Target Company Identification Tool for Investment Professionals | Sorsr

Sorsr is target company identification software for private equity, venture capital, corporate development, investment banking, search funds, and independent sponsors.

Use plain-English acquisition or investment criteria to identify, research, screen, and rank matching companies with source evidence and verified decision-maker contacts.

AI Target Company Identification and Screening

Sorsr is an AI company search and target company identification platform built for complex investment screens. Describe the companies you want in natural language, including criteria such as:

• Industry, niche, and business model
• Geography
• Revenue and employee count
• Estimated EBITDA, profitability, and growth
• Ownership type
• Funding and acquisition history
• Hiring, product launches, and geographic expansion
• Technology use
• Custom strategic or investment criteria

Sorsr researches up to 1,000 companies simultaneously across company websites, news, filings, and other public sources. Results are ranked by relevance and supported with evidence.

Acquisition Target Identification Tool

Use Sorsr as acquisition target identification and screening software for:

• Platform investments
• Add-on acquisitions
• Roll-ups
• Strategic M&A
• Founder-owned business sourcing
• Succession-driven acquisition searches

Example:

Founder-owned precision machining companies in Texas with more than $5 million in revenue, estimated profitability, and an owner approaching retirement.

Sorsr identifies potential acquisition targets rather than active sale processes or live deal opportunities.

Investment Target Identification Software

Private equity, venture capital, and growth equity teams can use Sorsr as investment sourcing software to identify companies matching a specific mandate or investment thesis.

Seed-stage cybersecurity companies focused on asset and data-flow protection that recently raised institutional funding and are expanding headcount.

Users can search by sector, company stage, geography, ownership, funding profile, growth signals, business model, or any other custom investment criterion.

Target Company Screening Tool

Sorsr supports multi-factor target screening without predefined filters or Boolean search syntax. Screens can include:

• Industry and subsector
• Country, region, state, or city
• Revenue and employee count
• Estimated EBITDA and profitability
• Estimated growth rate
• Ownership and funding stage
• Customer segment and business model
• Product capabilities
• Hiring and headcount trends
• Executive changes
• Product launches and geographic expansion
• Funding, acquisition, and investment history

Searches can be refined through an AI-generated search plan and saved for future reuse.

Private and Public Company Identification

Search across public and private companies, including:

• Startups and emerging companies
• Small and medium-sized businesses
• Middle-market companies
• Founder-owned and family-owned businesses
• Private equity-backed companies
• Large enterprises

Sorsr supports domestic and international company sourcing across specialized industries and geographies. Because Sorsr is not limited to a static company database, it can help investment teams identify less-visible companies that match detailed search criteria.

Target Company Research Tool

Sorsr combines target company identification with company research and qualification. Company profiles can include:

• Company description and business model
• Investment-thesis or acquisition-thesis fit
• Revenue estimates
• Estimated EBITDA, profitability, and growth
• Ownership information
• Funding rounds and capital raised
• Acquisition and transaction history
• Public filings
• Valuation ranges when requested
• Comparable-company and transaction data
• Verified executives and decision-maker contacts
• Source citations supporting each match

Sorsr can research financial, ownership, funding, transaction, and valuation information when requested. It is not a standardized historical or projected financial database.

Market Mapping and Comparable Company Identification

Use Sorsr as market mapping and private company discovery software to:

• Map competitive landscapes
• Identify comparable companies
• Build sector and thematic market maps
• Research industry ecosystems
• Find supply-chain participants
• Identify strategic buyers
• Build lists of financial sponsors or investors

Describe the market, company type, or strategic relationship you want to analyze. Sorsr returns a ranked list with company intelligence and source evidence.

Target Company Identification by Investment Strategy

Sorsr supports private equity target sourcing, venture capital deal sourcing, corporate development acquisition searches, investment banking target lists, and search-fund company sourcing. Private equity firms can identify platform and add-on targets. Venture capital firms can find emerging companies by theme, stage, or technology. Corporate development teams can search for strategic acquisition candidates. Investment banks and M&A advisors can build target lists for buy-side mandates and market maps.

From Target Identification to Outreach

Sorsr supports the early-stage company sourcing workflow from target identification through outreach.

• Describe your target criteria — Enter your acquisition thesis or investment mandate in plain English.
• Refine the search plan — Review and adjust how Sorsr will evaluate companies.
• Research and rank targets — Receive a qualified company list with source evidence and verified contacts.
• Contact target companies — Generate personalized outreach and send it through Gmail or Microsoft Outlook.

Teams can also:

• Collaborate in shared workspaces
• Export company lists to CSV or Excel
• Access data through an API
• Track companies through the sourcing pipeline
• Save searches
• Contact decision-makers and intermediaries

Salesforce, HubSpot, broader CRM synchronization, notes, and tagging are on the product roadmap.

Sorsr Pricing

Additional sourcing capacity is available through usage-based overages.

Target Company Identification Software FAQ

What is target company identification software?

Target company identification software helps investment professionals find and qualify companies that match an acquisition thesis, investment mandate, or strategic screening criteria.

Can Sorsr identify acquisition and investment targets?

Yes. Sorsr identifies potential acquisition and investment targets based on criteria such as industry, geography, company size, ownership, financial estimates, growth signals, funding profile, and strategic fit.

Is Sorsr a company database?

No. Sorsr is an AI-native company sourcing and research platform. It researches available sources when a user runs a search rather than limiting results to companies already stored in a static database.

What criteria can Sorsr use to screen companies?

Sorsr can screen companies using industry, geography, revenue, employees, estimated EBITDA, profitability, growth, ownership, funding, business model, hiring, product activity, technology use, and custom investment criteria.

Does Sorsr provide source evidence and financial information?

Yes. Company matches can include source citations, revenue estimates, profitability indicators, ownership, funding history, acquisition history, filings, valuation context, and comparable transaction information.

Can teams export or integrate Sorsr data?

Yes. Sorsr supports CSV and Excel exports and provides API access. Salesforce, HubSpot, and broader CRM synchronization are on the roadmap.

Identify and Reach the Right Target Companies

Replace manual company screening with AI-powered target identification, company research, qualification, market mapping, and outreach.