Customer Stories — Why Foresight Turned to Beauhurst for Origination
“100% of the deals that I’ve sourced, that we’ve then gone and made an offer on, have been found on Beauhurst.”
Alexandra McMullen
Origination at Foresight
Working with Beauhurst delivered
Deals sourced via Beauhurst
The majority of deals Foresight has identified and offered are sourced from Beauhurst.
Stronger regional investment pipelines
Beauhurst has been crucial in building robust pipelines for its South West, North West, and South Yorkshire funds.
Competitive advantage
Why Foresight chose
Beauhurst:
Complete market visibility
Powerful search tools
Actionable intelligence
Seamless workflow
The challenge
Unlike other firms that rely on intermediaries, Foresight’s origination team takes a direct-to-source approach, identifying and reaching out to businesses themselves.
To make that possible, they needed a tool that could reveal the full market landscape, support market mapping, and uncover key company intelligence, such as ownership, director information, and contact details.
The solution
The team turned to Beauhurst to power its origination efforts. Now, they build highly targeted lists and market maps to identify, research, and reach out to potential investments that perfectly fit their mandate, uncovering opportunities that might otherwise be missed.
In practice, that means:
- Filtering by detailed criteria like company size, region, and growth signals
- Understanding shareholder structures and dynamics in seconds
- Finding contact details for decision-makers, enabling direct outreach
- Continuously refreshing regional pipelines
“Beauhurst provides quick and easy access to critical information, which helps identify investment opportunities,” Alexandra explains. “As a regional UK investor, understanding geography and company size helps us focus on the most relevant opportunities while ruling out less suitable ones.”
Their latest funds target investments in the South West, North West, and South Yorkshire, where Beauhurst has been invaluable for identifying potential opportunities. “It’s not just about the initial pipeline we built when we raised the fund, but also about creating a secondary pipeline using Beauhurst to build collections and lists,” Alexandra explains.
Beauhurst provides Foresight’s team with valuable company information, enabling them to efficiently conduct outreach and connect with potential targets.
Through the Beauhurst platform, Foresight’s team has access to valuable company information that allows them to efficiently conduct outreach and connect with potential targets, rather than waiting for opportunities to come through the corporate finance community.
The results
Beauhurst is now embedded in Foresight’s daily workflow, saving time, improving accuracy, and uncovering deals they might have otherwise missed.
“100% of the deals that I’ve sourced, that we’ve then gone and made an offer on, have been found on Beauhurst. Without Beauhurst to identify and reach out to companies, those deals simply wouldn’t have happened.”
Beauhurst continues to be a key partner in supporting Foresight’s direct origination strategy and long-term growth.
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