Agentic Corporate Development
Keep deal sensing, target pipelines, and outside-in diligence current so corpdev work compounds between transactions.
Agentic Deal Radar
We run your deal radar end to end – deal signals, sector landscapes, thematic scouting, and early screens on cadence.
Upload your brief – we'll scope a program or custom process
Agentic Target Pipeline
We run target pipeline work end to end – market upside, strategic fit, target identification, and assessment.
Agentic Outside-In Diligence
We run outside-in diligence end to end – commercial risk, demand evidence, and IC materials.
We deliver the outcomes, or you run the work on FifthRow.
Programs and offerings cover the jobs in Corporate Development. Advisors can own delivery end to end, or your team operates the same work directly on the platform.
We run it for you
Advisors set up the program, run the work, and deliver outcomes. Most teams start with a scoped pilot, then keep the program running. You keep access to the system and evidence.
All consulting processes
Available inside FifthRow mandates
Your team runs it
Your people operate the programs on FifthRow and keep the evidence shared with the whole team.
Target and Deal Signal Sourcing
Continuous prioritized pipeline beyond banker lists and static screens.
Deal Signal Monitoring
Transaction tables from deal databases, press, and filings for a defined sector or technology lane.
Pre-Transaction Signal Scanning
Early M&A and partnership signals scoped to adjacency themes before formal process.
Thematic Pipeline and Sector Scouting
Evergreen sector theses and refreshed target lists between transactions.
Sector M&A Landscape Mapping
Regional or sector market map with M&A activity and ranked target comparison tables.
CVC and Minority-Equity Deal Monitoring
Competitor CVC deployments and minority stakes relevant to a technology thesis.
Patent and IP Filing Signal Harvesting
New applicants and filing clusters as pre-deal indicators.
Emerging Theme Discovery
Discover adjacency and sector themes that should enter the deal thesis.
Target Market and Upside Evaluation
Targets framed with market upside leadership can challenge.
Strategic Fit and Competitive Benchmarking
Strategic fit versus your thesis, adjacency, and competitive map.
Partnership and Acquisition Target Identification
Identify and rank partnership and acquisition targets against hunting-ground criteria.
Acquisition Target Assessment
Assess priority targets on fit, upside, risks, and readiness for outreach or IC.
Diligence and Risk Validation
Outside-in diligence briefs that stand up in IC.
Customer and Demand Validation for Targets
Demand evidence for targets or themes before you spend process capital.
Commercial Diligence
Market dynamics, customer proof, value-creation stress-test, and risk flags in banker-facing format.
Inorganic Route Scouting
Parallel partnership, licensing, venture-client, minority-equity, and JV paths alongside acquisition.
All consulting processes
Available inside FifthRow mandates
Why trust FifthRow
FifthRow runs this as an always-on mandate: continuous sensing on cadence, evidence attached to every claim, and advisors where judgment or executive fit needs a human surface. Prior logic stays available so the next cycle does not start from zero.
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Which of these is you?
You already pay to have corporate development covered externally
Heads of corporate development and M&A who rebuy deal sensing, pipeline, or diligence work every cycle.
Consulting outcomes on cadence, with evidence attached
Advisors who interpret and deliver program depth on top
A scoped start, then an ongoing program if it fits
You are standing up corporate development coverage for the first time
Teams building a deal radar, target pipeline, or outside-in diligence motion for the first time, or rebuilding one that stalled.
A clear first phase with deliverables
A path into an ongoing program
Experts on outcomes, or your team on the platform
Your team already has people who can run this
CorpDev groups that have analysts and want the work inside their own tools and cadence.
Programs your people can operate
Processes adapted to how you work, usually within week one
Facts and analysis shared across the team
Either way: the same programs, shared evidence, and a path that fits how you buy.
Proof
Pipeline and diligence work that becomes repeatable, current, and decision-ready
From 72 patents to 4 commercialisation-ready technologies
Top-ranked Middle East research university
08/2026
94%
of the portfolio de-prioritised before spendFrom days of invention assessment to decision-ready reviews in hours
Leading US research university TTO
08/2026
50%+
less time to complete an invention assessmentFAQ
Questions buyers ask about this function
Agentic corporate development consulting is an always-on mandate for deal sensing, target pipelines, and outside-in diligence. FifthRow does most of the analytical work. Your team can run the packages, or FifthRow runs them as a managed mandate.
Agentic Deal Radar is the always-on deal sensing package: signals, sector landscapes, thematic scouting, and early screens on cadence. Pilot, then retainer.
Agentic Target Pipeline runs market upside, strategic fit, target identification, and acquisition target assessment so the pipeline stays thesis-led.
Agentic Outside-In Diligence delivers risk validation, customer and demand evidence, commercial diligence, and inorganic route options with IC-ready synthesis.
FifthRow does corporate development consulting. You get always-on delivery and the evidence with it. It is not a software seat compared to ChatGPT. The product is consulting outcomes for corporate development, delivered continuously.
Most work starts as a pilot, then a program retainer. Typical packages are Deal Radar, Target Pipeline, or Outside-In Diligence. Talk to us to scope the first phase.
No. FifthRow can run the work as a managed mandate. If you have corpdev analysts, they can run the programs and get the consulting outcomes themselves. Either path uses the same package.
Talk about how you’d run corporate development with FifthRow
Bring the program or project you already have in mind. We’ll scope a pilot (first phase) and the go-forward.
From a standing start to an AI venture serving small businesses
From 72 patents to 4 commercialisation-ready technologies
Cutting a four-month research cycle to six weeks across five validation workstreams
From a weekly newsletter to a self-running innovation radar
A full year's validated-concept target, met in the first quarter
A utility innovation lab that answers its own questions in a day
Finding the next high-growth US metro in five days
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