Brendan Murphy
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Hi Brendan — 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 CPC.
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Hi Brendan — similar-ish background. I'm from Zim and was a banker doing M&A at Greenhill, then moved into growth equity in London. 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 together: 322 UK companies open to sale. One that looked relevant for Cypress Point: A £2-5m SaaS provider delivering regulatory compliance and technical information systems to a large base of global financial institutions. Here's the link: https://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 Brendan — similar-ish background. I'm from Zim and was a banker doing M&A at Greenhill, then moved into growth equity in London. 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 together: 322 UK companies open to sale. One that looked relevant for Cypress Point: A £2-5m SaaS provider delivering regulatory compliance and technical information systems to a large base of global financial institutions. Here's the link: https://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 Brendan — quick second note in case this got buried. The list is here: https://sample.searchloop.ai/ It is anonymised, but it should show the shape of the work: sector, scale, owner motivation, and enough to judge whether the source is useful for Cypress Point. Want a quick call? I can walk through how I got this and share the names behind the examples. — 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 Brendan — last nudge. The useful bit is not really the list. It is the system behind it: direct owner conversations, matched to buyer theses, across fragmented UK sectors. One more example that mapped to Cypress Point: A £10-25m specialist consultancy providing data strategy, architecture design, and security solutions to a broad base of corporate clients. Worth a quick call? — 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.
Brendan — I'll leave it there. Link's here if useful later: https://sample.searchloop.ai/ — 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.
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Hey buddy, We’ve spoken before - how are you getting on? Did you end up moving to the US? Best, Brendan
Hey buddy, We’ve spoken before - how are you getting on? Did you end up moving to the US? Best, Brendan On 13 May 2026 at 10:42 +0100, Russell Taylor , wrote: > Hi Brendan — last nudge. > > The useful bit is not really the list. It is the system behind it: direct owner conversations, matched to buyer theses, across fragmented UK sectors. > > One more example that mapped to Cypress Point: A £10-25m specialist consultancy providing data strategy, architecture design, and security solutions to a broad base of corporate clients. > > Worth a quick call? > > — 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. > > On Thu, May 7, 2026 5:46:49 AM Russell Taylor wrote: > > > Hi Brendan — 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 29, 2026 9:11:40 AM Russell Taylor wrote: > > > > > > Hi Brendan — > > > > > > > > similar-ish background. Though, I'm from Zim and did M&A then growth equity in London — not too different from your investing path. > > > > > > > > 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