Direct
Institutional-grade deal origination across all transactions types
Join 10,000+ managers, institutional investors, advisors, and investment consultants who have trusted GFS to manage their Searches with excellence since 2012
Connecting deal sponsors and their advisors with managers, buyers, sellers, and financing partners
Deal sourcing
Unlock new deal flow from untapped audiences
✓ Discover validated deals
✓ Institutional-grade
✓ Process efficiency
GFS Direct
Join a proven institutional Search process
✓ Facilitating Search-driven intros
✓ Tailor-made process & objectives
✓ Limited and broad auctions
✓ Significant time and cost reductions
✓ Strict confidentiality maintained
✓ 0% commissions. Fixed fees only
Deal sponsor
Build longer longlists. Stronger shortlists.
✓ Enhanced execution speed
✓ Criteria-based intros
✓ Leveraging sourcing expertise
✓ Outsourcing non-core activities
Spend less time on origination & deal marketing. 0% commissions
GFS Direct helps you reach the right buyers, discover new target deals, and secure financing, co-investors, and minority partners – supported by one of the industry’s strongest private markets networks
10.000 +
Asset Managers & General Partners
4000 +
Institutional Asset Owners
500 +
Advisors
500 +
Investment Consultants
Use cases – Secondaries, Co-investments, M&A and Financing
For sellers
- Structured outreach to reach more relevant potential buyers
- Curated scope and Strategy-aligned outreach
- Transparent, qualified longlists
- Efficient and low-cost outsourcing of the origination process
For buyers
- Access a proprietary deal flow
- Quickly identify target deals aligned with your strategy
- More relevant opportunities, less wasted time
For capital providers
We provide access to curated financing opportunities across acquisition financing, growth capital, co-investments, refinancings, unitranche, mezzanine, and structured solutions – aligned with your stated investment mandate.
Why GFS Direct?
Traditional origination starts with a list of institutions. GFS Direct starts with the sponsor’s objectives
Using advanced proprietary geometric technology, opportunities and counterparties are evaluated within a multi-dimensional space defined by sponsor-specific parameters, enabling a more precise and scalable search process.
The result is faster origination, more targeted engagement, and better outcomes. By automating much of the sourcing, screening, and prioritization process, GFS Direct reduces resource intensity and improves origination efficiency for sponsors and advisors alike.
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