# Buyer List

> A Claude skill from w95/awesome-claude-corporate-skills.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-w95-awesome-claude-corporate-skills-buyer-list`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [w95](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/w95)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [w95](https://github.com/w95)
- **Source:** https://github.com/w95/awesome-claude-corporate-skills/tree/main/02-finance-accounting/buyer-list

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-w95-awesome-claude-corporate-skills-buyer-list
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Buyer List

description: Build and organize a universe of potential acquirers for sell-side M&A processes. Identifies strategic and financial buyers, assesses fit, and prioritizes outreach. Use when preparing for a sell-side mandate, building a buyer universe, or evaluating potential partners. Triggers on "buyer list", "buyer universe", "potential acquirers", "who would buy this", "strategic buyers", or "financial sponsors".

## Workflow

### Step 1: Understand the Target

- Company description, sector, and business model
- Revenue, EBITDA, and growth profile
- Key assets and capabilities (IP, customer relationships, geographic footprint, team)
- Expected valuation range
- Seller preferences (strategic vs. financial, management continuity, timeline)

### Step 2: Strategic Buyers

Identify strategic acquirers across categories:

**Direct Competitors**
- Companies in the same space that would gain market share
- Rationale: Revenue synergies, eliminate competitor, scale

**Adjacent Players**
- Companies in adjacent markets that could expand into the target's space
- Rationale: Product extension, cross-sell, new market entry

**Vertical Integrators**
- Customers or suppliers that could integrate vertically
- Rationale: Supply chain control, margin capture, strategic lock-in

**Platform Builders**
- Large companies building a platform in the space through M&A
- Rationale: Tuck-in acquisition, fill capability gap

For each strategic buyer, assess:

| Buyer | Sector | Revenue | Strategic Fit | Financial Capacity | M&A Track Record | Likelihood | Priority |
|-------|--------|---------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|------------|----------|
| | | | High/Med/Low | | Active/Moderate/None | | A/B/C |

### Step 3: Financial Sponsors

Identify PE/financial buyers:

**Platform Investors**
- Sponsors looking for a new platform in this sector
- Criteria: Fund size, sector focus, deal size range

**Add-on Buyers**
- Sponsors with existing portfolio companies that could acquire the target as a bolt-on
- Identify the specific portfolio company and synergy rationale

**Growth Equity**
- For earlier-stage or high-growth targets
- Minority vs. majority preference

For each sponsor:

| Sponsor | Fund Size | Sector Focus | Portfolio Overlap | Recent Activity | Priority |
|---------|-----------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------|
| | | | | | A/B/C |

### Step 4: Prioritization

Tier the buyer list:

- **Tier 1 (5-10)**: Highest strategic fit, proven acquirers, clear rationale — contact first
- **Tier 2 (10-15)**: Good fit but less obvious — contact in second wave
- **Tier 3 (10-20)**: Possible but lower probability — contact if process needs broadening

### Step 5: Contact Mapping

For each Tier 1 buyer:
- Key decision maker (CEO, Corp Dev head, Partner)
- Relationship status (existing relationship, cold outreach, need introduction)
- Known preferences or constraints (size, geography, structure)
- Best approach channel

### Step 6: Output

- Excel workbook with:
  - Strategic buyers tab (sorted by tier)
  - Financial sponsors tab (sorted by tier)
  - Contact mapping for Tier 1
  - Summary statistics (total buyers by tier, by type)
- One-page buyer universe summary for the engagement letter or pitch

## Important Notes

- Quality over quantity — a focused list of 30-40 well-researched buyers beats a list of 200 names
- Research recent M&A activity — buyers who just did a deal in the space are either hungry for more or tapped out
- Check for antitrust concerns with direct competitors — flag any that might face regulatory issues
- Financial sponsors: check fund vintage and deployment pace — a fund nearing end of investment period may be more motivated
- Always ask the seller if there are buyers they want included or excluded
- Update the list as the process progresses — move buyers between tiers based on feedback

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [w95](https://github.com/w95)
- **Source:** [w95/awesome-claude-corporate-skills](https://github.com/w95/awesome-claude-corporate-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-w95-awesome-claude-corporate-skills-buyer-list
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/w95
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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