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How We Engage

Engagement Structure

Aligned Profit operates on a monthly retainer basis, structured around your acquisition mandate, target profile, and sourcing scope. Each engagement is designed to function as a dedicated origination layer, providing continuous deal flow development, qualification, and pipeline visibility aligned with your investment criteria.

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PE Firms
Buy-Side Pipeline
Ind. Sponsors
Thesis-Driven Sourcing
M&A Advisors
Sell-Side Origination
Corp Dev
Platform Expansion

Our role is to build and maintain a proprietary sourcing channel that produces actionable opportunities before they enter competitive intermediary processes.

What Engagement Includes

Every mandate includes the core infrastructure required to systematically originate and advance acquisition opportunities.

Mandate Alignment & Market Mapping

We translate your acquisition criteria into a structured sourcing framework, identifying and prioritizing high-fit targets across your defined sectors and geographies.

Founder Origination & Engagement

Direct outreach and relationship development with business owners, initiating conversations prior to formal sale processes.

Qualification & Readiness Support

Each opportunity is evaluated for strategic fit, timing, ownership dynamics, and transaction readiness to ensure efficient allocation of your team's attention.

Pipeline Management & Reporting

Structured reporting provides full visibility into sourcing activity, engagement status, and opportunity progression.

Ongoing Origination Infrastructure

Aligned Profit operates as a continuous sourcing function, maintaining active engagement across your target market rather than delivering one-time lead lists.

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"Most lower middle market transactions originate from conversations that begin months or years before a business formally enters a sale process."
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Engagement Philosophy

Most lower middle market transactions originate from conversations that begin months or years before a business formally enters a sale process.

Aligned Profit focuses on building these early relationships and structuring proprietary pipeline channels, allowing your team to evaluate opportunities on your timeline rather than competing in crowded intermediary-run processes.

Our objective is not volume alone, but the systematic development of qualified, actionable acquisition opportunities aligned with your mandate.

Engagement Terms

Engagement structure is determined based on mandate scope, sector focus, and sourcing coverage.

Most clients engage Aligned Profit as a monthly origination partner, allowing continuous development of proprietary deal flow and pipeline visibility. To discuss your acquisition mandate and determine fit, schedule an introductory call.

Fee Structure
Monthly retainer Discussed on mandate call
Success fee — at close Discussed on mandate call
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Client Profile

Aligned Profit works with:

Private equity firms
Independent sponsors
Corporate development teams
Family offices
Buy-side M&A advisors

Typical target profile:

Founder-led businesses
Lower middle market companies
Service, healthcare, industrial, and specialty business sectors
Enterprise values between $3M and $20M

Discuss Your Acquisition Mandate

Schedule an introductory call to determine fit and discuss how a structured origination engagement is designed around your mandate.

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