What CCD Partners does

CCD Partners is an integrated M&A and corporate development platform exclusively focused on chemistry-driven markets, principally the chemicals and life sciences sectors. Founded in 2018 and operating as the trading name of Chemicals Corporate Development Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales, the firm is headquartered in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with a 25-person core team and a broader bench of more than 70 specialised industry insiders and advisors combining for 2,000+ years of sector experience and involvement in 500+ deals. The company serves three named client segments — owner-managers, corporates, and investors — through three service lines spanning Acquisitions, Growth, and Divestments.

The firm's core technology is IRIS, a proprietary corporate intelligence platform that aggregates real-time strategic insight, data, and access to industry leaders and M&A decision makers from a dedicated C-suite engagement team running over 1,000 dialogues per year. IRIS underpins pre-market opportunity origination, board-level techno-commercial assessment, and direct access to priority targets, and is operationalised externally through branded weekly publications including the People Moves Ticker and Transactions Ticker. Services are delivered partner-led and account-managed, with senior M&A professionals and experienced industry operators executing acquisition, growth, and divestment mandates end-to-end.

CCD Partners generates revenue through tailored professional services engagements; pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the firm is neither a regulated broker-dealer nor an investment bank. Its go-to-market is exclusively direct, enterprise, and relationship-driven, with no channel, self-serve, or product-led distribution. The business is director-owned, with Matthew John Dixon, Peter David Dixon, and Stephen John Mothersole serving as Directors, and the firm has not disclosed any external investment, parent company, or institutional backing.

Name

CCD Partners

Legal name

Chemicals Corporate Development Limited

Website

https://ccdpartners.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CCD Partners is an integrated M&A and corporate development advisory platform exclusively focused on chemistry-driven markets, providing acquisition, growth, and divestment services to owner-managers, corporates, and investors, supported by its proprietary IRIS corporate intelligence platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory and Corporate Development Services: CCD Partners provides advisory services through senior M&A professionals and experienced industry operators delivering mission-critical strategic projects. The revenue model is built on professional services engagements covering acquisitions, growth, and divestments for owner-managers, corporates, and investors in chemistry-driven markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CCD Partners is an integrated M&A and corporate development advisory firm serving chemistry-driven markets (chemicals and life sciences). The firm combines senior M&A professionals, experienced industry operators, and its proprietary IRIS corporate intelligence platform to deliver acquisitions, growth, and divestments advisory services to owner-managers, corporates, and investors globally.

Product overview

CCD Partners offers an integrated M&A and corporate development platform for chemistry-driven markets, combining advisory services with its proprietary corporate intelligence system called IRIS. The platform consists of three core service offerings: Acquisitions Advisory (pre-market origination, target access, assessment, execution), Growth Advisory (capital deployment, senior operators, leadership placement), and Divestments Advisory (valuation positioning, buyer engagement, execution). IRIS provides real-time strategic insight through exclusive engagement with industry leaders and M&A decision makers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acquisitions Advisory Partner-led M&A advisory delivering pre-market opportunity origination, direct access to priority targets, board-level techno-commercial assessment, and acquisition execution and integration for owner-managers, corporates, and investors in chemistry-driven markets.
• Growth Advisory
• Divestments Advisory
• IRIS Corporate Intelligence Platform

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jefferies: Diversified global investment bank with a chemicals and specialty materials sector coverage team. Competes for chemicals M&A mandates but offers a much broader capital markets and advisory platform than CCD Partners.
• William Blair: Mid-market-focused investment bank with chemicals and life sciences coverage. Competes for similar mid-market chemicals M&A mandates but operates a much broader investment banking platform than CCD Partners.
• Houlihan Lokey: Global investment bank with a sizable chemicals and diversified industrials M&A practice. Overlaps with CCD Partners in chemicals M&A but operates at a larger scale across many sectors and product lines.
• BDO Corporate Finance: Mid-market M&A advisory arm of BDO, with chemicals and life sciences sector coverage across Europe. Comparable as a mid-market advisor serving similar clients, though BDO operates a much broader advisory and accounting platform.
• KPMG Corporate Finance: Big Four advisory practice with a chemicals sector M&A team and mid-market focus. Comparable as a chemicals M&A advisor serving corporates and investors, though embedded within a much larger professional services firm.
• Stifel: Diversified mid-market-focused investment bank with a chemicals sector practice. Comparable in serving mid-market chemicals clients but with broader sector coverage and product offerings than CCD Partners.

Direct peers

• Lincoln International: Global mid-market M&A advisory firm with a well-established specialty chemicals and industrials practice. Most directly comparable to CCD Partners in terms of mid-market chemicals M&A focus and senior-led execution model.
• Livingstone Partners: Global mid-market M&A advisor with a dedicated chemicals and life sciences sector practice. Closely comparable in deal size focus, sector specialisation, and partner-led execution in the same end markets as CCD Partners.
• Clearwater International: European-headquartered mid-market M&A advisory firm with a strong chemicals and industrials practice. Directly comparable as a sector-specialised mid-market advisor competing for similar European chemicals mandates.
• Harris Williams: Global mid-market M&A advisor with a dedicated specialty chemicals and consumer products practice. Comparable as a sector-specialised mid-market advisor serving chemicals and life sciences clients with a similar senior-led approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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