An intelligence layer for professional deal teams

NKP | M&A Insights is designed for private equity funds, M&A advisory firms and lenders seeking structured early-stage visibility across Northern Europe.

Built for teams operating in competitive transaction environments

NKP | M&A Insights is structured for teams and organisations that require continuous high-quality visibility into emerging and live transaction activity - not occasional research output.

Our clients typically include:

  • Private equity funds operating across small-, mid- and large-cap segments
  • Corporate finance and investment banking teams
  • Debt providers and credit funds
  • M&A advisory firms across commercial, legal, and financial
  • Select corporates with active M&A mandates

The platform is built for team-wide usage and integrates directly into origination discussions, pipeline planning, deal execution, and competitive tracking.

Embedded in the investment workflow

Investment and advisory teams rely on NKP | M&A Insights to strengthen origination and competitive visibility in opaque markets.

Identify opportunities at the pre-process stage

Monitor competitive activity and evolving mandates

Contextualise valuation and buyer landscapes

Structure internal pipeline discussions

Track sector-specific consolidation themes

Gain cross-border visibility beyond local markets

An integrated subscription model

Daily Intelligence Feed

A high-cadence intelligence feed covering Northern Europe, delivered each weekday at 07:00 CET/GMT.

The feed combines validated, emerging M&A situations - typically identified several months before they enter the public domain - with a curated overview of relevant market developments across the region.

On average, 6–8 actionable situations are surfaced per weekday, sourced, verified, and enriched through NKP’s proprietary primary research.

Each situation is placed in a cross-border context, including buyer mapping, valuation comparables, and links to related emerging opportunities.

A weekly Opportunities Report consolidates all situations published during the week into a concise, structured overview, designed to support internal pipeline reviews and client discussions.

Integrated Platform & Data Infrastructure

A proprietary SaaS platform consolidating more than 57,000 structured M&A events, enriched with investor-centric tagging and longitudinal tracking.

The platform provides real-time visibility into 2,000+ live, coming and paused situations - the majority of which are non-public - alongside 57,000+ detailed precedent M&A events and 13,000+ transactions with valuation insights.

New situations and benchmark data are continuously added, enabling structured filtering, benchmarking and cross-border mapping of adjacent opportunities and buyers within professional deal workflows.

Confidential Intelligence Briefings

Structured, bilateral discussions focused on emerging developments, transaction dynamics and market context across Northern Europe.

These briefings complement the daily intelligence feed and platform access, helping ensure that key situations remain timely, relevant and well-contextualised.

Coherent Northern European coverage

Subscriptions provide access to coverage across:

  • The Nordics
  • DACH
  • UK & Ireland
  • Benelux

Even when a client’s primary focus is a single country or region, cross-border comparables, buyer mapping and related transaction dynamics are increasingly integral to local processes.

Coverage is therefore structured on a full-footprint basis rather than segmented by region, while individual feed preferences can be defined at the user or team level.

4 bar charts with key stats from NKP | M&A Insights' proprietary intelligence as of 25 June 2026. As of 25 June, 2025, NKP | M&A Insights is tracking 2,278 coming, live, and paused M&A processes and opportunities across Northern Europe. 533 in the large cap segment, 807 in the mid cap segment, and 938 in the small cap segment. 1,071 of the opportunities are privately- and family-owned (47%), 841 PE-owned (37%), and 366 are strategically-owned (16%). In the last 30 days to June 25, 2026, NKP | M&A Insights covered 318 new emerging opportunities, of which 68% were based on proprietary, primary sources. The largest region, in terms of new situations during the 30 day period, was UK & Ireland (99 new oppotunities), followed by the Nordics (86), DACH (83) and Benelux (50). Source: NKP | M&A Insights.

More opportunities. Earlier visibility. Deeper intelligence.

Greater opportunity density

Across Northern Europe, NKP | M&A Insights tracks significantly more small-, mid- and large-cap situations than conventional data providers - driven by proprietary, non-public intelligence.

Carefully validated and enriched by our experienced team.

Consistently earlier visibility

NKP typically identifies new opportunities at the pre-process stage, often before formal mandates and well before information reaching the public domain.

This translates into a material lead time relative to traditional M&A data platforms.

Investor-centric intelligence

Founded by a former private equity investment manager and built by professionals with financial and transactional backgrounds, NKP | M&A Insights is structured around decision relevance - not narrative reporting.

The result is intelligence designed to support sourcing, screening and execution.

Examples - historic coverage of completed transactions

We surface 4-6 new actionable Northern European opportunities per weekday - months before they appear in other channels - with deeper insights on equity story, buyer landscape, and valuation.

NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
24 September 2025

DZ Bank is reportedly mandated to launch a sales process for founder-owned debugging software company, Lauterbach, expected to kick off in Q4/2025/Q1-2026, generating 2024 EBITDA of EUR 25m, acc. to sources

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NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
27 May 2026

Update: the DZ-Bank-advised sale of Lauterbach is reportedly collecting another round of non-binding bids before proceeding to the second round - sources

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Press Release
3 November 2026

German industrial company Siemens (publ.) acquires Munich-based semiconductor software firm Lauterbach

Deal announcement
NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
7 August 2025

Accel-KKR is reportedly preparing an upcoming exit process for Navtor, a provider of e-navigation solutions for the maritime industry - investment bank Stifel is reportedly considered to be close to it, acc. to sources

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NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
27 October 2026

Update: The Stifel-advised process for Accel-KKR-backed Navtor, a provider of e-navigation solutions for the maritime industry, has reportedly reached an advanced stage, acc. to sources

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Press Release
6 November 2026

Swedish shipping tech company Alfa Laval (publ.) acquires Norwegian e-navigation solutions firm NAVTOR from Accel-KKR for USD 700m

