All Replies
42 total| Name | Account | Channel | Interest | Sentiment | Reply |
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| Greg Case Co-Founder, Managing Partner | PeakEquity Partners | — | Not Interested | — | Russ, thanks for thinking of us here. We are all set at the moment but I may follow up with you over the coming months as our needs change. Thanks, Noah Noah Ehrich PeakEquity Partners Office: (212) 896-1291 Cell: (484) 619-4948 |
| Raoul Kouamou Chief Executive & Managing Partner | Hilltop Circle Group | Warm | — | — | |
| Pascal Levy-Garboua Founder and CEO | Noosa Labs | — | Interested | — | Can you share a loom video? On Tue 18 Nov 2025 at 23:11, Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: Hi Pascal - It's a custom tool we build to your specs. With other clients we've scored saas targets on ROI, Mission Criticality and Switching Costs, and sometimes other variables like employee growth, value-based selling and market perception (to the extent custom feedback is available) then put that into a combined score. Cost usually runs from $10-15k, depending on complexity with a monthly subscription of about 10-20% of that as typically clients want their system to be refined and optimised. Happy to walk you through a system I built if there's a time that suits. R From: Pascal Levy-Garboua <pascal@noosalabs.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 16:25 To: Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> Subject: Re: fellow founder turned investor Hi Russell How much does it cost? How do ARR qualify targets? On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: Pascal - saw your reflection on passing on Deel in 2019. Tough one. Spent time at CS doing tech M&A and Treis growth equity. Now build custom sourcing flows for SaaS acquisition funds. System finds profitable SaaS targets ($200k-800k ARR), then runs authentic outreach to founders. Seeing great results with similar acquirers like Axiom Equity in the UK. Worth a quick call? Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 |
| Kurt Lentz Private Investor and Independent Sponsor (Investor • Entrepreneur • Operator) | Wedge West | — | Not Interested | — | Russell, Thank you for reaching out. I am focused on closing a couple of transactions I am involved in and ramping on the value creation side of those post-closing. As such, I am not currently in the market for deal origination tools. Regards, Kurt M. Kurt Lentz Operating Partner Panos Partners Tel: 310-386-1611 Email: klentz@panospartners.com From: Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2026 9:04 AM To: klentz@panospartners.com Subject: Wedge West's Origination Engine Kurt — hope you had a good weekend. wanted to reach out for two reasons: a) congrats on launching Wedge West — always impressed by those who've taken the leap. though we share a PE background, I hope to one day do the same. b) in the meantime I've been building highly bespoke deal origination engines for investors like you — just finished one for Backer Group in the UK also sourcing founder-owned service and manufacturing businesses. It takes your thesis, maps targets across various data sources incl. google maps, and runs the full engagement cycle (email/linkedin/whatsapp) — connected live to the crm. worth a quick call given how lean your team is? can walk you through what we built for Backer. very best, Russell linkedin.com/in/russellt23 PS: also built a 7-question benchmark to find out if you're the origination bottleneck → searchloop.ai/benchmark |
| Kaan Erdem Founder & Managing Member | Erdem Holdings | — | Interested | — | — |
| George Tilghman Co-Founder & Managing Partner | GTR Capital Partners | Interested | The prospect actively engaged with the pitch, suggested specific times for a call, agreed to the proposed time, and provided their email address for a calendar invitation. | can you send me an invite at gtilghman@gtrcap.com? | |
| Nick Hodgson Director, Tinto Hill | Tinto Hill | — | Not Interested | — | Hi Russell, Thanks for your email. This isn’t something I’d like to follow up on. Best, Nick Nick Hodgson Tinto Hill W: [tintohill.co.uk]tintohill.co.uk M: +447941009623 L: Nick Hodgson From: Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2025 at 16:47 To: Nick Hodgson <nick@tintohill.co.uk> Subject: Scotland's first search fund Nick - saw you launched Scotland's first search fund. Takes guts to build something new in a market. Started my career at Credit Suisse, then growth equity in London. Now build origination systems for funds like Tinto Hill. We knit together your existing tools into one seamless system that finds profitable SMEs and books meetings. No dumb AI spam — just founders in your calendar. Seeing great results with similar funds like Noble Rock (18+ portfolio companies). Worth a quick call? Russ. |
