Exitgracht maps corporate strategic intent, builds relationships before the deal, and times your exit to the quarter — not the crisis.
For most of the last two decades, the VC exit playbook looked like this: build, scale, IPO — or get acquired by a strategic buyer who found you at a conference. That playbook is dead.
Meanwhile, corporates that should be your most natural acquirers are operating blind — scanning the same headlines, attending the same conferences, and calling it a strategy.
"For VC, a strategic exit is not one option among many. It is often the only real one."
What is missing is a proactive intelligence layer that maps, builds, and times corporate relationships long before any deal process begins.
Exitgracht gives you the strategic intelligence of a seasoned advisor — powered by continuous data and built for private market exits.
Continuously monitors thousands of corporates for strategic gaps — board priorities, R&D shifts, product gaps, and competitive threats that make an acquisition urgent this quarter.
Generates a pipeline of warm corporate relationships built 18 to 36 months before you need them. By the time the moment is right, you are already three conversations deep.
Aligns your outreach to the corporate's internal calendar — leadership transitions, budget cycles, acquisition phases — not just your fund's liquidity timeline.
Map your portfolio companies against the corporate landscape by sector, stage, and capability.
Exitgracht identifies which corporates have strategic gaps your companies fill — ranked by acquisition readiness.
Systematic relationship outreach to corporate development teams — warm, informed, and timed correctly.
When the window opens, you are already positioned — no cold process, no banker fees for a relationship you already own.
"I have sat on both sides of this dynamic — and watched deals fall apart not because of quality, but because the right relationship simply did not exist at the right moment."
Basu Somani is an Amsterdam-based M&A advisor and Chartered Accountant with six years of cross-border deal experience across the US, Europe, and Asia. He has supported capital raises from $5M to $500M across energy transition, financial services, healthcare, and deep tech.
With a network of 150+ family offices, DFIs, and institutional investors, Basu is building Exitgracht to fix the exit infrastructure gap he has witnessed firsthand across three continents.
Exitgracht is in early access. We are working with a select group of VCs to shape the platform.