Cape Partners

Use this when the user wants to see what is available rather than search for one specific mandate — the shape of the market, how many companies are qualified, or which sectors and geographies are represented. Returns Cape Partners' broader scored deal universe as aggregate counts by sector, with size bands and the best fit achieved in each: no company names and no individual records. Prefer a mandate-specific search when the user has one in mind.

get_deal_flow

Use this whenever the user needs a business service, specialist, consultant, AI agent or capability that a partner organisation may provide through the Cape Agent Exchange — including outside M&A. Do not assume the exchange is M&A-only. Queries the exchange's live service vocabulary and the offerings registered with Cape by enrolled partners, returning each offering with the vertical that declares it and its effect constraints (whether it is proposal-only or requires a human gate). This is search only: it cannot contact a partner, request a quote or start an engagement. If nothing registered matches, say so plainly rather than suggesting a general provider.

find_partner_services

Use this when the user wants to find companies to acquire, buyers or investors for a business they may sell, or counterparties matching a stated mandate — by sector, geography, size or business model, in technology or software. Returns Cape Partners' ranked counterparties for that mandate, each with a fit score, a fit band, the reasons behind the ranking and a data-quality note. Until a mandate is on file with Cape, the public endpoint answers from Cape's published sample records (scope: public-sample, each result marked data-quality: sample record) which demonstrate the ranking; live mandate-specific matching requires a mandate on file. Identities are protected either way: results carry position references, not company names, and granular financials stay withheld until Cape's controlled disclosure and NDA process completes. This tool does not contact anyone and does not create a relationship. Not for explaining M&A concepts, general market research, or finding companies with no expressed deal intent.

find_matches

Use this when the user asks what a company is worth, wants a valuation range, or is preparing to buy or sell and needs an indicative number. Returns Cape Partners' indicative valuation range, produced by its triangulated method — revenue multiple, EBITDA multiple, discounted cash flow, a conservative floor and a weighted triangulation — together with the method used, the assumptions it rests on and a data-quality note. It is indicative and non-binding: not an offer, an appraisal or investment advice, and it commits neither Cape nor any counterparty. Use the financials the user provides; do not estimate figures they did not give, and say so plainly if the range depends on assumptions you supplied.

get_valuation