PortWatch — AI deal sourcing for SMB acquisitions
PORTWATCH
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Find off-market businesses before they reach a broker.

PortWatch is an AI deal sourcing platform for SMB acquisition buyers. It builds your thesis, finds companies that match it, researches each one, and runs outreach — replacing the tools and retainers a search normally requires.

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PortWatch rating four nursing home companies against a buyer's thesis as Strong, Moderate or Weak, with the reasoning attached: owner age 63, 28 years tenure, and a declining review trend.

Why are so many small businesses changing hands right now?

An entire generation of American business owners is retiring at once, and most of them have no succession plan. The companies are sound; the infrastructure to route them to new buyers does not exist at scale.

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How much does proprietary deal sourcing normally cost?

Either about two weeks of your own time per thesis, or roughly $45,000 to hire it out. Both scale badly for a single searcher, which is why most buyers end up competing for the same brokered listings.

Do it yourself

14 days

Per thesis, before a single conversation with an owner.

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Hire it out

$45,000

Typical first-year cost of a managed sourcing engagement.

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How does PortWatch find and qualify companies?

In four steps, from a thesis to a sent email. PortWatch reads your criteria, searches primary records rather than listings, scores every company against your mandate, and drafts outreach under your name.

  1. Step 01, two minutes: say what you want to buy. PortWatch asks the questions a broker would in plain language and turns the answers into a saved thesis, capturing industry, geography, revenue range and ownership type.
  2. Step 02, runs while you sleep: PortWatch researches every company from business directories, the company's own site, review history and contact records. Revenue and headcount are estimated, and every claim is labelled verified, likely or unverified rather than guessed.
  3. Step 03, you decide, not the model: every company is scored Strong, Moderate or Weak against the thesis you wrote, with the reasoning attached — owner age, tenure and review trend — so you keep the ones worth a call and pass on the rest.
  4. Step 04, nothing sends without you: one email per owner, written from that company's research profile and grounded in its sources. Approve three samples and the rest send in the same voice, with open and reply counts tracked.

What is in a PortWatch company profile?

Six sections, built in minutes rather than days. Every profile covers what a buyer needs before deciding whether the company is worth a call, including who actually owns it and how to reach them.

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