{"id":97631,"title":"Q2Q - AI Native Deal Sourcing for Private Equity","tagline":"We help deal teams find acquisition targets faster","body":"Hey! We’re [Brianna](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-lin/) and [Claire](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-wu-2b30b6184/), cofounders of [Q2Q](https://www.tryq2q.com/) (YC W26).\n\nAt Q2Q, **you tell us the types of companies you want to buy, and we'll get qualified meetings booked for you**. Behind the scenes, we find private companies and run personalized outreach to get you first calls scheduled with off-market opportunities.\n\n[Q2Q Launch Video](https://youtu.be/am_2jrJbvWQ)\n\n**The Problem**\n\nProprietary sourcing is extremely manual for deal teams. Firms typically hire a mini army of juniors to do it for them, and the quality of output is inconsistent.\n\n* It takes a ton of time to hire and train analysts to run sourcing\n* Sourcing is a repetitive loop… research the company, write a custom email, then cold reach out to them\n* The entire industry relies on the same databases, so owners get flooded with the same generic outreach\n\n**Q2Q’s Solution**\n\nWe’re your team of AI analysts that gets you first calls booked with companies you want to buy. We handle:\n\n1. **Sourcing:** Tell us about your thesis. We’ll go find and qualify companies that match your buying criteria. \n2. **Outreach:** We pull owner contact info and research each company across the web and their socials to customize each outreach message.\n3. **AI Phone Agent:** Our AI agent can directly dial business owners and ask for their availability and contact info for a first meeting.\n4. **Bookings:** As owners respond, we book the intro calls for you. You can see meetings populate on your calendar with notes prepared by our team.\n\n**The Team**\n\nWe met through Penn’s M\u0026T Program, where we both studied CS and Finance in Wharton.\n\n* **Brianna Lin - CEO**\n\n  Previously at a software PE buyout shop and Jefferies\n* **Claire Wu - CTO**\n\n  Worked as a hedge fund engineer and in product at Qualtrics\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97631\u0026key=user_uploads/3082094/ca53e7e8-7862-4c76-a580-b99052252693)\n\n**Our Ask**\n\nIf you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d appreciate your help!:\n\n* Can you introduce us to anyone in private equity, M\u0026A, or the independent sponsor space who runs outbound deal sourcing?\n* Can you introduce us to any MBA friends or search fund guys looking for acquisitions?\n\nYou can reach us at [brianna@tryq2q.com](mailto:brianna@tryq2q.com) or [claire@tryq2q.com](mailto:claire@tryq2q.com), or sign up for a demo at [tryq2q.com](http://tryq2q.com). Thanks for reading! :)","slug":"POh-q2q-ai-native-deal-sourcing-for-private-equity","created_at":"2026-02-08T19:11:32.904Z","updated_at":"2026-06-20T13:25:50.540Z","total_vote_count":52,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/POh-q2q-ai-native-deal-sourcing-for-private-equity","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=97631\u0026key=user_uploads/3082094/ca53e7e8-7862-4c76-a580-b99052252693","company":{"id":31260,"name":"Copperlane","slug":"copperlane","url":"https://www.copperlane.ai","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f6c74fb63a006045b5124e1949931ca658a4aafd.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"Fintech","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31260"}}