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, guaranteed in writing.
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.
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 Single Large Acquisition · Largest to Date
Sourced · Qualified · Closed — End to End
Our largest single mandate ran $96M 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
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 takes 6–12 months and 2–4 dedicated seats before the first qualified call.
20+ qualified calls in the first 90 days — written into the agreement and reported weekly. Our floor is higher than most firms' ceiling.
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.
A year of retainer is one point on one deal — and one deal returns it several times over.
Add-on engine, roll-up launch, or the $25M+ needle-mover — a principal replies within one business day.
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A qualified call: every criterion met, and the owner said yes to the meeting — written into your agreement, calibrated to the mandate. We can promise it because our floor is higher than most firms' ceiling.