What Dealsuite does

Dealsuite is a B2B vertical SaaS company headquartered in Amsterdam (Science Park 106) that operates a closed, validated European M&A deal-sourcing marketplace used by M&A advisors, private equity firms, strategic buyers, business owners, and management buy-in candidates. The platform, launched under the legal entity Dealsuite B.V. (KvK 75841983), is localized in five languages (English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish) and claims a user base spanning 50+ countries. Its core technical proposition is a smart matchmaking algorithm that pairs anonymous sell-side mandates with qualified buy-side investors, supported by filtering on revenue, region, country, and sector, saved searches, configurable email notifications, and an anonymous deal-upload workflow that lets sellers gauge buy-side interest before revealing identity. The platform is hosted on Heroku over Amazon Web Services (inheriting ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2, PCI Level 1, FISMA Moderate, and SOX attestations), with DDoS protection via CloudFlare and source control on BitBucket.

The business model is a recurring SaaS subscription paid in advance on annual billing cycles, with a freemium free-trial entry point ('Get Started for Free') and a sales-assisted enterprise 'Book a demo' path. A wholly-owned German subsidiary, Dealsuite GmbH (Düsseldorf), serves the DACH market, and a single disclosed funding round of approximately $3.8M from Value8 NV closed in April 2023. Revenue is supplemented by an embedded M&A insurance offering (DealSure) surfaced in the main navigation and by a Market Intelligence line of proprietary European mid-market M&A reports. Named enterprise customers include Grant Thornton (used in almost 30 M&A practices across EMEA), Deloitte Netherlands, BDO Corporate Finance, Baker Tilly, Mazars, Nexia, Visma, Indutrade, Hydratec, and Verder International, alongside a long tail of mid-market and SMB advisory firms. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Name

Dealsuite

Legal name

Dealsuite B.V.

Website

https://dealsuite.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dealsuite is a vertical SaaS platform that connects M&A advisors, private equity firms, strategic buyers, and business owners across 50+ countries, using a smart matchmaking algorithm to facilitate anonymous buy-side and sell-side deal sourcing for the European mid-market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

M&A Deal Sourcing Platform

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Business-for-Sale Marketplaces & Listing Platforms (FSAEAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

M&A / Corporate Finance Finders (Deal Origination) (FSAEAMAD)

Keywords

• M&A deal sourcing
• M&A marketplace
• Sell-side advisory
• Buy-side matchmaking
• Private equity platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Fees: Recurring subscription fees (paid in advance, with 30-day payment terms) for access to the Dealsuite platform and services, governed by a formal SaaS agreement. Fees are paid regardless of usage intensity and may be unilaterally adjusted by Dealsuite.
2. Free Trial / Freemium Entry: Free trial entry point ('Get Started for Free') used as a top-of-funnel acquisition channel; free-tier use still constitutes a user agreement subject to the Terms and Conditions.
3. Embedded M&A Insurance (DealSure): Distribution of M&A insurance products (warranty & indemnity) as an embedded offering surfaced through the platform navigation, suggesting commission/referral economics on insurance placements.
4. Data-Driven Insights / Reports: Proprietary European M&A market reports (e.g., M&A Mid-Market Trends Report, European Monitor) function as both content marketing and a data asset that the company retains ownership of per its Terms (Article 6.6 — Dealsuite owns the data generated by the Services).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Dealsuite operates a closed, validated SaaS marketplace for European mid-market M&A deal sourcing, connecting M&A advisory firms, private equity investors, strategic corporate buyers, business owners and MBI candidates. The platform enables anonymous sell-side mandate distribution, algorithmic buy-side/sell-side matchmaking with filters by revenue, region, country and sector, configurable email deal alerts, and direct in-platform engagement. Adjacent offerings include proprietary M&A market intelligence reports and an embedded M&A insurance product (DealSure).

Product overview

Dealsuite operates as a single unified SaaS platform-plus-modules architecture for European mid-market M&A. The core Dealsuite Platform is a closed, validated marketplace used by M&A advisors, private equity firms, strategic buyers, business owners and MBIs. On top of the core it offers two primary side modules — the Sell-Side solution (Selling a Business) and the Buy-Side solution (Buying a Business) — plus two add-on offerings: Market Intelligence (research reports such as the M&A Mid-Market Trends Report and the European Monitor) and DealSure (M&A Insurance). All components share one validated user base, one deal-sourcing workflow (Upload, Match, Select, Respond, Integrate), and a common set of filters, notifications and messaging features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dealsure: M&A Insurance product/service offered by Dealsuite, accessible via the /dealsure URL on the Dealsuite website.

