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

Vale Signal

Critical communications · Vienna, Austria

8.58.5High priority

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Qualification gates

5 / 5 passed

Primarily B2B

Revenue is primarily generated from business customers.

€1m–€20m EBITDA

Illustrative EBITDA is €5.2m.

Privately held

Corporate-owned and not publicly listed.

European presence

Vienna, Austria.

No recent change of control

No recent change of control is recorded.

Score ledger

Source fields

Revenue quality1.6 / 2.0

82% recurring revenue provides a solid contracted base.

Source field: recurringRevenuePct

Scale1.5 / 1.5

€5.2m EBITDA sits inside the illustrative platform range.

Source field: ebitdaEurM

Growth1.2 / 1.5

15% revenue growth indicates meaningful organic momentum.

Source field: revenueGrowthPct

Profitability1.2 / 1.5

21% EBITDA margin shows attractive operating leverage.

Source field: ebitdaEurM / revenueEurM

Market focus1.25 / 1.25

A sharply defined critical communications niche supports specialist positioning.

Source field: marketFocus + subSector

Product depth0.8 / 1.0

The product appears embedded, although technical differentiation needs validation.

Source field: productDepth

International0.75 / 0.75

63% international revenue demonstrates a repeatable cross-border proposition.

Source field: internationalRevenuePct

Dealability0.1 / 0.5

Corporate-owned status introduces carve-out or strategic-owner complexity.

Source field: ownership

20 screening resultsIllustrative rubric v1.0