Deal Origination
Deal Origination Insights
How proprietary deal flow actually gets built. These articles cover target identification from primary sources, AI-powered classification, warm-path mapping, and the infrastructure behind off-market acquisition pipelines across 55+ verticals.
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Buy-Side M&A Advisory Explained: Process, Fees, and When You Need One
Buy-side M&A advisors charge 0.5-2% of transaction value to source and close acquisitions. Here's the full process, fee math, and decision framework.
Jeff Baehr · Mar 2026
AI Deal Origination in Private Equity: How It Works in 2026
PE firms see just 16.5% of relevant deals. AI deal origination changes that with primary data, predictive scoring, and autonomous outreach at scale.
Jeff Baehr · Mar 2026
Deal Origination Services for Private Equity Firms
PE deal origination services cost $5K-$25K/month and surface 3-5x more proprietary deals than in-house teams. Here's how to evaluate providers.
Jeff Baehr · Mar 2026
M&A Deal Origination: How PE Firms Find Deals
68% of PE firms say deal sourcing is their top challenge. M&A deal origination separates firms that compete on price from those that create proprietary value.
Jeff Baehr · Mar 2026
PitchBook Alternatives for Deal Sourcing in 2026
PitchBook costs $12K-$70K/year and misses 40-60% of lower-middle-market companies. 6 alternatives compared on data, price, and actual utility.
Jeff Baehr · Mar 2026
What Data Sources Actually Matter for Off-Market Deal Flow?
Commercial databases surface the same deals to every PE firm. Praxis Rock's capital intelligence platform identifies the primary data sources that generate genuinely proprietary off-market deal flow: conference attendee behavior, hiring patterns, regulatory filings, and ownership changes that commercial platforms miss entirely.
Jeff Baehr · Dec 2025
AI-Driven Deal Origination vs. Traditional Buyside Advisory
Traditional buyside advisors rely on personal networks and charge success fees. AI-driven deal origination through Praxis Rock's capital intelligence platform sources proprietary targets from primary data at scale, delivering meaningful advantages on proprietary vs. brokered deals. Here's how the models compare.
Jeff Baehr · Nov 2025
How Should Independent Sponsors Source Deals in 2026?
Independent sponsors need proprietary deal flow without a dedicated origination team's overhead. Praxis Rock's capital intelligence platform sources off-market acquisition targets from primary data across 55+ verticals, giving independent sponsors access to the same deal origination infrastructure that institutional PE firms use.
Jeff Baehr · Nov 2025
Why Every PE Firm Is Looking at the Same Deals
Same databases. Same brokered opportunities. Same auction processes. Praxis Rock's capital intelligence platform explains why commercial deal sourcing is commoditized and how primary-source intelligence generates genuinely proprietary acquisition targets that competitors won't see.
Jeff Baehr · Oct 2025
Don't Rebrand That Acquisition Yet: The 'Powered By' Strategy That Turns Founder Pride Into Platform Performance
Post-acquisition rebranding decisions made too early destroy value. Praxis Rock Advisors, which has powered 100+ deal origination programs via its capital intelligence platform across 55+ verticals, outlines the framework for when to rebrand, when to wait, and when to preserve the acquired brand entirely.
Genine Fallon · Oct 2025
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