Originated, By DealGen Partners
Issue No. 49
sponsored by DealGen Partners:
A quick intro, for anyone new here.
I'm Joe Zanca, and I run DealGen Partners. We outsource business development for private equity firms, family offices, and qualified buyers. We work as a partner, not as a vendor. In plain terms, we become your deal origination engine.
The work speaks for itself. On average, our clients are under LOI within the first 90 to 120 days. And we stand behind it: we'll bring you 10 qualified deals within the first four months, or we work for free until we hit that number.
So if you're looking for a new platform company to buy, or one of your existing platforms is looking to grow through acquisition, let's talk. We'll get into the industry, do a little market mapping, and start putting together a qualified list of targets.
Reach out to me directly at [email protected]
“Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Looking to buy or exit? Let's talk, Schedule a call
I could tell you we find good businesses. Easier to just show you.
None of these are available. Each one went to a paid client’s search. But they give you a real sense of what we find. Names stay off for confidentiality, and any figure marked (est.) is an estimate.
1. Electrical contractor · Wisconsin
20Mrevenue,~3.0M EBITDA (est.), growing 15% a year
Renewable energy, high voltage distribution and power monitoring
Both owners willing to stay 3 to 4 years
2. Family-owned shrink bundle and multipack machinery manufacturer · Florida
40Mrevenue,~6.0M EBITDA (est.)
Equipment sales plus parts revenue
3. Independent commercial insurance brokerage · Oregon
75 years in business
$12M revenue, $2.4M EBITDA
70% commercial lines, 55 employees
4. Route-based waste and recycling hauler · Puerto Rico
$1.27M revenue, $0.54M EBITDA
Federal, front-load and roll-off lines
If you are open to reviewing some of the recent deals we've found, or search thesis' we've put together, lets schedule a call today.
5. Multi-generation family-owned ice cream manufacturer · New England
$18M to 19Mrevenue,~2.8M EBITDA (est.)
Roughly 70% food service bulk
52 employees
Most of what we find comes from cold calls and referral partners, with cold email, handwritten notes and LinkedIn filling in the rest. Electrical, manufacturing, insurance, waste and food. Different industries, same work. Somebody has to go find these businesses, one owner at a time.
Which industry have you been watching from the sidelines that you should be calling into?
This is the part of the newsletter where we open up the board.
Every idea you'll find here is a search we'd happily run with the right partner. An idea earns its spot one of two ways. Either it's a space where we're seeing strong deal flow right now and we're looking for a buyer to chase it with us — or it's a market we've watched fragment, where we see a real opportunity to build something through consolidation.
Feel free to click around and browse our idea database. If one of them fits what you're after, reach out and let's run it together.
If any of this resonates, I'd love to compare notes. schedule a call
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In case you missed it:
Issue No. 46 — How many of your deals did you go find?
Issue No. 47 — Every deal worth buying has a little hair
Issue No. 48 — The 30-minute call he had every reason to ignore