| Joe MacIsaac Founding Partner / Managing Partner | Warren St Investors | Cold | Joe MacIsaac stated, 'the question is do I have a need for your goods or services. And I do not.' This is a clear refusal of the service offering. | Joe MacIsaac stated, 'the question is do I have a need for your goods or services. And I do not.' This is a clear refusal of the service offering. | |
| Reif Tauati Partner | The Good Project | Warm | Reif states, 'I'd like to learn more,' and expresses that there is likely room for collaboration between our initiatives. | Reif states, 'I'd like to learn more,' and expresses that there is likely room for collaboration between our initiatives. | |
| Russell Atta-Safoh Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Co-Founder | Slice Sports | Interested | The prospect explicitly stated they would like to talk about an opportunity and requested the sender's availability to schedule a call. | Russell, Thank you for reaching out. I would like to talk to you about a great opportunity that we currently have. Let me know your availability so that we can set up a call. Russell | |
| Kamal Solaiman General Partner | Sinbad Capital | — | Not Interested | — | Russ: This is not something of need in the near term, so perhaps a convo at some point in the future On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: Kamal — Your M.S. thesis on applying AI to executive decision-making is cool — written in the mid-90s, well before most people were thinking about it. And now building a debt-free, ethics-first PE firm around those same principles. That's a genuinely unusual arc. I spent three years deploying €10-30M growth equity tickets into European companies. Loved the investing, hated how much time I burned trying to find the right deals. So I built SearchLoop to fix that. Now we run it for other firms — Noble Rock Software uses it to source founder-led B2B targets across their 18+ portfolio company strategy, and Backer Group in the UK uses it to find service and light manufacturing businesses for acquisition. The system is built custom to each firm: maps companies matching your thesis, scores them on the criteria you actually care about → gets owner contacts and runs personalized outreach → books meetings straight into your calendar. It plugs into your existing CRM, email, and calendar, and you see exactly what's happening at every step. What got me thinking about Sinbad specifically is the combination of a values-driven thesis with what sounds like a relatively lean team. When I was at Treis with a small team, the sourcing bottleneck was real — and I imagine it's even more acute when you're filtering for ethical alignment on top of financial fit. That's exactly the kind of nuanced scoring we build into the system. Worth a quick call to see if it could help? Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 |
| Marie-Helene Ben Samoun Co-Founder | Astaria Partners | Cold | The prospect explicitly stated her lack of interest by saying, 'Thanks for reaching out, but I'm not interested.' | The prospect explicitly stated her lack of interest by saying, 'Thanks for reaching out, but I'm not interested.' | |
| Akaash Parimeru Founder & Managing Partner | Bondwell Capital | — | Interested | — | — |
| Michael J. Wurth Managing Partner and Principal | Serviam Capital | Cold | The prospect stated, 'I'm not currently in the space anymore,' indicating they are no longer a relevant lead for the outreach. | The prospect stated, 'I'm not currently in the space anymore,' indicating they are no longer a relevant lead for the outreach. | |
| Bradley Buehler Executive Vice President, Acquisitions | Kittle Capital Partners | Cold | The prospect explicitly stated, 'We have a proprietary deal-flow partner that we work with already,' which serves as a polite deflection to the outreach. | The prospect explicitly stated, 'We have a proprietary deal-flow partner that we work with already,' which serves as a polite deflection to the outreach. | |
| Herby Raymond Co-Founder & Partner | Northern Yard Partners | Hot | The prospect explicitly stated, "Happy to set up time next week to connect," and provided his direct email address for scheduling. | The prospect explicitly stated, "Happy to set up time next week to connect," and provided his direct email address for scheduling. | |
| Caspar Berendsen Managing Partner & Co-Founder | Netley Capital | Cold | The prospect explicitly stated, 'This is not of interest Russ'. | The prospect explicitly stated, 'This is not of interest Russ'. | |
| David Horne Co-founder, Managing Partner | Calm Capital | Interested | — | Hey, Russell. It's mostly proprietary and word-of-mouth referrals for the deals we've done. However, we still receive a lot of broker/advisor pitches. --- David Horne managing partner / calmcapital.com Please note: I check my email only a few times per day. Therefore, I may not respond right away. If your request is urgent, please call. On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 8:05 AM, Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: David — hope you're having a good Wednesday. wanted to reach out — jealous of what you've built at Calm Capital. though we share a PE background, I hope to one day launch my own fund and acquire a durable software business. in the meantime I've been working on the origination side with funds like Noble Rock and Wingman — curious how you're thinking about origination at Calm Capital. mostly proprietary or still seeing a lot through brokers? very best, Russell linkedin.com/in/russellt23 | |
