Philip (Phil) Jepson
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Hi Phil — 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 UKBCP.
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Hi Phil — I'm from Zimbabwe, ended up doing growth equity for a European fund. Different path to acquiring owner 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 PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.
Hi Philip — similar-ish background. Though, I'm from Zim and did M&A then growth equity in London — not too different from acquiring owner businesses. Now I build proprietary origination systems for funds like yours across fragmented UK businesses. Over the past 6 months, one of my systems surfaced 300+ off-market conversations with owners across 10 sectors. I've put them all together — 322 UK companies open to sale. Here's the link — sample.searchloop.ai Want a quick call? I can walk through how I got this and share some of the actual names. — 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 Philip — in case this got buried. A bit more detail: I've built proprietary deal origination infrastructure for 20+ search funds and PE groups. Bespoke software that connects a system of record with research agents, scraping, thesis-matching, and multi-channel outreach (LinkedIn, email on private IPs, WhatsApp). All to get qualified replies. The 322-company UK register is one output of the pipeline. Here's the link — sample.searchloop.ai Want a quick call? I can walk through how I built this and share some of the actual names. — Russ PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.
Hi Philip — last nudge. 322 UK companies open to sale, mapped from 300+ direct owner conversations. 10 sectors — you pick. sample.searchloop.ai Want a quick call? Happy to walk through how I got this and share some names. — Russ PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.
Philip — going to assume the timing's off. I'll leave it there. Link's sample.searchloop.ai if you ever want it — always up for a quick call. — Russ PS: if this isn't relevant, reply no and I'll leave you in peace. might even go for a walk.
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Phil explicitly states he is no longer involved in or interested in acquiring businesses.
Russell, Thanks for your emails, but I am not involved in or interested in acquiring businesses any more. Regards Phil 
Russell, Thanks for your emails, but I am not involved in or interested in acquiring businesses any more. Regards Phil  > On 30 Apr 2026, at 10:30, Russell Taylor wrote: > > Hi Philip — last nudge. > > 322 UK companies open to sale, mapped from 300+ direct owner conversations. 10 sectors — you pick. > > sample.searchloop.ai > > Want a quick call? Happy to walk through how I got this and share some names. > > — Russ > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 9:58:03 AM Russell Taylor wrote: > >> Hi Philip — in case this got buried. >> >> A bit more detail: I've built proprietary deal origination infrastructure for 20+ search funds and PE groups. Bespoke software that connects a system of record with research agents, scraping, thesis-matching, and multi-channel outreach (LinkedIn, email on private IPs, WhatsApp). All to get qualified replies. >> >> The 322-company UK register is one output of the pipeline. >> >> Here's the link — sample.searchloop.ai >> >> Want a quick call? I can walk through how I built this and share some of the actual names. >> >> — Russ >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 10:03:13 AM Russell Taylor wrote: >> >>> Hi Philip — >>> >>> similar-ish background. Though, I'm from Zim and did M&A then growth equity in London — not too different from acquiring owner businesses. >>> >>> Now I build proprietary origination systems for funds like yours across fragmented UK businesses. >>> >>> Over the past 6 months, one of my systems surfaced 300+ off-market conversations with owners across 10 sectors. I've put them all together — 322 UK companies open to sale. >>> >>> Here's the link — sample.searchloop.ai >>> >>> Want a quick call? I can walk through how I got this and share some of the actual names. >>> >>> — Russ >>> >>> linkedin.com/in/russellt23