Meet the owner before the market does.

Millrun Partners sources established companies whose owners are open to a sale and introduces them to acquirers whose buy box they fit. No broker, no teaser.

Deal flow is a conversation, not a list.

Every acquirer has the same databases and sees the same broker teasers. The deals worth doing start earlier, with an owner who has not hired a banker and is open to a conversation. That is where we work: we find those owners and introduce only the ones who want to talk.

From buy box to owner call.

Nothing to set up. We work from your published acquisition criteria, and you step in only when an owner fits.

  1. Your buy box

    Before we start

    Sectors, regions and size. We take them from your published criteria, or from the box you send us.

  2. Owners who want to talk

    Ongoing

    Our team finds owners in your box who are open to a sale and not working with a broker. Each one has agreed to speak with acquirers.

  3. The introduction

    One email

    One email introduces you and the owner, with a short profile, the owner’s direct line and your scheduling link. Then we step out.

One profile. One introduction.

The profile

Built from a conversation with the owner, not from a database, and sent only to acquirers whose box fits.

Commercial HVAC services

Houston metro, Texas

Confirmed by the owner
EBITDA$1M to $2M
Revenue$10M to $20M
Open to a sale
Within about two years
Employees
About 60
From the conversation
Founder and sole owner since 1994, retiring with no successor in the family. Wants all 60 people kept on, the name to stay on the trucks and a year to hand over.

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The introduction

One email puts you and the owner in touch. From there it is your conversation: no process letter, no bid rounds, no banker in the room.

Millrun Partners

to Dale, you

Introduction: Dale (Brannock Mechanical) and you

As discussed, I’m connecting you two. Dale owns Brannock Mechanical in Houston, commercial HVAC service and installation, and is open to a conversation about the company’s future.

Dale, you can pick a time for a first call here: your scheduling link

Dale’s direct line is (713) 555 0142.

Examples with an invented company. Real profiles go only to acquirers whose buy box fits.

An owner who feels sold will not sell.

These four rules are why owners talk to us, and why they show up to your call.

  • Never an auction

    At most three acquirers per owner, all on the same terms. The owner knows each one by name before any call.

  • Consent first

    Nothing about a company goes out until its owner agrees, and no owner is ever listed.

  • No broker in between

    Owners already working with a broker or banker are not introduced, and we never pass an owner on to one.

  • Conversations, not data

    We don’t sell lists or data. You pay for owners who want to talk.

One mandate per buy box.

For private equity platforms that grow through acquisitions, the sponsors behind them and strategic acquirers. Monthly, with guaranteed owner calls and a success fee that credits every monthly fee you paid.

Terms

Buy box
Sectors, regions and size, set by you.
Owner calls
Two owner calls a month, guaranteed. Each missing call is refunded.
Introductions
One email to you and the owner, with your scheduling link. At most two other acquirers per owner, all on the same terms.
Success fee
At closing, on the Lehman scale. Monthly fees paid are credited.
Term
Monthly. Cancel any month.

Speak with our team.

team@millrunpartners.com