Automated prospecting for M&A
Buy-side or sell-side. We screen construction and trade companies by the work they actually do, name the decision maker, and open the conversation in your name. Off-market, before anyone else calls.
About 2 hours a day saved on prospecting, around 60 hours a month
Built for
- Private equity & roll-ups
- Strategic acquirers
- Search funds
- Business brokers
- M&A advisors
What is Builtie?
Builtie is automated prospecting built on live construction activity. For M&A it reads the market as companies instead of projects: which firms of a given trade, size and territory are actually active, growing or slowing, and who runs them. Then it runs the outreach to those decision makers from your LinkedIn and email until a conversation is on your calendar.
- 01
Screens the market
70,167 construction companies tracked, filtered by trade, territory, size and whether their work is rising or falling.
- 02
Names the decision maker
The president or principal at each company, with LinkedIn and email where they can be verified. Coverage varies by market.
- 03
Opens the conversation
Confidential notes that reference the company's real work, sent in your name, followed up, and booked onto your calendar. About 2 hours of sourcing a day, done for you.
Who we name: in Canada, the builder and developer behind each project and a decision maker there. In some US markets, where the public record lists them, the property owner too.
- of prospecting saved a month (about 2 a day)
- ~60 hrs
- construction companies tracked
- 70,167
- deepest in the Greater Toronto Area
- US + Canada
One engine, both sides of the deal.
Acquirers use it to find businesses worth buying. Brokers and advisors use it to reach the principals of firms that fit a mandate, and the buyers for the mandates they already hold.
- Buy-side
Find businesses worth buying.
Platform, tuck-in, succession or opportunistic: screen on trade, territory, size and real activity, then reach the decision maker directly.
- Sell-side
Win mandates before they list.
Established firms with a long project history, reached through their principals before another broker calls.
- Your mandates
Find the buyer.
Contractors and roll-ups already active in the trade and territory of the business you are selling, introduced in your name.
Principals answer a note that knows their business.
LinkedIn contact
Sent from your account
Hi Tony, I've followed Ridgeway Mechanical's work, including the two mid-rise jobs in Vaughan this year. We partner with owner-operated HVAC firms in the GTA and keep the team and the name. If you've ever thought about what's next for the business, I'd value a confidential coffee.
Not selling tomorrow, but I've been thinking about it. Coffee works.
People who run good trade businesses ignore generic "we buy companies" messages. A note about the work they actually do, from your own LinkedIn, gets read.
Sent from your inbox
Inbox · Primary
9:14 AMRidgeway Mechanical, and what comes next
From: you@yourcompany.com · To: Tony @ Ridgeway Mechanical
Hi Tony, saw Ridgeway has been on more GTA jobs this year than last. We work with owner-operators who want liquidity without losing what they built. Happy to share how a recent deal was structured, in confidence.
Sent from your own inbox. Succession and growth conversations happen on their schedule, so we follow up until they're ready.
Screen the market. Name the decision maker. Take the meeting.
Ridgeway Mechanical
Vaughan · ~35 staff
Projects, last 12 mo
14
Years active
22
Decision maker identified
Screen on real activity.
Trade, territory, size and how many jobs a company has been on over time. The column a directory cannot show you.
Tony C.
President · Ridgeway Mechanical
Reach the decision maker.
The president or principal, with LinkedIn and verified email where we can find them. No listing, no gatekeeper.
Tony C. · President
Not selling tomorrow, but let's talk.
Meeting booked · Wed 9:30 AM
Take the first meeting.
We run the outreach in your name. You take the call, build the relationship, and run your process.
What our clients say.
"Most of our week used to go into figuring out who to call. Builtie just gave us the answer: real projects, real people, and a lot of conversations we honestly never thought we would get into. AI is taking on more, automation has made outreach almost instant, and every time I log in something is sharper than the week before. My team finally has a tool that works for them, not another database they have to clean up after."
Sales team
"Builtie automated our entire outreach operation end to end. Prospect discovery, personalized messaging, follow-ups, and the CRM stays updated without anyone touching it. Colin and Sara walk in every morning to fresh conversations with builders and designers who are already working on real projects. We went from running outreach to reviewing results, and our pipeline has never looked healthier."
Sales team
The best deals never get listed.
Reach the principal first.
Book a 30-minute discovery call about your thesis or your mandate. Custom plans are typically a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month.