Products and services

• Dealsuite Platform
• Selling a Business (Sell-Side Solution) Sell-side M&A solution that lets sellers and their advisors upload anonymous deal information, gauge buy-side interest and selectively connect with interested buyers; supports minority, majority and 100% sale structures via a five-step flow (Upload, Gain traction, Select interest, Get response, Integrate).
• Buying a Business (Buy-Side Solution) Buy-side solution that allows investors and acquirers to discover on- and off-market targets, filter by revenue, region, country and sector, save favourite searches and receive email notifications of matched live projects and acquisitive-company signals.
• Market Intelligence Research and reports product line for the European M&A mid-market, including the annual M&A Mid-Market Trends Report and the periodic European Monitor, providing statistics and trends on enterprises with revenue between €1 million and €200 million.
• DealSure (M&A Insurance) M&A insurance offering (warranty & indemnity) embedded in the Dealsuite platform workflow, surfaced via the main navigation as 'M&A Insurance' to support M&A transactions alongside deal sourcing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grant Thornton uses Dealsuite across almost 30 M&A practices in EMEA
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• BrookzflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrookz is linked from the Dealsuite footer as a related entity ('[Brookz](https://www.brookz.eu) | [ValuePartner]'). Brookz is a Dutch M&A marketplace for SMEs, frequently co-marketed with Dealsuite (which focuses on the upper mid-market), suggesting a sister-brand / strategic alliance covering the full SME-to-mid-market M&A spectrum.
• ValuePartnerflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuePartner is linked from the Dealsuite footer alongside Brookz (https://valuepartner.com/en/), suggesting it is a related entity in the same M&A ecosystem / corporate group, likely serving a complementary M&A advisory or transaction-support function.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides the underlying data center infrastructure hosting the Dealsuite platform. Dealsuite runs on AWS via Heroku; AWS data centers are accredited under ISO 27001, SOC 1/2, PCI Level 1, FISMA Moderate, and SOX.
• Heroku (Salesforce)coreTechnology or IntegrationHeroku is the platform layer on which Dealsuite's applications run, providing ISO 27001 / FISMA certified data centers, LXC-isolated application dynos, Heroku Postgres databases with SSL, and CI/CD-style deployment pipeline.
• CloudFlarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloudFlare provides dynamic DNS, DDoS mitigation, and bot countermeasures for the Dealsuite platform.
• Bitbucket (Atlassian)coreTechnology or IntegrationDealsuite stores its source code in managed Git repositories hosted on Bitbucket.
• Google AdWordsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGoogle AdWords tracking cookie is used on the website for paid acquisition / retargeting per the privacy policy.
• Meta (Facebook)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFacebook tracking cookie is used on the website for advertising/retargeting per the privacy policy.
• AWA Alexander Watson AssociatesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAWA is hosting a Virtual Mergers & Acquisitions Executive Forum on June 5, 2026, with Dealsuite participating as a presenting firm. Provides industry visibility rather than a deep integration.
• DealSure (M&A Insurance)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerDealSure is Dealsuite's embedded M&A insurance offering (warranty & indemnity insurance) surfaced via the main navigation across all locales. Operates as a co-branded / embedded insurance product within the platform workflow.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Grata: Grata is an AI-driven M&A deal-sourcing platform for the lower-middle and middle market, directly competing with Dealsuite's buy-side sourcing and target-identification use case for PE and corporate acquirers.
• Sourcescrub: Sourcescrub provides deal-sourcing and company-discovery data for M&A professionals, overlapping with Dealsuite's buy-side mandate and target-screening functionality for PE and advisory buyers.
• Axial: Axial is a curated deal-sourcing network connecting lower-middle-market M&A advisors, private capital providers, and business owners, making it a direct peer to Dealsuite's two-sided marketplace model.
• DealRoom: DealRoom is an M&A lifecycle platform combining deal sourcing, pipeline management, and due-diligence collaboration; it overlaps with Dealsuite on the sourcing and pipeline layers of the M&A workflow.

Broad incumbents

• Pitchbook (Morningstar): Pitchbook is the dominant subscription data and intelligence platform for private capital and M&A, sitting in adjacent workflow to Dealsuite for sourcing, comparable-company analysis, and deal benchmarking.
• S&P Capital IQ Pro: S&P Capital IQ Pro is an enterprise financial-data platform used heavily by M&A advisors and corporates for target screening, comparable analysis, and deal context — a broad incumbent that competes for parts of the same advisory workflow.
• Intralinks (SS&C): Intralinks, owned by SS&C, is a long-established virtual data room and deal-execution platform; it sits in adjacent M&A workflow space and competes for the same enterprise advisory and corporate customers.

Regional players

• Brookz: Brookz is a Dutch M&A marketplace for SMEs that is co-marketed from the Dealsuite footer, serving a complementary smaller-end segment in the same Dutch/European M&A ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides company-discovery and funding-intelligence data used by M&A professionals for sourcing and prospecting, with partial overlap to Dealsuite's buy-side target-identification use case.
• Affinity (deal sourcing / relationship intelligence): Affinity applies relationship-intelligence and graph data to deal sourcing and pipeline management for PE and advisory firms, emerging as a partial competitor to Dealsuite's relationship-driven deal flow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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