Find the right business to grow your impact.
Buy-side acquisition sourcing
Up & Over Advisors helps mission-driven buyers find and approach privately held businesses that fit their acquisition goals, including companies that aren't on the market. We handle the research, owner outreach, and early qualification that turn a broad ambition into a focused acquisition pipeline.
Who we work with
Morally ambitious capitalists. You want to grow through acquisition, and you care about what that growth means for employees, communities, and the business you're buying.
Our work is for buyers who have a direction in mind but need more capacity to find the right companies and start the right conversations. That may mean looking beyond public listings, searching a fragmented market, or making mission and culture part of the criteria from the beginning.
You bring the judgment and commitment to pursue an acquisition. We bring focused sourcing capacity.
The Up & Over Advisors Way
What the work involves
Make the search specific
We work with you to clarify the companies worth pursuing: industry, size, geography, strategic fit, and the practices or priorities that matter to your mission.
Research the market
We identify and prioritize privately held businesses against those criteria. The search reaches beyond companies already listed for sale.
Start conversations with owners
We approach owners directly with a reason their business interests you. An owner doesn't need to have decided to sell for a useful conversation to begin.
Qualify the opportunity
We explore interest, timing, and alignment before making an introduction. The aim is to help you spend time on conversations that warrant closer attention, rather than treating every response as a viable acquisition.
Sourcing is WHere we fit in
Our focus is finding companies, opening conversations, and qualifying opportunities for the buyer. An introduction is the beginning of evaluation, not proof that a business is the right acquisition.
Your attorneys, accountants, lenders, and other transaction professionals handle the work within their expertise as an opportunity develops. Up & Over Advisors' sourcing role does not include valuation, legal or financial advice, negotiation, or closing.
Looking for a marketplace?
Steward Market gives buyers, sellers, capital providers, and advisors a place to discover one another around values-aligned ownership transitions.
Up & Over Advisors is the hands-on buy-side search: we research companies and approach owners on your behalf. Steward Market is a separate way to explore the ownership-transition community. A buyer can use both.
Questions about working with us
Can you find companies that aren't for sale?
Yes. Our search includes privately held businesses whose owners haven't listed them or started a formal sale process. Outreach helps establish whether there is interest in a conversation; it doesn't mean an owner will decide to sell.
Do you work for buyers or sellers?
We work on behalf of buyers seeking acquisition opportunities. We don't represent sellers or act as a business broker.
Can sourcing work alongside my existing team?
Yes. We can work alongside your internal corporate development team and the outside professionals supporting an acquisition. Our focus remains the front end of the search.
What are you looking to buy?
Tell us what you want to grow, what kind of business could help, and what you want that growth to protect. We'll talk through whether a focused acquisition search is the right next step.
At Up & Over Advisors, we're dedicated to transforming businesses into powerful agents of public good. Championing not just profit, but prosperity for employees, communities, and the planet. By forging reliable, sustainable revenue streams, we enable meaningful job creation and security, fostering a healthier society.
Central to our mission is the belief that integrity and empathy are non-negotiable, guided by the principle that