Key Takeaway
Recent Acquisitions extracts structured professional data from any LinkedIn profile URL — including headline, experience, education, skills, and certifications — at 1 credit per run. It is part of SyncGTM's 75+ enrichment library and is available via CLI and MCP.
What is Recent Acquisitions Action?
Recent Acquisitions is a company intelligence action that identifies mergers and acquisitions a company has made in the recent past. Given a company domain or name, it returns structured data about each acquisition including the acquired company, date, deal value (when available), and strategic rationale. This signal helps sales and business development teams understand a company's growth strategy, expansion direction, and potential new budget availability.
Acquisitions are among the strongest buying signals in B2B sales. When a company acquires another organization, it often triggers technology consolidation, new vendor evaluations, and expanded budgets. SyncGTM's Recent Acquisitions action surfaces these events in real time so you can time your outreach to coincide with these high-intent moments and position your product as part of the post-acquisition integration plan.
This action uses waterfall enrichment to query multiple premium data providers in sequence, delivering higher match rates than single-source alternatives. Learn more about how waterfall enrichment works.
How it works
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Provide a company domain or company name as input.
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SyncGTM searches multiple data sources including news feeds, SEC filings, and business databases for recent acquisition activity.
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Matched acquisition records are structured with details about the acquired company, date, deal size, and acquisition type.
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Results are returned in real-time and can be used to trigger outreach workflows or enrich CRM records.
Use cases
Trigger-Based Outreach
Identify companies that have recently made acquisitions and reach out at the exact moment they are evaluating new tools, consolidating tech stacks, or expanding teams.
Competitive Intelligence
Track competitor acquisition activity to understand market consolidation trends and anticipate how the competitive landscape is shifting.
Account Prioritization
Flag target accounts that have recently completed acquisitions as high-priority since they are likely evaluating new solutions for their expanded organization.
Investment Research
Monitor acquisition patterns across industries to identify companies with aggressive growth strategies and strong capital deployment.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| domain | string | No | The company's website domain (e.g., acme.com). |
| company_name | string | No | The company's official name. |
Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| company_name | string | Name of the acquiring company. |
| acquisitions | array | List of recent acquisitions with details. |
| acquisitions[].acquired_company | string | Name of the acquired company. |
| acquisitions[].date | string | Date of the acquisition. |
| acquisitions[].deal_value | string | Reported deal value, if available. |
| acquisitions[].source_url | string | URL to the source announcement or article. |
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