Buy-side deal sourcing, built for Australia

Your buy-box, turned into a shortlist of real targets.

Meridian Acquire works from your acquisition criteria and goes and finds the businesses that fit, including the founder-led companies that never reach a broker. Every target comes scored, with the reasoning and the evidence behind it.

Founding rate: A$295 for a 90-day trial, first 10 searchers only.

Shortlist · generalist thesis Scored against your buy-box
Commercial HVAC & mechanical services
Greater Melbourne, VIC · est. 2003 · ~34 staff
Recurring maintenance Founder 60+ ABN verified
92
fit
Fire protection & compliance
Greater Melbourne, VIC · est. 1998 · ~22 staff
Recurring compliance No succession plan
88
fit

Finding good targets is the hardest part of any search.

Broker lists are picked over, and most of the best businesses are never listed at all. Instead of buying another contact database, you tell Meridian Acquire what you are looking for, and it does the sourcing: searching live Australian company data, surfacing the owners who might be ready to sell, and scoring each one against your thesis so you spend your time on the few that matter.

How it works

Three steps from thesis to shortlist.

01

Define your thesis

Tell us your buy-box: industry, geography, size, owner profile, and the signals that matter to you. As specific or as broad as you like.

02

We source and score

We search live Australian company data and score every candidate against your thesis, surfacing founder-led businesses that are not on anyone's list.

03

You get a ranked shortlist

A scored shortlist of real targets with the reasoning and evidence behind each one, ready to approach. Refined as we learn what you like.

What you receive

A shortlist that shows its working.

Illustrative example. Representative businesses on a generalist Melbourne thesis, A$1.5M+ EBITDA. Not real client data.

Shortlist — generalist Melbourne thesis Ranked by fit · evidence tagged
Commercial HVAC & mechanical services
Greater Melbourne, VIC · est. 2003 · ~34 staff · rev ~A$9.2M · est. EBITDA ~A$1.9M
Recurring maintenance contracts Blue-chip facilities clients Founder 60+, no visible successor ABN verified
Why it fits: steady maintenance base and an owner at a classic exit age, with no second-generation operator on record.
92
fit score
Fire protection & compliance
Greater Melbourne, VIC · est. 1998 · ~22 staff · rev ~A$6.1M · est. EBITDA ~A$1.6M
Recurring compliance revenue Long-tenured client base Single owner-operator
Why it fits: mandated inspections make revenue sticky and predictable, and the business runs on one owner whose time is the obvious constraint.
88
fit score
Industrial electrical contractor
Melbourne north, VIC · est. 2006 · ~41 staff · rev ~A$12.4M · est. EBITDA ~A$2.1M
Government & utility panels Founder-led, 18+ years Some customer concentration
Why it fits: strong panel positions and scale, flagged for a concentrated top customer worth testing in diligence.
85
fit score
Refrigeration & cold-chain services
Greater Melbourne, VIC · est. 2001 · ~18 staff · rev ~A$5.4M · est. EBITDA ~A$1.5M
Essential maintenance work Family-owned ABN verified
Why it fits: non-discretionary service work for food and logistics customers, family-held with a plausible succession gap.
83
fit score
Who it's for

Built for people doing the search themselves.

Search-fund entrepreneurs running a proprietary off-market process.
Self-funded & independent searchers who need flow without a broker.
Independent sponsors sourcing for a specific thesis or mandate.
Small acquirers & holdcos rolling up a sector in Australia or NZ.
Founding membership

Founding rate for the first ten searchers.

Each trial is set up and run by hand while we are early, so seats are limited. Founding members lock a half-price retainer for as long as they stay.

Standard retainer
A$1,000/ month

The ongoing rate once founding seats are gone.

First 10 seats
Founding trial
A$295for your first 90 days
then A$500 / month, your founding rate locked for life (half the standard retainer).
  • Your full buy-box set up with you
  • Scored shortlists of real, evidence-tagged targets
  • Ongoing refinement as we learn your taste
  • A direct line to the founder, not a support queue
Not ready? Book a call first
Seats are filled in the order trials start.
Questions

Good things to ask early.

How good is the data?

We are early and we are not going to quote you a number we cannot back yet. The companies are real and pulled from public filings and web data, each tagged by how confident we are in it: reported, estimated, or flagged for diligence. The fairest test is the shortlist itself, which is why the trial exists.

Do you cover my industry?

The engine is generalist across Australia and New Zealand. You can run a tight thesis on a single niche and region, or keep it broad and let it find the strongest businesses that fit your size and owner profile.

What do I actually receive?

A scored shortlist of real targets with the reasoning and evidence behind each one: size, location, owner read, and the signals that drove the score. It is refined over the trial as we learn which businesses you want more of.

How is this different from a contact-data tool?

Contact tools get you details for companies you have already chosen to chase. Meridian Acquire is the step before that: deciding which companies are worth chasing in the first place. It sits alongside your existing stack rather than replacing it.

What happens after the 90 days?

You continue at your locked founding rate of A$500 per month, or you stop. There is no long contract, and the founding rate stays with you for as long as you are a member.

Two ways to start.

Claim a founding seat now, or leave your email and I'll set up a short call to walk you through a shortlist on your own thesis first.

Start the founding trial

A$295 for 90 days, then A$500/month locked for life.

Book a call

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