
Score acquisition targets on relevance, activity, and fit
How to score acquisition targets using a weighted rubric covering relevance, activity, and strategic fit so your short list earns its place.
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How to score acquisition targets using a weighted rubric covering relevance, activity, and strategic fit so your short list earns its place.

Basel BioValley is Europe's densest life science cluster. M&A and innovation teams source tools, CDMOs, and diagnostics companies that never raise a US round.

Waterloo Region deep tech startups emerge from a university-to-company pipeline most corporate M&A teams miss. Learn how to find them before they're public.

University spinouts are underused acquisition targets. Find them through TTOs, patent registries, and grant databases—before competitors do.

Corporate deal sourcing strategy has shifted to continuous, signal-led discovery. Most M&A teams still miss 40–60% of relevant targets.

South Korea's M.AX program is seeding manufacturing AI startups most Western corporate development teams haven't mapped. Source them before competitors do.

How to source energy storage startups in Japan and Korea matched to your acquisition mandate: which corridor fits hardware, software, or systems mandates.

AI infrastructure demand is reindustrializing America through data centers, power, and trades. How M&A teams source manufacturing and supply-chain acquisition targets in the AI boom.

Build a startup sourcing mandate template that defines sector, geography, capabilities, kill criteria, and activity signals. Includes a filled East Asia example.

How to tell if a startup is still active before outreach. Run five concrete signals—hiring, filings, shipping, pilots, grants—to filter targets fast.