For Private Equity · Direct Engagement
Most origination firms serve the portfolio company. Funds engage Sentinel directly — because the top of the funnel is where a thesis lives or dies. Pick a door, or bring us the mandate and we'll open it.
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Three Doors In
Every fund we work with entered through one of these three. Retained, foundational, or singular — the discipline underneath is identical: one target, one partner, approval-gated,
Retained origination behind each portfolio platform. Your portfolio companies never compete inside our system — every target worked with one platform at a time, tracked to close.
The hardest acquisition in any consolidation is the first. We source the founding platform for a new roll-up — new sector, new geography — then build the add-on pipeline behind it.
When the thesis needs one company, not thirty. Off-market means fit, not auction — and fit is what a fund actually needs when the mandate is singular.
In brief
For private equity firms, Sentinel runs retained origination that feeds platform and add-on pipelines with off-market, owner-verified targets — so deal teams spend their time on live conversations instead of cold lists.
Key takeaways
Case File · Confidential
Two exhibits, one file. Names redacted by policy — the numbers are not.
We ran retained origination behind a PE-backed DSO platform, sourcing add-on after add-on until the platform stood at more than four times its starting footprint.
On the strength of that record, the fund itself engaged Sentinel directly — to launch an entirely new DSO in a new geography. We sourced the target that became its founding acquisition. The platform is live and acquiring today.
Fund and platforms confidential by policy. Named references available under protocol during your diligence.
The Wolfson Equity Family · Largest Closing
Largest sell-side closing advised across the Wolfson Equity family
$300M+ in transactions supported across the family. Single large mandates run end to end, from first outreach to signed close — $25M+ mandates are welcome any time a thesis needs one company, not thirty.
Off-market means fit, not auction
Straight Answers
Build vs. Buy
Every fund weighs standing up an internal origination seat against retaining ours. Here is the honest comparison.
First submissions land in weeks. In-house origination typically takes months of hiring and ramp — and dedicated seats — before the first qualified call.
A 20+ qualified-call / 90-day pace, reported weekly. You see the pace from week one.
A live funnel walkthrough on the first call. Partner references made available under protocol during diligence.
A retained partnership staffs two full-time reps and a qualifier to your mandate every day — the way funds actually build a pipeline. Success-only stays available for the opportunistic single mandate.
The Economics
A listed deal carries the seller's 6–10% brokerage fee in the price — then the auction takes you the rest of the way up. Retained origination removes both.
Register your buy box free, then compare Mandate and Success on your own deal sizes inside the partner portal.
Add-on engine, roll-up launch, or the $25M+ needle-mover — a principal replies within one business day. Weighing categories first? Start with advisor vs. broker vs. sourcing platform.
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A qualified call: every criterion met, and the owner said yes to the meeting, calibrated to your mandate. Month to month after the first quarter — judged on delivered numbers.
What acquirer partners say
“Wolfson Equity has exceeded my expectations when it comes to sourcing dental acquisition opportunities. They have consistently kept our pipeline full with quality prospects and have been instrumental in creating opportunities that we likely would not have found on our own.”
“It has been a pleasure working with your team. You have done a great job generating proprietary deal flow for us, and were able to hit the ground running.”