months before they hire counsel. Business development for restructuring, M&A and finance practices.
One signal per mandate.
Restructuring & bankruptcy
Companies whose teams are researching layoffs, outplacement, debt refinancing, financial distress and bankruptcy.
M&A and private equity
Companies preparing to sell, and the sponsors and banks already researching them, so you know who to call on both sides.
Finance & capital markets
Companies researching debt financing, private placements and growth equity ahead of a raise.
Trained on the companies that filed.
The model learned from middle-market and larger companies that announced bankruptcies and layoffs, and what their teams researched beforehand.
- Weekly. Re-scored every Monday for 2M US companies.
- Explained. Up to three topic keywords on every signal, such as “bankruptcy court” or “debt default”.
- Your list or ours. Track client and prospect lists from your CRM, or screen whole sectors.
- Contacts included. CFOs, founders and board members with verified email and direct dial.
Fewer names, more hits, earlier.
411 distress events, each matched to seven similar healthy companies in the same month, with every outcome verified independently.
Layoffs and closures
Operating distress, not just formal filings.Chapter 11 filings
Reorganizations across the middle market and up.Liquidations and receiverships
Including Chapter 7 cases.Scores are issued on the 1st of each month from reading through the 23rd of the prior month, and an event counts if it lands 1 to 180 days after the score. Walk-forward and point-in-time: nothing after the cutoff leaks in.
Flagged before the bankers. Long before counsel.
Each sale process laid out against the month Fintent first flagged the target.
Whitestone REIT → Ares Management
Announced Apr 2026- Mar 2024 · Fintent flagM&A Score 93 with banks reading
- Sep 2025 · First banker engagedFor a joint-venture raise, 18 months after the flag
- Jan 2026 · Target counsel appears22 months after the flag
- Apr 2026 · Signed and announcedAfter a 17-party sale process
Bowman Consulting → Bernhard Capital
Announced Aug 2026- Jun 2024 · Take-private first discussedManagement and its bank, per the proxy
- Sep 2024 · Fintent flagM&A Score 100 with banks reading
- Apr 2025 · Board counsel appears7 months after the flag
- Apr 2026 · Bank formally engaged19 months after the flag
- Aug 2026 · Signed and announcedWith a 76-party go-shop
Cleco Group → Stonepeak and Bernhard Capital
Announced Apr 2026- 2023 – 2024 · Management readsCompany acquisition, business merger, sell your business, M&A auction
- Jun 2024 · Fintent flagM&A Score plus banker and sponsor reads
- Nov 2024 · Counsel readsLaw-firm reading follows the bankers and sponsors
- Apr 2026 · AnnouncedTerms not disclosed
Firm combinations, flagged years ahead.
Peabody & Arnold → Harris Beach Murtha
Flagged Mar 2024 · announced Jun 2026Gallagher Flynn → BST & Co. CPAs
Flagged Jul 2024 · announced Aug 2026Get 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.