Fractional and internal business development for LMM private equity
Most LMM PE firms are sourcing below their fund's ambition
Capital deployment requires consistent proprietary flow. Most internal BD setups can’t scale to the number of mandates the fund actually needs to run.
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Internal BD caps out fast
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Banker channels deliver the same deals to your competitors
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Add-on pipelines starve while the platform team focuses on the next close
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Building institutional-grade sourcing infrastructure is expensive
If this problem sounds familiar, let’s talk
Platform mandates and add-on mandates, run concurrently
- Platform Acquisitions
$2MM to $5MM
Target EBITDA
- Portfolio Add-Ons
$750K to $1.5MM
Target EBITDA
Every mandate is built around the specifics of your buy-box
Geography
Single market, regional, or national. Mapped to your portfolio company footprint or platform’s expansion plan.
Service Lines
New or repeat service lines define our qualification criteria. New service lines expand capability while repeat service lines realize cost synergies.
Management Layers
Embed us inside your firm, or run us as your external origination arm
Internal Business Development
Integrated with your team, systems, and CRM. Covers banked and proprietary channels. Remote and fully dedicated BD reps for you. Hired, trained, and managed by us.
- White-labeled outreach under your firm's name
- Direct integration with your investment team and tools
- Covers proprietary and banked deal flow
- Mandate-specific outreach architecture per thesis
- Weekly pipeline reviews with your team
Best for funds that want a named internal BD function without the cost of building one from scratch.
Fractional Business Development
- Our brand to preserve confidentiality
- Multichannel proprietary outbound at scale
- Mandate-specific outreach architecture per thesis
- Weekly pipeline reviews and reporting
- Concurrent mandates across platform and add-on theses
Best for funds that want institutional sourcing output without expanding internal headcount.
OutSearched augments your internal team, doesn't replace it
Many LMM PE firms already have at least one business development hire. The question is not whether to have BD. It is whether your BD capacity matches the number of mandates your fund actually needs to thrive. We staff against the gap.
Add concurrent mandate capacity.
Your internal BDR runs the platform thesis. We run three add-on mandates for portfolio companies in parallel. Or any other split that fits.
Cover specialized verticals.
When a new sector thesis emerges, you do not need to hire a new BDR with that vertical experience. We stand up a mandate against the thesis in 21 days.
Take the headache off your plate.
If Your Team Has Coverage, We Will Augment It With Outreach And Qualification
How LMM PE firms compare us to the other options
Option 01
Hire Internal BD
- $150K+ all-in per year before tools and data
- Six to twelve months to ramp to productive output
- Capacity tops out at one or two mandates
- Departure means pipeline restart
- Tech and data stack built from scratch
Banker and Broker Pipelines
- One buyer in a competitive process
- Auction dynamics drive entry multiples up
- Limited ability to shape deal structure pre-LOI
- Minimal seller relationship before bidding
- Off-cycle from your fund's investment thesis
OutSearched
- Fixed retainer plus the lowest closing fees in the category
- Active outreach within 21 days of mandate kickoff
- Multiple concurrent mandates per client
- Direct-to-owner before a banked process exists
- Infrastructure already built and tuned
If Auction Flow Is Not Enough, We Will Build Your Proprietary Sourcing Solution
Across client mandates in 2025
Closed transactions and deals under contract are confidential and reported in aggregate at client request.