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Deal Pipeline

Every deal, exactly where it stands.

DealStratum gives every acquisition search a single deal pipeline — a kanban board that moves each opportunity from Sourced to Closed, with the notes, files and activity attached to the deal, not buried in your inbox.

Sourced → ClosedNotes, files & activity per dealAdd straight from the Waterfall
DealStratum — Pipeline 12 ACTIVE DEALS
Sourced4
Coastal Logistics
3PL & warehousing · Savannah, GA
EBITDA $0.9MSBA elig.
JD2d ago
Riverbend Plumbing
Trades · Nashville, TN
EBITDA $0.7M
JD3d ago
Summit Pest Control
Home svcs · Denver, CO
EBITDA $0.6MRecurring
JD5d ago
NDA2
Midwest HVAC Co.
HVAC · Columbus, OH
EBITDA $1.4MSBA elig.
JDNDA sent 1d
Lakeside Dental Grp.
Healthcare · Madison, WI
EBITDA $1.1M
JDNDA sent 4d
Review3
Brightline Mfg.
Precision mfg · Grand Rapids, MI
EBITDA $2.1MFit 86
JDCIM in review
Apex Electrical Svcs.
Trades · Dallas, TX
EBITDA $1.3M
JDQoE pending
Offer2
Granite Landscaping
Landscaping · Charlotte, NC
EBITDA $1.0MLOI out
JDLOI 6d
Closed1
Harbor Auto Group
Automotive · Tampa, FL
EBITDA $1.6MWon
JDClosed Q1
The problem

A spreadsheet can’t tell you what’s slipping.

A live search runs 30, 50, 80 deals at once. Track them in a spreadsheet and a notes app and your inbox, and the answer to “what’s next on Brightline?” is buried three tabs deep — if it’s written down at all.

  • You forget which broker is waiting on a signed NDA — and the deal goes cold.
  • The CIM, your notes, and the lender thread live in three different places.
  • No one — including you — can say at a glance which deals are actually moving.
“I lost a clean $1.4M EBITDA deal because I let the NDA sit for two weeks. The broker moved on. That was the week I stopped running my search out of Google Sheets.”
— Self-funded searcher, second acquisition
How it works

Your acquisition deal pipeline, in three moves.

From the moment a deal lands to the day it closes, every opportunity has a column, a card, and a clear next step.

1

Add a deal — or push one in

Create a card by hand, or add a listing straight from the Waterfall. Asking price, cash flow, broker and source come pre-filled so you’re not retyping anything.

2

Move it through the stages

Drag each deal across Sourced → NDA → Review → Offer → Closed. The board is the single source of truth for where every opportunity actually stands.

3

Keep everything on the card

Notes, the CIM, the lender thread, your screening read — all attached to the deal. Open one card and you have the full history, not a scavenger hunt.

Why it matters

More deals stay alive — and the right ones move faster.

Nothing rots in your inbox

Every deal has a stage and an owner. The NDA you owe a broker is on the board, not lost — so good deals don’t go cold while you’re heads-down on another.

Focus on the deals that count

Scan one board and instantly see what’s in Review and Offer. You spend your hours on the three deals that can close — not the thirty that won’t.

A search you can actually report on

Investors and partners want a status. Send them the board. Stage counts, EBITDA per deal, and momentum — without building a deck every month.

By the numbers

One board, the whole search.

The deal pipeline isn’t a parking lot. It’s the part of DealStratum that turns a pile of listings into a search with momentum.

5
stages, Sourced → NDA → Review → Offer → Closed
1
click to push a Waterfall listing onto the board
$0.9M–$2.1M
EBITDA deals tracked side by side, with fit scores
0
spreadsheets to maintain by hand

“Brightline Mfg. went from a Waterfall card to an LOI in nineteen days because I could see, every morning, exactly what it was waiting on. The board is the first thing I open and the last thing I close.”

MRIndependent sponsorLower-middle-market manufacturing
FAQ

Questions searchers ask

How is this different from a generic CRM or Trello board?

A deal pipeline in DealStratum is built for acquisitions, not generic tasks. Cards carry the fields that matter — asking price, cash flow, EBITDA, broker, source, fit score — and the stages mirror a real buy-side process: Sourced, NDA, Review, Offer, Closed. It also connects to the Waterfall, screening, and outreach, so the board isn’t a silo you have to keep up by hand.

Can I add deals I found outside DealStratum?

Yes. Create a card manually for any deal — an off-market lead, a broker email, a referral — and work it through the same stages as listings you pushed in from the Waterfall.

Can investors or partners see my pipeline?

The board is designed to be shareable as your search status: stage counts, EBITDA per deal, and what’s moving. It saves you from rebuilding an update deck every month for sponsors or your fund.

Stop losing deals in the cracks.

Put your whole search on one board and always know what’s next. Start your 14-day free trial.