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

Fieldnote Systems

Agricultural operations · Bologna, Italy

6.36.3Watch

Monitor for a clearer growth, ownership or scale catalyst.

Qualification gates

5 / 5 passed
Primarily B2B

Revenue is primarily generated from business customers.

€1m–€20m EBITDA

Illustrative EBITDA is €1.8m.

Privately held

Family-owned and not publicly listed.

European presence

Bologna, Italy.

No recent change of control

No recent change of control is recorded.

Score ledger

Source fields
Revenue quality1.6 / 2.0

70% recurring revenue provides a solid contracted base.

Source field: recurringRevenuePct
Scale0.6 / 1.5

€1.8m EBITDA sits outside the preferred platform range.

Source field: ebitdaEurM
Growth0.8 / 1.5

11% revenue growth is healthy but requires a specific acceleration thesis.

Source field: revenueGrowthPct
Profitability0.8 / 1.5

13% EBITDA margin is credible with room for further leverage.

Source field: ebitdaEurM / revenueEurM
Market focus1.25 / 1.25

A sharply defined agricultural operations niche supports specialist positioning.

Source field: marketFocus + subSector
Product depth0.6 / 1.0

Services or platform dependencies may limit defensibility.

Source field: productDepth
International0.15 / 0.75

18% international revenue leaves geographic expansion largely unproven.

Source field: internationalRevenuePct
Dealability0.5 / 0.5

Family-owned status could support flexible bilateral engagement.

Source field: ownership
20 screening resultsIllustrative rubric v1.0