| Marcus Wendt CEO & Co-Founder | Verdira | — | Interested | — | — |
| Doug Yono Managing Director | H & H Capital Management LLC | Not Interested | The prospect provided a brief clarification of his business model but ended the conversation with a polite brush-off ('All the best') without engaging with the question about origination or showing interest in a partnership. | Hey Russel, this is more of a holding company for business acquisitions. We will look to buy small local businesses in The Woodlands and go from there. All the best. Doug | |
| Nima Shahian Founder and Managing Partner | Numeta Capital | — | Not Interested | — | love your skills but we're already doing well in this area – we have a strong positive reply rate in our ICP Nima Shahian Numeta Capital · Managing Partner M +1 310 666 7925 C Schedule a chat On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: Nima — We've been building deal sourcing infrastructure for funds investing in B2B software companies — and Numeta came up while i was poking around. we share a similar enough background too. I did a few years in M&A at Credit Suisse and Greenhill before moving to the investor side at a growth fund in London. You did the Lazard → Arrowroot path, which tracks. Though we have just over 10 active clients, the three closest to your mo are Axiom Equity, Noble Rock Software, and Wingman Growth Partners. Axiom uses our system to map vertical SaaS markets → score targets on switching costs and mission criticality → it hooks back into their HubSpot as a new idea list, then pushes to outbound via LinkedIn & email. Partners get draft emails to founders dropped into their inbox every morning. Given the overlap with Numeta's thesis, I wondered if you wanted to take a look under the hood and see if any of it's relevant to what you're building. I'm fairly free this week and next, just let me know a time that suits. Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 |
| Eduardo Gamboa Founder & CEO | Innerlight Capital | — | Interested | — | — |
| Joash Reid Managing Director & Co-Founder | Reid Green & Co | Warm | The prospect stated he is "Happy to connect anytime," indicating an openness to engagement. | The prospect stated he is "Happy to connect anytime," indicating an openness to engagement. | |
| Alexander S. Panos Managing Partner | Bookend Capital Partners | — | Not Interested | — | — |
| Denis Aven Founding Partner | Kodiak | — | Interested | — | Russel -- thank you for reaching out. How's the week of Dec 8th look for you to connect? Best, Denis On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> wrote: Denis - saw your piece on the Silver Tsunami — the generational transfer of small businesses is real. Started in banking at Credit Suisse, then growth equity. Now build deal origination systems for funds backing owner-operators. We knit together your existing tools into one seamless system that finds founder-led businesses and books meetings. No dumb AI spam — just quality operators in your calendar. Seeing great results with similar funds like Noble Rock (18+ portfolio companies). Worth a quick call? Russ searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 |
| Carlos Villatoro Founder/CEO | Pineland Capital LLC | Interested | The prospect responded positively to the request to connect and asked a follow-up question regarding how the sender heard about their company. | Hey, I’d love to connect. How did you hear about Pineland? | |
| Prabhu Suresh Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Astoria Growth Partners | — | Interested | — | — |
| Bernd Hake Chair | Partner | Noksha Capital | Interested | The prospect responded positively by offering a direct referral to the CEO and asking for the best way to facilitate an introduction. | Hi Russell thanks for your message. I’ll get you in touch with Fahim who is the CEO of Noksha. How could I introduce you to him? Best Bernd | |
