Saquib Ansari

Hi Saquib — 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 Stellar.

Hey Saquib, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not running a search fund in the UK. most funds I talk to in the SME space are running on PitchBook or Grata, maybe Affinity, and then basically Excel and email for everything else on the origination side. 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 Stellar? — Russ

Hey Saquib, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not running a search fund in the UK. most funds I talk to in the SME space are running on PitchBook or Grata, maybe Affinity, and then basically Excel and email for everything else on the origination side. 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 Stellar? — Russ

hey Saquib — 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 Stellar has cracked that or if it's the same pattern. — Russ

hey Saquib — 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 Stellar. either way, I'm around if origination ever becomes a conversation worth having. — Russ

Hi Saquib — I'm from Zimbabwe, ended up doing growth equity for a European fund. Different path to buying small and mid-sized profitable uk companies, 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 Saquib — 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 buying small and mid-sized profitable uk companies. 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 Saquib — did you get a chance to look at this? Still happy to share the register, no strings attached. — Russ

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

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