Market Mapping
Data-driven target identification a curated, prioritised acquisition universe aligned to your strategy.
Market mapping turns your acquisition criteria into a structured, prioritised universe of targets. We pair data engineering and AI with hands-on curation by M&A professionals, so origination begins from the best-fit opportunities rather than a generic list.
From acquisition criteria to a scored target universe
Acquisition framework
- Set the acquisition criteria, scale, geography, capabilities, end markets, and ownership
- Weight the criteria by what matters most to your strategy
- Build out company profiles
Data acquisition & processing
- Programmatic scraping across criteria-specific sources
- Targeted extraction of website and company data
- AI-assisted validation, enrichment, and structuring
Market mapping analytics
- An interactive dashboard scoring and ranking the universe
- Prioritised shortlists, filterable by criteria
- Outputs that feed straight into deal origination
Built for M&A, not generic data
Single provider for data + M&A
One partner across data sourcing and M&A expertise, no stitching together separate vendors.
Curated by M&A professionals
Raw data enhanced and validated by seasoned dealmakers, not algorithms alone.
Proprietary M&A funnel
A custom-built funnel mapped to your strategy, and owned by you.
Market mapping in practice
Project Underhill
A PE-backed chemical distribution platform engaged Danescor to map its acquisition universe. We analysed 27 industry-specific data sources and applied data engineering, AI, and proprietary web-scraping to build and prioritise it.
Project Pandora
For a telecom and electronics distributor, Danescor ran analyst-led profiling on key targets, gathering and structuring company intelligence, enriching it with proprietary data tools, and conducting covert outreach for incremental C-suite insight.
A curated, prioritised acquisition target universe aligned with your strategy.
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