Joash Reid

Hi Joash — Zimbabwean by background, did M&A banking then growth equity at a European fund. Now running UK SME origination. Built a list of 322 UK companies open to sale — two looked relevant for Reid Green so happy to share.

Hey Joash, see we share a similar PE path, though I was in London doing growth equity not acquiring distressed SMEs off-market. most funds at this stage have stacked up a pretty solid toolkit — PitchBook, a CRM like Affinity or DealCloud, maybe Grata, sourcing consultants, the works. but the proprietary pipeline rarely reflects the size of the stack. none of it connects systematically, so the firm's thesis and network intelligence don't feed into each other — origination stays inconsistent instead of compounding. wondering if that's still how it plays out at Reid Green? — Russ

Hey Joash, see we share a similar PE path, though I was in London doing growth equity not acquiring distressed SMEs off-market. most funds at this stage have stacked up a pretty solid toolkit — PitchBook, a CRM like Affinity or DealCloud, maybe Grata, sourcing consultants, the works. but the proprietary pipeline rarely reflects the size of the stack. none of it connects systematically, so the firm's thesis and network intelligence don't feed into each other — origination stays inconsistent instead of compounding. wondering if that's still how it plays out at Reid Green? — Russ

hey Joash — was thinking about this more. when I was doing growth equity we had every subscription going — PitchBook, CRM, enrichment tools, the lot — and I still spent half my time manually pulling origination together across all of it. always wondered if that was just us being disorganised or if it's genuinely universal. did you ever run into that at Reid Green, or was it just us? — Russ

hey Joash — no stress on any of this. I'm in and around off-market origination all day — if you ever want to swap notes on what's working, I'm easy to find. — Russ

Joash — Given you're acquiring owner businesses, I figured we probably share some overlap. Though, I'm from Zimbabwe, and did direct SME investments for a European fund. Now I build origination systems for funds like yours and over the past 6 months, we've had 300+ direct conversations with UK business owners. Of all those targets, the two that felt closest to what you're looking for are: • A £10-25m revenue technology consultancy providing data strategy, architecture design, and security solutions to a diverse corporate B2B client base. • A £10-25m revenue business services provider delivering integrated security and facilities management alongside accredited vocational training for commercial clients. Here's a link to the full anonymised list: sample.searchloop.ai Let me know if you'd like to chat about how these were surfaced. very best, Russ linkedin.com/in/russellt23 PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.

Joash — Given you're acquiring owner businesses, I figured we probably share some overlap. Though, I'm from Zimbabwe, and did direct SME investments for a European fund. Now I build origination systems for funds like yours and over the past 6 months, we've had 300+ direct conversations with UK business owners. Of all those targets, the two that felt closest to what you're looking for are: • A £10-25m revenue technology consultancy providing data strategy, architecture design, and security solutions to a diverse corporate B2B client base. • A £10-25m revenue business services provider delivering integrated security and facilities management alongside accredited vocational training for commercial clients. Here's a link to the full anonymised list: sample.searchloop.ai Let me know if you'd like to chat about how these were surfaced. very best, Russ linkedin.com/in/russellt23 PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.

Hi Joash — quick second note in case the first got buried. a bit more detail: I've built proprietary deal-origination infrastructure for 20+ search funds and PE groups. The 322-company list is one output of the pipeline. Another is a research piece I wrote that maps several UK services sub-sectors by opportunity and level of market interest. This is based on proprietary signal that we've received via our engagements. Here's the link: sample.searchloop.ai/research/uk-services (drone inspection, data center electrical maintenance, site prep & tic emerge are some of the featured sectors) Let me know if you'd like to chat through it or the proprietary list. very best, Russ linkedin.com/in/russellt23 PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.

Hi Joash — Another fit from our 322 company list for Reid Green: A £10-25m revenue specialist business services firm designing and supplying bespoke premium packaging solutions for global high-end retail brands. sound interesting? PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.

Joash — going to assume the timing's off, I'll leave it there. The list and research are there when you want them. Very best, Russell. PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.