Investment screening

Make the logic visible.

Five qualification gates stop obvious mismatches. Qualified companies are ranked on eight explicit dimensions, with every score tied to a structured input.

Universe20Synthetic organisations

Qualified16All gates passed

High priority6Score of 8.0 or above

Median score7.8Qualified universe

Disqualified4Stopped before ranking

Selected company screen

Cinder & Coast Data

Data observability · Lisbon, Portugal

7.87.8Attractive

Advance after resolving the two weakest dimensions.

Open intelligence profile Send to outreach

Qualification gates

5 / 5 passed

Primarily B2B

Revenue is primarily generated from business customers.

€1m–€20m EBITDA

Illustrative EBITDA is €1.2m.

Privately held

Founder-owned and not publicly listed.

European presence

Lisbon, Portugal.

No recent change of control

No recent change of control is recorded.

Score ledger

Source fields

Revenue quality2.0 / 2.0

90% recurring revenue supports strong visibility.

Source field: recurringRevenuePct

Scale0.6 / 1.5

€1.2m EBITDA sits outside the preferred platform range.

Source field: ebitdaEurM

Growth1.5 / 1.5

35% revenue growth indicates meaningful organic momentum.

Source field: revenueGrowthPct

Profitability0.4 / 1.5

10% EBITDA margin requires a clear path to stronger unit economics.

Source field: ebitdaEurM / revenueEurM

Market focus1.00 / 1.25

The data observability focus is clear, with some adjacent exposure.

Source field: marketFocus + subSector

Product depth1.0 / 1.0

Named workflow coverage and proprietary data indicate deep product value.

Source field: productDepth

International0.75 / 0.75

82% international revenue demonstrates a repeatable cross-border proposition.

Source field: internationalRevenuePct

Dealability0.5 / 0.5

Founder-owned status could support flexible bilateral engagement.

Source field: ownership

20 screening resultsIllustrative rubric v1.0