Deal announcement
NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
5 June 2026

Sponsors are reportedly circling Belgium-based Zenitel, a developer of critical communication solutions with significant operations in Norway, backed by 3d investors, acc. to sources

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NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
28 October 2026

Update: The Houlihan Lokey-advised sale of Belgium-based Zenitel, a developer of critical communication solutions with significant operations in Norway, backed by 3d investors, is progressing, with binding bids reportedly due mid-November - sources

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Press Release
3 November 2026

Norwegian private equity firm FSN Capital acquires Belgian critical communications company Zenitel from 3d investors

Deal announcement
NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
28 August 2025

Amplio-backed managed IT services provider IT-Total is reportedly being prepared for an exit with a process expected to launch in the coming month(s), acc. to several sources

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NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
9 September 2025

Update: Lincoln International is reportedly advising on the upcoming exit process for Amplio-backed managed IT services provider IT-Total, with sell-side materials currently being prepared, acc. to multiple sources

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Press Release
3 November 2026

Norvestor-backed Norwegian IT solutions provider NetNordic acquires Swedish software firm IT-Total

Deal announcement
NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
27 January 2026

Jacobs Capital is reportedly mulling H2-2026 explorations for Lovehoney Group after having engaged with advisors before Christmas and as technological advances incl. "teledildonics" create new opportunities in the "sexual wellness" products market - sources

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NKP | M&A Insights Proprietary
12 May 2026

Update: Jacobs Capital is reportedly working with Houlihan Lokey to prepare Lovehoney Group, a sexual wellness products company, for a potential ownership process later this year - sources

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Press Release
31 October 2026

TDR Capital to acquire UK-based sexual wellness products company Lovehoney Group from Jacobs Capital for about EUR 400m

Deal announcement

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NKP | M&A Insights currently serves more than 230 private equity funds, M&A advisory firms, strategic acquirers, and lenders across Europe and North America.

Our focus remains on delivering consistent early-stage visibility and structured transaction context across Northern Europe.

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FAQs

Answers to questions you might have about NKP | M&A Insights.

What does M&A Insights do?

Established in 2018 by a former private equity investment professional, NKP | M&A Insights is an independent intelligence provider serving investors and advisory firms active in private M&A markets.

We deliver proprietary, subscriber-only coverage of live and emerging M&A situations, supported by structured data on historical transactions, ownership developments, and valuation benchmarks.

Who is M&A Insights for?

NKP | M&A Insights serves professional participants across the M&A ecosystem who rely on early, accurate market intelligence.

Our subscriber base includes private equity funds, direct lenders, investment banks, corporate finance boutiques, law firms, audit and advisory firms, strategy consultancies, and transaction insurance providers.

How is M&A Insights different from traditional providers?

NKP’s coverage differs from traditional providers along three dimensions: density, timing, and analytical approach.

First, we surface materially more relevant live situations by relying primarily on non-public sources and systematic signal monitoring, resulting in several times higher coverage density across sectors and size tiers within the markets we cover.

Second, situations are typically identified and verified at an earlier, pre-process stage, providing subscribers with earlier visibility than public or transaction-driven channels.

Finally, NKP is built by and for investment professionals. Our team’s financial background - and the firm’s origins in private equity - are reflected in an investor-centric, data-driven research model focused on decision-useful insight rather than journalistic reporting.

​Which markets does M&A Insights cover?

NKP focuses on proprietary M&A intelligence across the Nordics, DACH, UK & Ireland, and Benelux, primarily covering companies in the upper small cap, mid cap, and large cap segments.

On average, we surface 6–8 new actionable opportunities per weekday across these markets, typically several months before they reach other channels and the broader market.

Our coverage spans live, coming, and paused processes, supported by structured historical transaction data and valuation benchmarks to provide context alongside timing signals.

Where does M&A Insights gets its information from?

NKP is a primary intelligence platform focused on non-public M&A processes across Northern Europe.

Our coverage is built through a combination of bilateral primary sources - including company owners, investors, and intermediaries - continuous monitoring of market signals, and internal verification and enrichment prior to releasing it to subscribers.

We operate with strict source protection standards and never disclose sources without explicit permission.

What is the business model of M&A Insights?

NKP operates on a pure subscription model. Clients pay a fixed annual fee for access to our intelligence platform and coverage.

We do not charge for editorial coverage, receive referral or success fees, or participate in transactions. This structure ensures our incentives are aligned solely with delivering high-quality, decision-useful intelligence to our subscribers.

​Where is M&A Insights based?

NKP is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Our team combines native language capabilities with financial and analytical backgrounds, supporting our deep regional focus across Northern Europe.

How do I access the M&A Insights platform?

Access to NKP | M&A Insights is provided through an active subscription. Subscribers receive daily email coverage and have personal login credentials for the platform.

If you already receive our daily emails, you can access the platform at app.mainsights.io. If needed, credentials can be recovered via the “Reset password” function on the login page.

If you are unsure whether your organisation has an active subscription, or require assistance with access, please contact support@mainsights.io

What does the pricing look like?

NKP | M&A Insights is offered on a subscription basis, with pricing determined by team size and footprint.

Subscriptions are tailored to professional users. Trial access may be offered in select cases upon request.

What if I want to share information with NKP about a company or transaction?

We welcome relevant information relating to private M&A activity.

You may contact us via the form on our Contact page or by emailing research@mainsights.io. We treat all communications confidentially and do not disclose sources without explicit permission.

How do advisors submit transactions for league tables?

Advisors may submit completed transactions for league table inclusion by emailing advisors@mainsights.io.

Submissions should include the advisor’s role (e.g. sell-side corporate finance), the target company name and country, and deal value where available. Supporting details can be provided in spreadsheet format.

We typically acknowledge submissions within 24–48 hours.