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What roles are available at DealFlowAgent?
We are primarily hiring for two senior roles: Head of M&A / Senior M&A Advisor (£150k-£400k+ Realistic OTE) and COO and Dealmaker (£120k-£185k+ total comp). Both include equity ownership. We also have additional opportunities in engineering and operations.
DealFlowAgent is based in London, UK. We offer hybrid working arrangements. The Senior M&A Adviser role covers both UK and US markets.
What is the equity and profit sharing structure?
Team members receive 0.7-1.1% equity with accelerated vesting (3-year vest, 3-month cliff). We also distribute 15% of net profits to the team annually.
Do I need previous experience at a boutique investment bank?
Previous experience at boutique investment banks, corporate finance houses, or Big 4 transaction services is preferred but not required. We value structured deal experience, C-suite advisory skills, and a track record of closing transactions.
Highest Probability of a Successful Exit
We're hiring experienced dealmakers from boutique investment banks and corporate finance houses. We have £2M+ in warm pipeline revenue and growing.
Watch a Message from our Founder/CEO
Joe Lewin, Founder and CEO
DealFlowAgent is an intelligence-led M&A advisory firm for service businesses valued between £1M and £30M.
on the buy side, conduct structured conversations with business owners and acquirers. They capture criteria, preferences, and deal-breakers that traditional processes miss entirely.
The result: precision buyer-seller matching for SMEs across the UK and USA. Our clients run competitive processes with multiple qualified bidders and materially faster timelines than a traditional single-buyer negotiation.
We are not a marketplace. We are not a listing site. We are building the advisory infrastructure that makes M&A work for the businesses that need it most.
We are at an inflection point.
This is the moment where the right people can shape something important.
Join our founding team. Each role is critical to the next phase of growth.
Head of M&A / Senior M&A Advisor
Own the entire deal lifecycle from signed engagement to closed transaction. You are the engine of our client-facing operations and the primary driver of revenue. This is a leadership role, not a support function.
Equity', value: '1% founding-team equity
Vesting', value: '3-year vest, 3-month cliff
Architect and build the proprietary systems that power our advisory platform. Scale Sage and Sterling, the conversational agents that match buyers and sellers with precision.
Profit Share', value: '£25-80k target (annual)
A hybrid advisory and operations role bridging deal execution with platform growth. Ideal for candidates with early M&A exposure looking to accelerate their career.
Equity', value: '3-year vest, 3-month cliff
Proprietary agents enhance our capabilities. Experienced dealmakers lead your transaction.
30 years old. Exited founder. Building DealFlowAgent because I was obsessed with why M&A matching was so broken.
Grew up around investment banking. Dad worked in the industry, so large transactions felt normal. Built my first company at 22. Sold it. Built another. Now building this.
I move fast. I need people who can keep up and push back. If you are the kind of person who cannot switch off, who sees problems everywhere and wants to fix them, we should talk.
Complete our application questionnaire. Joe reviews every application personally.
Use the calendar below to schedule a confidential 30-minute conversation about the role.
Our backers are the same investors behind companies like Uber, SpaceX, Canva and Notion.
22 successful exits advised on.
Lancashire, UK-based online pharmacy sold to a USA-based strategic acquirer.
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Online celebrant training and SaaS platform sold to an industry consolidator.
Founder of Academy of Modern Celebrancy
I couldn't have asked for better support. They found the perfect buyer and secured terms that exceeded my expectations.
HR professional services business sold to a serial acquirer.
Founder of Jampot', quote: "The team guided me through every step. I felt completely supported from first call to completion. I recommend DealFlowAgent to business owners planning their sale.", link:
Pet-focused mobile app sold to a PE roll-up aggregator.
YAi Agency, London-based marketing agency sold in a cash and earnout deal.
E-commerce agency sold to a serial acquirer.
Founder', quote: '8 buyers got in touch with the help of their tech. We ended up completing the Ecomoo sale in 32 days to a serial acquirer.
Fire safety, security & life safety
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Valuation', dfa: 'Data-driven, market-tested. Typically 25–50% higher.
Real outcomes from business owners who trusted us with their exit.
"I couldn't have asked for better support during my exit. They found the perfect acquirer and negotiated terms that exceeded my expectations."
How we outperform M&A advisory firms
handles research, monitoring and risk.
You already get cold approaches every week. Most are a single buyer fishing for a low price, with no intention of paying a competitive multiple. We run a structured, confidential process that turns scattered approaches into
3 to 5 simultaneous offers you can compare
, led end-to-end by a senior advisor on your deal — not a junior handler.
Competitive process across 80+ qualified buyers in your sector creates real tension on price and terms.
You choose the right buyer, not the only option.
Better deal structures mean more in your pocket on day one.
The right buyer looks after your team, your clients, and everything you built.
Here's how we deliver these results for business owners.
Handles research and analysis behind the scenes, monitored by your advisory team
Sage handles the heavy lifting: research, document preparation, buyer monitoring, risk analysis. So your advisors can focus on strategy and negotiation.
Data-driven insights for your advisors
Every insight leads to a specific action, giving your team a clear plan to maximise your outcome.
Your dedicated team leads the process end-to-end.
Your team leads. Technology supports.
Sage and Sterling handle research and monitoring so your advisors focus on strategy and negotiation.
Deeply understands every buyer's criteria, budget, and deal preferences
What Sterling knows about every buyer
Every buyer is profiled through a detailed onboarding conversation, capturing the nuance that doesn't exist on the internet.
Buyer replied, scheduling intro call
Data room accessed 3x today
Strong intent signal on call
PE firm announces new fund close
Acquirer hires Head of M&A
US firm completes UK acquisition
Sector pricing firmed this quarter
Management meeting confirmed for Thursday
Competitor acquired by a consolidator
Revised offer received, above asking
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Here's how we deliver these results
Six factors that outperform a generalist broker. Each one delivers a measurable result — see the right-hand column.
Compounded, these six factors translate into the outcomes below.
Four years of direct conversation with sector acquirers — interviews, deal calls, sector dinners — layered with structured weekly buyer interviews via Sterling. Roughly twenty columns of intelligence per buyer: search criteria, valuation thresholds, deal structure, the management team they want to inherit, and the green, amber and red flags that move them.
We work in two verticals. Every advisor, every buyer profile, every comparable sits inside that focus. Specialists win against generalists at the table.
Funded to invest in marketing, events and full-page presence in Fire Safety Matters, Professional Security Magazine and International Fire Buyer. When a buyer receives our outreach about your company, they already know us.
Sage and Sterling give us live visibility on every buyer — open rates, replies, intent signals — across multi-channel outreach. Each pitch is personalised to the buyer's strategic priorities.
Optional, separate from the +27% above. The Diagnostic, Second Brain and AI Employees can lift EBITDA 0.5x to 2x in three to six months by unlocking growth, lifting margin and removing key-person dependency. That raises the multiple buyers will pay before we even take you to market.
The final 5 to 10 percent of the headline number is decided in the last two weeks. Our advisors have led the negotiation seat on twenty-plus closed deals. Anchoring, deal structure, earnout design and walk-away credibility are not improvised.