Industries - Financial Services
Reach PE, VC, and the owners they want to buy
99K+ verified VC and PE principals for vendors selling into the deal world - and a direct line to the 20M+ private companies PE firms and search funds are trying to buy. Ken works both directions: reach the fund, or reach the owner. Build your first campaign free.
Example searches
- Managing Directors at growth equity firms with $500M+ AUM focused on healthcare
- General Partners at search funds with $50M-$500M in committed capital focused on industrials
- Owners of profitable, family-run HVAC or specialty manufacturing companies with 20-150 employees
- Founder-led manufacturing or services companies with 20-150 employees and no institutional investors
10M+ emails sent in 2025 | 40+ B2B companies | 4x reply rates
10M+ emails sent in 2025 | 40+ B2B companies | 4x reply rates
[01] The Audience
99K+ investors. 20M+ companies to buy from them - or sell into.
This page works two directions, because Ken's customers here do too. Software and service vendors use it to reach the 99K+ general partners, managing directors, and principals across venture and private equity - a small, well-mapped universe that gets over-emailed fast. PE firms and search funds use the same engine to reach the other side: the 20M+ private companies they're trying to buy, where owner data is thin and a wrong-toned email can end a relationship before it starts. Both sides are compliance-sensitive in different ways - general solicitation rules around fund communications on one, confidentiality and tone on the other - and Ken's targeting and personalization are built to respect both.
- 99K+
- VC and PE principals
- 20M+
- private companies to source from
- 3x
- verification rounds per email
- 1,000
- free leads to start
general partners, managing directors, and principals across the deal ecosystem
Ken's full company database, filterable by size, industry, and location
65% of risky or invalid addresses filtered before you send
build and preview the whole campaign before paying
[02] Buying Signals
Signals Ken Can Actually Act On
Whichever direction you're reaching, Ken acts on real engagement and scores real fit - not a guess.
Multi-click intent on thesis pages and portfolio case studies
A GP or principal who clicks your deck or teaser link more than once is showing real interest. Ken flags it and can fire the next touch automatically or route the reply straight to you.
Re-engage quiet PE and search operators
An owner or fund contact who engaged and then went quiet gets picked back up. Ken watches for clicks that stop and re-approaches with a different angle before the thread goes cold.
Qualified for Succession Readiness
Describe it in plain language - 'family-run HVAC company, 20-150 employees, no institutional backing, run by the same owner for years.' Ken's AI reads each company's site and LinkedIn and scores it against exactly that.
Qualified to Fund Criteria
'Growth equity firm with $500M+ AUM focused on healthcare' isn't a dropdown filter anywhere else. Ken's AI reads each firm's site and scores it against your exact mandate.
[03] Why Ken
Built for sourcing deals, not just sending email
B2B DATABASE
Search 20M+ private companies most tools can't see.
Search funds and PE firms need owners of profitable, often bootstrapped businesses with minimal digital footprint - exactly the companies generic databases undercount. Ken's 20M+ company database covers the long tail, filterable by size, industry, and location.
AI QUALIFICATION
Filter for succession readiness, not just firmographics.
“Profitable HVAC company, 20-150 employees, family-owned with no institutional backing” or “growth equity firm with $500M+ AUM focused on healthcare.” Ken's AI reads each company's site and LinkedIn and scores it against your exact criteria, subjective language included.
AI PERSONALIZATION
Write like a respectful conversation, not an acquisition pitch.
Owners are wary of anything that reads as a hostile approach, and generic “we want to buy you” copy ends the relationship before it starts. Ken writes from the owner's company history, industry, and background inside human-written, legacy-and-respect frameworks - the same personalization approach that lifted engagement 127% in our 500k-email study.
From ICP to booked conversations
Three steps. The first two are free.
Describe Your Target
Paste your website and Ken drafts your ICP and offer - or describe it yourself: fund criteria or acquisition thesis, industry, size, ownership signal, role. Edit and confirm in under a minute.
Review Your Campaign
Ken sources up to 1,000 leads - fund contacts or business owners - qualifies each against your criteria, segments them, and drafts personalized multichannel sequences in your voice. Nothing sends until you approve.
Send and Take the Meetings
Pay to send and your campaign goes out on Ken's infrastructure. Replies get sentiment-tagged, positives reach you instantly, and meetings land on your calendar.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ken Search covers 99K+ VC and PE principals - general partners, managing directors, and principals - plus 20M+ private companies you can search for deal sourcing, all inside a 300M+ contact B2B database. Slice fund contacts by AUM, focus, and firm size, or slice companies by size, industry, and AI-qualified fit.
The universe is 20M companies deep
Build a campaign on your exact fund or acquisition criteria free - sourced, verified, qualified, and written. Send it when you like what you see.
