Find the founder-owned companies your mandate is built for.

Andrew is an AI analyst for growth and private equity teams. He finds companies that match your mandate on sector, size, ownership and growth, and brings each one with the evidence and your firm’s history.

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AndrewAI employee · Equity origination
“I look for companies that match your mandate, including the ones that have never raised. You decide which owners to call.”
Synthetic portrait. Andrew is an AI employee.

The best companies are rarely in the database.

Founder-owned companies stay quiet.
Many have never raised a round, so they barely show up in the tools your team searches.
Mandates are specific.
Sector, size, ownership and geography all have to line up, and checking them by hand takes hours per company.
Relationships take years.
Your team needs to know who has spoken to an owner before, and what was said.

The job, written down.

Andrew works to a defined job description. Your team sets the criteria, reviews the work and keeps every decision.

Job descriptionAvyn AI employee

Role: Andrew, Equity origination
Reports to: Your deal team
Works in: Your CRM, inbox, LinkedIn and Slack
Availability: Available now

Responsibilities

Map the market
Builds lists of companies that match your sector, size and geography.
Read the ownership
Separates founder-owned companies from those already backed by a sponsor.
Track growth
Follows headcount and hiring for signs that a company is scaling.
Surface past conversations
Shows who at your firm has spoken to the owner before, and what was said.
Find the warm path
Shows who in your network can make the introduction.
Draft the approach
Prepares a first note to the owner in the sender’s voice, for your review.

Andrew does not

Decide which companies your firm pursues
Send anything your team has not approved
Replace your CRM

What arrives in your queue.

One example of Andrew’s work, with the evidence, your firm’s history and the next step ready for review.

Morrow Clinical

Company · Scheduling software for private clinics

82Strong fit

Ownership: Founder-owned; No institutional rounds
Headcount: 140 people; +22% in 12 months
Founded: 2011; Leeds, United Kingdom
Relationship: Met in 2022; Through your operating partner

Why it fits

Fits your vertical software mandate
Size is inside your investment range
No sponsor on the shareholder register

Your team met the founder in 2022: “Not selling yet. Stay close.”

Draft for your review

Hi David, it has been two years since we met with Priya in Leeds. Morrow has grown a lot since then, and we would value an update on your plans for the business. Are you free for a coffee this month?

Illustrative example. Companies, people and figures are fictional.

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Common questions

Can Andrew find companies that have never raised?

Yes. Andrew looks beyond funding history to company websites, hiring and other public information, so founder-owned companies can appear alongside venture-backed ones.

Does Andrew work for growth equity as well as buyout?

Yes. The criteria are yours: stage, sector, size, ownership and geography. Andrew assesses each company against the mandate your team sets.

Are Avyn’s AI employees people?

No. Andrew, Clara, Freya and Marcus are AI employees, and their portraits are synthetic. Each one does a defined job for your team. Your team reviews the work and makes every decision.

Does Avyn replace our CRM?

Avyn works alongside supported CRMs, bringing company research and relationship context into the work around them. The fields, notes and updates available depend on your integration and mappings. We’ll discuss your existing setup in the walkthrough.

How does Avyn assess fit?

Assessments use your firm’s criteria and supporting company evidence. Your team can correct an assessment. Proposed changes to scoring instructions are tested separately and reviewed before adoption, so one correction does not automatically change future scores.

What happens after requesting access?

We look up your email and, where we can, read a little about your firm before the first conversation. Existing customers continue straight to their app. New visitors can arrange a walkthrough or leave their details to request access.