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Where dealmakers meet.

The private network for investment bankers, capital providers, family offices, independent sponsors, private equity, advisors and owners. Build relationships at your Tables, match on real deals and run them in a data room that’s already built in.

Industrial services · Midwest
Project CedarLOI signed
3 capital mandates fit this deal
You & Marcus Lee 72 Warm
LIVE Q4 credit terms, live Capital Providers Table
It's mutual. Lakeshore Fabrication accepted your interest.

A seat for everyone at the deal table

Independent sponsorsFind lenders and co-investors whose mandate fits each deal.
Capital providersSee only deals that fit your criteria, posted by verified members.
Family officesInvest directly or alongside sponsors, and stay anonymous until you choose not to.
Investment bankersAdvertise a sale or a buyer you represent, then run every NDA in one place.
Private equitySource add-ons, co-invest partners and operators.
Business ownersLearn how a sale works, get exit ready and let buyers find you anonymously. Free.
OperatorsMeet sponsors looking for a CEO, CFO or board member.
AdvisorsCPA, QoE, legal, tax, R&W, wealth and exit readiness advisors join the deal teams that add them.
How it works

From hello to closing, in one place

  1. 01Take your seatVerify your firm and set your mandate or deal focus in two minutes.
  2. 02Pull up a chairJoin tables for your corner of the market. Talk live in rooms, or listen to the podcasts later.
  3. 03Get matchedDeals meet mandates automatically. Names stay hidden until both sides say yes.
  4. 04Do the dealBook the meeting, sign the NDA and open a deal room without leaving Mandate.
The platform

One place for the relationship and the deal

Everything from the first introduction to the final document request, without stitching together a network, a listing site, a CRM and a data room.

Tables and RoomsStanding groups for your corner of the market, live audio rooms and recordings to catch up on later.
Deal boardBankers post a sale or a buyer they represent. Teasers stay blind until an NDA is signed.
Mandate matchingSet your buy box once. New deals that fit find you, ranked by fit and never by who paid.
Off-market ownersSearch owners who listed anonymously. They see your request and decide whether to answer.
Data roomNDA-gated folders, viewer watermarks, Q&A and a full audit trail, inside the deal.
Advisor directoryFind the QoE, legal, tax and exit readiness firms other members have actually worked with.
For business owners

Learn the deal before you’re in one.

Most owners sell one company in their life. Mandate gives you the playbook, a private way to be found and a team you can trust, all free.

  • 01Exit Ready. How a sale works, who buys, what good data looks like and what to fix first, written by members who do deals.
  • 02An anonymous profile. Verified buyers and bankers see your industry, region and size, never your name, until you say yes.
  • 03The right advisors. Find exit readiness, QoE, legal and tax firms other owners and dealmakers have worked with.
Start privately Browse Exit Ready
How buyers see you Industrial fabricator · Michigan
$20–30M revenue $3–5M EBITDA Open to a full sale
Exit Ready progress 4 / 6
Name, city and customers stay hidden until you accept a buyer and sign an NDA.

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Our first rule

No cold outreach. Not possible, not allowed.

There is no cold message button on Mandate, and no paid way around it. Every conversation starts with someone who knows you both, or with a deal you both agreed to look at.

  1. 1A warm introA member who knows you both asks the other person first. Nothing reaches them unless they say yes.
  2. 2A deal you both opted intoRequesting an NDA on a listing, or an owner accepting a buyer’s interest, opens a thread for that deal only.
  3. 3Talking in the openTables and Rooms are for public discussion. Sharing a Table never unlocks a private message.
No ads. Ever.Members pay for Mandate, so Mandate works for members.
No paid boosts.Deals rank by fit to your buy box, never by who paid.
Your data stays yours.We don't sell member data or mandates to anyone.
Tools, not services.Mandate gives you the network and the data room. You and your advisors do the deal. We never take a cut.
Owners and sponsors are free.Exploring a sale shouldn't cost a founder anything, and independent sponsors bring the deals to the table.
Verified, not gated.Any email works. We verify you and your firm, not your inbox.
Pricing

Priced by role. No success fees.

The people who get the most deal flow from Mandate pay the most for it. Owners and independent sponsors are free. Bankers and brokers pay a flat $500 to post a deal, the same whether or not it closes. Mandate never takes a cut of any transaction.

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Trust

Discreet by design

Deals are sensitive. Mandate is built so the right people learn the right things at the right time, and no sooner.

Visit the trust center
  • Verified membersEvery firm and license is checked before anyone can list or match.
  • Names after NDABlind profiles and teasers until both sides agree and sign.
  • Watermarked filesEvery document carries the viewer's name. Access can be paused instantly.
  • You control recordingCalls are recorded only with everyone's consent. Firms can switch it off entirely.

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Founding members get early access to the first tables and help shape how Mandate works.

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