Graeme Wallis

Hi Graeme — I'm from Zimbabwe, did M&A banking then growth equity at a European fund. Now running proprietary outreach to UK business owners. Put together a register of 322 UK companies open to sale — thought it might be relevant for Hargrave.

Hey Graeme, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not building a succession fund in the West Midlands. most funds I talk to have a database — PitchBook or Grata — maybe a CRM, and then the origination setup is mostly Excel and email from there. but proprietary deal flow still feels thin. thesis, network, and intelligence never sync into one system — so origination resets every cycle instead of compounding. does origination look different at Hargrave? — Russ

Hey Graeme, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not building a succession fund in the West Midlands. most funds I talk to have a database — PitchBook or Grata — maybe a CRM, and then the origination setup is mostly Excel and email from there. but proprietary deal flow still feels thin. thesis, network, and intelligence never sync into one system — so origination resets every cycle instead of compounding. does origination look different at Hargrave? — Russ

hey Graeme — one more thought on origination. after hitting this wall myself doing growth equity, I ended up building origination infrastructure for funds full-time — Mentmore Capital, Axiom Equity, Noble Rock, a few others. at my old fund we had a solid stack and smart people, and origination still restarted from scratch every cycle. the funds who systematise it early end up compounding deal flow — the ones who don't keep resetting. curious if Hargrave has cracked that or if it's the same pattern. — Russ

hey Graeme — no stress on any of this. we documented the origination infrastructure we've built across funds — tech stack, workflows, prompts. free to share if it'd be useful at Hargrave. either way, I'm around if origination ever becomes a conversation worth having. — Russ

Hi Graeme — I'm from Zimbabwe, ended up doing growth equity for a European fund. Different path to acquiring and growing british small businesses, but close enough that we're probably looking at similar businesses. I run proprietary deal origination for funds like yours across UK owner-managed businesses. Off the back of 300+ direct conversations with owners across 10 sectors, I've put together a password-protected register of 322 companies open to sale. Only sharing it with a handful of funds, and figured you may want a look. Want me to send it across? — Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

Hi Graeme — similar-ish background. I did M&A banking then growth equity at a European fund before ending up in SME origination, not too different from acquiring and growing british small businesses. I run proprietary deal origination for funds like yours across UK owner-managed businesses. Off the back of 300+ direct conversations with owners across 10 sectors, I've put together a password-protected register of 322 companies open to sale. You pick the sectors that matter, ignore the rest. Only sharing it with a small number of funds. Do you want to take a look? — Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

Hi Graeme — did you get a chance to look at this? Still happy to share the register, no strings attached. — Russ

Graeme — still open to sending the register across if the timing's better now. — Russ

Graeme — going to assume the timing's off. I'll leave it there. If the register ever becomes useful, you know where I am. — Russ