Acquisition Decision Engineby Acquisition Analytics
Acquisition Decision Engine by Acquisition Analytics

Kill bad deals fast. Document why.

Structured underwriting logic for high-cost decisions.

Acquisition Decision Engine helps acquisition buyers screen opportunities, surface hidden risk, and decide what deserves real diligence — before they waste time, money, or lender credibility.

Deal screeningConfidence scoringDecision pathsLender-first memo

Premium Memo Preview

Lender First-Look Memo

Lakeshore Fire Protection

First-Look View

Bankable at first glance

Buyer-Side View

Proceed

Financing Profile

SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership

Preliminary DSCR

1.63x

Cash Flow After Senior Debt

$169,590

Sources & Uses

Balanced

Equity Injection

13.8% of total uses

Sample Lender Takeaway

Balanced transaction structure, supportive preliminary DSCR, and a clean first-look screen give the deal a credible path into lender conversation — subject to full underwriting.

Platform-wide proof layer

ADE will show what the system is actually doing — not vanity traffic.

Public platform totals are intentionally held until launch. Once real production activity begins, this strip becomes a live site-wide counter for deals screened, risk flags surfaced, lender memos generated, and decision outcomes issued.

Live totals publish after launch

Deals Screened

Public total activates at launch

Site-wide count of completed Acquisition Decision Engine screens.

Hard Risk Flags Surfaced

Public total activates at launch

Visible proof that ADE is built to expose real deal-killing risk, not just summarize inputs.

Lender Memos Generated

Public total activates at launch

Premium lender-readiness outputs produced from deals worth taking one step further.

Decision Outcomes Issued

Public total activates at launch

Proceed, caution, and reject calls generated by a structured underwriting screen.

What Acquisition Decision Engine gives you

A disciplined screen before the expensive part starts.

Deal Quality Score

Screen whether an opportunity deserves more time before diligence gets expensive.

Confidence Score

See how strongly the current data supports the conclusion — not just the conclusion itself.

Decision Path

Know what would preserve, upgrade, or revive the deal instead of stopping at a shallow pass/fail call.

Lender First-Look Memo

Translate a surviving deal into a financing-aware first-look packet with Sources & Uses, DSCR, and bankability logic.

Why it matters

A bad acquisition can cost far more than the price of screening it properly.

Acquisition Decision Engine is built for buyers making expensive, irreversible decisions. It helps separate deals that deserve diligence from deals that only look attractive on the surface.

01

Enter or parse the deal

Start with headline economics, qualitative underwriting inputs, or pasted deal text.

02

Expose the real decision

Acquisition Decision Engine surfaces hard risks, confidence, buyer fit, asymmetry, and the path to proceed or walk away.

03

Advance only what deserves it

For deals that survive, generate a premium lender-facing first-look memo before wasting credibility.

Lender First-Look Memo

See what the premium lender memo actually delivers.

For deals worth advancing, Acquisition Decision Engine adds a financing-aware lender screen with profile selection, Sources & Uses, preliminary DSCR, bankability logic, and lender-facing concerns.

Financing profilesEquity screenPreliminary DSCRBankability view

Second Example

Lender First-Look Memo

Summit Flow Controls

First-Look View

Needs work before lender submission

Buyer-Side View

Proceed with caution

Financing Profile

Conventional bank

Preliminary DSCR

Not yet modeled

Key Issue

Financing package incomplete

Customer Concentration

Moderate diligence item

Decision Path

Tighten before lender submission

Sample Lender Takeaway

A deal can remain worth diligence while still being unready for lender submission. The memo separates acquisition appeal from bankability readiness.

Start with judgment

Screen the deal before the deal screens you.

Build a better first decision, document the reasoning, and only advance opportunities that deserve more time.