Off-market deal sourcing for serious acquirers.
The best lower-middle-market businesses never list. Scout finds the owners first — scored against your buy-box and ranked on motivation — and drafts outreach in your name. You approve; nothing sends without it.
Scout checks every business across these nine sources before it reaches you
The best lower-middle-market businesses are off-market and founder-owned — Scout surfaces them, scores them, and writes the first approach for you.
Define your buy-box
Sector, size, and geography — the thesis Scout searches against every night.
Scout surfaces scored matches
Matching companies ranked against your buy-box and scored on owner-motivation signals — visible to you continuously.
Evidence built, outreach drafted
Scout verifies the owner contact, builds sell-readiness evidence (life trigger, age & tenure, no successor, coasting), and queues a draft for your sign-off — owners hear from you, not a platform.
Why acquirers source with Dealport.
Scored, not just listed
Targets ranked on fit against your buy-box — not a CSV of every company.
Motivation, not just data
Scout surfaces owners showing succession and timing signals worth a conversation.
Exclusive to you
Opportunities Scout surfaces for you are exclusive to you — never cross-pollinated to another client. A 30-day hold you renew while you work it.
Plain answers, no jargon.
Finding businesses to acquire before they're listed — directly with owners, not through a broker or marketplace. Most quality lower-middle-market companies never list, so off-market sourcing reaches those owners first.
Tell us what you want to buy.
A ranked list of matching businesses, owner research, and outreach drafted for you. Your first search is free.