| G.R. Kearney Partner | Stacker Holdings | — | Interested | — | Russell, Thanks for the nice note. We recently signed on with SG Analytics. THey have a deal sourcing component to what they do. I think we'll probably explore that and see if it's fruitful. The deal with them is a big step for us spend wise, so want to see how much we can get out of it. We've also got our hands pretty full with recent acquisitions at the moment so it's not a burning issue. Maybe reconnect in a quarter? Thanks, G.R. From: Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2026 8:39 AM To: G.R. Kearney <grk@stackerholdings.com> Subject: stacker holdings & lower middle market industrials G.R. — I came across Stacker Holdings and your focus on lower middle-market industrials and manufacturing businesses (CM Industries, Acme Finishing, etc.) — and thought it made sense to reach out for a couple reasons: 1.) we've been building custom deal origination systems for funds with a similar profile to yours and 2.) we share a somewhat overlapping path — I spent time in IB (Greenhill, Credit Suisse) before moving to the investing side at a growth equity fund in London, where I was doing direct deals into B2B service and industrial businesses. Of our active clients, the one closest to what you're doing at Stacker is Backer Group in the UK. They acquire founder-run service and light manufacturing businesses. Small team (like yours as an independent sponsor), so the system handles origination in the background — sourcing targets, scoring on owner readiness and acquisition fit, running personalized outreach via LinkedIn, email, and even personalized letters. Everything integrates live with their CRM. They still approve copy and stay in the loop, but the leverage is massive and they can focus on deals and portfolio companies instead of grinding on sourcing. also — I noticed your interest in employee ownership and the people-centric approach you take to building these businesses. that's pretty rare in PE and it's refreshing honestly. Given we've already built out this infrastructure for similar funds, I wondered if you wanted to take a look under the hood? Might be useful for Stacker's origination efforts, especially as you're looking at Midwest industrial companies where the mapping and scoring layer can surface a lot of targets that don't show up on typical deal lists. No worries if not — but if you're curious, I'm fairly free this week and next. very best, Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 |
| Rockwell Rabago Private Equity Analyst | Refracted Capital | Not Interested | The prospect clarified they are an intern and not the founder/decision-maker, effectively ending the sales relevance of the inquiry. | Hi Russ, I’m not actually the founder, just an intern there. | |
| Will MacInnis Co-CEO | 49 Mile Ventures | — | Interested | — | — |
| Andrew Mouacdie Jr. New Business Specialist | Total Return Capital Management | Warm | The prospect confirmed the alignment with 'That’s us to a T' and directly invited further conversation by asking 'What are you lookin at these days?' | The prospect confirmed the alignment with 'That’s us to a T' and directly invited further conversation by asking 'What are you lookin at these days?' | |
| Omar Garcia Founder | TEO Capital Partners | Interested | The prospect actively engaged in the conversation, expressed a willingness to learn more about the offering, suggested a specific time to meet, and provided their email address for a calendar invite. | omar@teocapitalpartners.com | |
| Francis Tran Founder & Managing Partner | Redondo Capital | Hot | — | — | |
| Ethan Canny Founder & Managing Partner | Canny Capital Partners | — | Interested | — | — |
| Shinemon Akiyama Investor / Searcher | Akiyama Capital | Warm | The prospect responded with a question asking 'where are you based in', which indicates an openness to vetting the sender and continuing the conversation. | The prospect responded with a question asking 'where are you based in', which indicates an openness to vetting the sender and continuing the conversation. | |
| Reed Van Leuven Investment Committee Advisor | Councyl Capital | Warm | The prospect agreed with the premise of the problem and explicitly followed up by asking, 'What's your solution?' | The prospect agreed with the premise of the problem and explicitly followed up by asking, 'What's your solution?' | |
| Matthew McCabe Co-Founder | Axia Growth Partners | Not Interested | The prospect directly declines the offer by stating they already have a solution in place. | Thanks for connecting, Russ. We already have a solution for this. Best, Matt | |
| Richard (Rik) Goodwin, Ph.D. Operating Partner | Ducat Capital Partners | Warm | The prospect responded with "what can I do for you?", which indicates openness to engage and learn the purpose of the outreach. | The prospect responded with "what can I do for you?", which indicates openness to engage and learn the purpose of the outreach. | |
| Ryan Mullaney Managing Partner | Eagle Grove Capital, LLC | Interested | The prospect accepted the request to connect and explicitly provided their email address to facilitate a conversation. | Sure happy to chat. Ryan@eaglegrovecapital.com | |
| Jeff Machlin Founder and Managing Partner | Wingman Growth Partners | — | Interested | — | Russ, Nice to meet. Happy to do a demo and see what you have built. Feel free to grab time using my calendar link in my signature block. Best, Jeff Jeff Machlin Founder & Managing Partner Wingman Growth Partners M: 203-309-2625 E: jeff@wingmangrowth.com Calendar | Website | LinkedIn |
| Daniel Lazier Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Skyline Crest Partners | — | Interested | — | — |