M&A news, deals & intelligence.
DealIntel is a community-ranked terminal for M&A activity in the lower middle market — with special focus on home services (HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, landscaping, pool, pest control, and adjacent trades).
What it is
Think Hacker News × Crunchbase, focused specifically on deal intelligence. Every story on DealIntel is a real transaction or a piece of market intelligence. Every story gets structured data: acquirer, target, deal type, industry, geography, buyer type, transaction size, advisor, and source.
What makes it different
Traditional M&A news buries the important facts in prose. DealIntel extracts them into a structured intelligence panel on every deal page, then interlinks them into industry, buyer, advisor, and location indices. Over time, the graph becomes a searchable database of lower middle-market M&A activity.
How ranking works
score = (points − 1) / (age_hours + 2)^1.6 + log10(comments + 1) × 0.15
Fresh, upvoted deals rise. Older or under-discussed deals fall off the front page. Comments count for slightly less than upvotes, matching the HN model.
Contributing
Anyone can submit a deal. Editorial reviews submissions before they appear on the feed. If you're an advisor, buyer, or founder, we welcome tips and off-market intelligence too.
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DealIntel is a project of Main Street Wealth, the M&A advisory firm for home services businesses. Main Street Wealth advises founders through valuation, sale prep, and negotiation with PE, strategic, and family-office buyers. DealIntel exists to make deal activity in these sectors more legible.