We help you acquire great businesses.

LongBoard is an M&A sourcing platform for workforce solutions, professional services, and technology firms seeking better deal flow.

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Active M&A Searches
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What We Do
M&A Sourcing and Deal Management

We’re your dedicated deal origination team connecting you with qualified acquisition targets. We bring opportunities to the table, so you stay focused on closing deals.

  • Research your target market to identify the right opportunities
  • Originate proprietary (off-market) acquisition targets
  • Professionally represent your business during proactive outreach
  • Gather and evaluate data from potential targets
  • Organize and update your deal pipeline
  • Manage due diligence and deal advancement
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The Problem We Solve
Lack of M&A Process

Most companies struggle with M&A. Successfully sourcing, evaluating, and closing an acquisition is a long, intensive process that demands time, attention, and a steady flow of opportunities. When a deal falls through — and they often do — progress grinds to a halt if no one is focused on sourcing and advancing your next deal.

Here’s where most companies get stuck:

Limited Deal Flow

Relying too heavily on personal connections for opportunities.

Under-Resourced Leadership

If M&A isn’t someone’s job, it won’t get done

Lack of Ownership

No one is fully dedicated to building and maintaining the M&A pipeline.

Reactive Sourcing

Waiting for opportunities instead of actively creating them.

Our Process
Your Deal Sourcing Engine

We source and manage deals so you’re ready to act when opportunity strikes

Step 1

Target Research

Conduct market research to understand your business and M&A target landscape.

Step 2

Deal Origination

Source proprietary deals, assisted by an AI layer engineered to make direct contact with qualified targets and build relationships with sellers.

Step 3

Pipeline Management

Advance relationships with targets and gather not-publicly-available data to to assist your evaluation.

Step 4

Deal Management

Gather and review due diligence materials, coordinate management meetings, and support your post-LOI due diligence process to ensure a successful close.

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How We Help
Case Studies

Here are select examples of how we help our clients pursue acquisitions.

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PE M&A Deal Sourcing & Outreach
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HR Technology Acquisition
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Healthcare Staffing M&A Deal Sourcing

Leadership Team

We started The LongBoard Group after years of experiencing these challenges firsthand while leading a corporate development team. We built the solution we wished we had — one that gives acquirers the dedicated resources needed to consistently source, manage, and close great deals.

K.C. Clark

Managing Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kcclark1/

Parker Connolly

Analyst, Corporate Development
https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkerconnolly/