About Acquiry
We find the businesses buyers can't.
Acquiry is an international M&A firm focused on buy-side acquisition origination. We turn an acquirer's strategy into conversations with the right owners, including those who are not yet thinking about a sale.
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Company overview
An acquisition origination partner for serious buyers.
Many of the best businesses are never put up for sale. They are profitable, growing and well run, and their owners have no reason to call a broker. Acquiry exists to reach them.
We work as an extension of a buyer's corporate development team. We start with the acquisition strategy, translate it into a precise target profile, research the market company by company and open conversations with owners on the basis of genuine strategic fit.
Buy-side origination is the core of the business. Alongside it we run sell-side, capital and tender processes with the same discipline, and we publish independent research on the deals shaping our sectors.
What we do
Seven services, one way of working.
Every engagement is scoped in writing, run confidentially and staffed by the people you speak to on day one.
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Core service
Acquisitions
Proactive, off-market sourcing for buyers. We turn an acquisition strategy into a target profile, research the market and open conversations with the owners who fit.
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Exits
Sell-side processes that put a business in front of qualified, relevant buyers.
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Capital
Introductions to growth equity, debt and structured capital for established businesses.
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Tenders
Competitive processes run to a clear timetable and a defined set of bidders.
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Transactions
Coordination from heads of terms through diligence to completion, alongside your advisers.
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Publisher Partnerships
Long-term advertising and content agreements for publishers who keep ownership.
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Carbon Credits
Matching credit buyers with verified project developers and holders.
How we operate
Six rules we don't bend.
Every mandate gets the same discipline: rigorous sourcing, honest valuation and structured execution. See our process.
Principle 1 of 6
Mandate precision
We define the acquisition or exit criteria before engaging anyone. Vague mandates produce poor outcomes, so we invest the time upfront to make sure every search is targeted and every opportunity is pre-qualified.
In practice
Every brief is signed off against written criteria before outreach starts.
Deal Intelligence
The big deals, properly taken apart. Price, structure and who wins next.
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Opportunity map
The network behind every mandate.
Our live map shows every opportunity on the Acquiry desk, by country and sector. It updates as new opportunities are added.
- Opportunities in our network
- 2,037
- Countries
- 50
Current mandates
What our buyers are looking for now.
Anonymous buy-side briefs and mandate profiles. If you own a business that fits one, we would like to hear from you.
SaaS & softwareAQ-0504
Vertical market software, held for good
Global, any country
SaaS & softwareAQ-0505
Mission-critical vertical software, $1M-$20M ARR
Australia & New Zealand first, also UK, Europe and North America
SaaS & softwareAQ-0461
Enterprise AI, data and GenAI teams
Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets
Research & tools
Published openly, used on every mandate.
The research, data and calculators our team relies on are free for buyers, owners and their advisers.
Research
Data and tools
Where we work
Deepest here. Open to everything.
These are the sectors where our deal flow and relationships run deepest. We operate in so much more, and we would love to hear about yours.
All sector desks
Corporate information
Acquiry Pty Ltd, ACN 651 710 333, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Every mandate runs under strict confidentiality.
Acquiry around the web
The official Acquiry company profiles we run on other platforms. They are our own listings, not endorsements, partnerships or accreditations.
Social channels
Company news, deal updates and video.
Company directories
Our listings on business and startup directories.
Reviews and location
Where clients can find us and leave a review.
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