acquisitionuniverse 1.0.0

Dart toolkit for acquisition target screening, with thesis briefs, a weighted composite score that zeroes out group-owned targets, ranking and signal coverage.

acquisitionuniverse for Dart

Dart helpers for acquisition teams: a thesis brief builder, a composite score that puts independent owners first, ranking, and signal coverage. Works in Flutter apps, command line tools and servers. Pure Dart, no packages beyond the SDK.

dependencies:
  acquisitionuniverse: ^1.0.0

The idea

An add-on acquisition radar is only useful if somebody opens it every week. A small internal app that shows the ranked list, the gaps and the brief keeps the radar alive. These functions are the logic for that app.

Build a brief

import 'package:acquisitionuniverse/acquisitionuniverse.dart';

final brief = ThesisBrief(
  name: 'Managed IT, Texas',
  vertical: 'Managed IT services',
  regions: ['Texas'],
  employeesMin: 10,
  employeesMax: 50,
  exclusions: ['group-owned', 'resellers only'],
);

print(brief.validate());   // []
print(brief.toText());

The text output ends with a link for requesting a pilot, so the brief is ready to send as written.

Rank companies

final ranked = rank(const [
  Company('A', mandateFit: 90, outreachSuitability: 80, transitionContext: 50),
  Company('B', mandateFit: 96, outreachSuitability: 90, transitionContext: 70, groupOwned: true),
]);

for (final entry in ranked) {
  print('${entry.key.id}: ${entry.value}');
}

Company B is group-owned, so its outreach component becomes zero and A leads.

Use a different balance with Weights:

rank(companies, const Weights(mandateFit: 0.6, outreachSuitability: 0.3, transitionContext: 0.1));

Signal coverage

final result = signalCoverage({
  signals[0]: 'founder led',
  signals[2]: 'since 1988',
  signals[10]: null,
});
print('${result.visible} of ${result.checked}');

The return value is a record, so result.visible and result.checked are typed ints.

Flutter widget idea

ListView(
  children: [
    for (final e in rank(companies))
      ListTile(title: Text(e.key.id), trailing: Text(e.value.toStringAsFixed(1))),
  ],
)

Members

Name	Type
ThesisBrief	class with validate, toJson, toText
Company	const class for scores
Weights	const class, defaults 0.7, 0.2, 0.1
composite, rank, signalCoverage	functions
signals	list of 15 names
pilotUrl	string

Same publisher, different problems

If you work with web audiences, look at cookieless targeting data. If you handle CVs, a resume to JSON service is available from the same company.

FAQ

Does it contact a server? No.

Dart version? 3.0 or later, because of records.

License? MIT. [e-mail]