Corporate Development Sourcing Scout — Buy-Side Proprietary Data Partner

Executive Position Summary & Strategic Mandate

In the high-stakes world of corporate development and private equity, proprietary deal origination is the single most valuable skill. Traditional buy-side sourcing professionals spend grueling hours cold-calling founders, attending trade shows, and analyzing industry databases to generate acquisition targets. Yet in traditional private equity, closing a deal can take nine to eighteen months, with hundreds of hours wasted on LOIs that collapse during confirmatory diligence.

Zoom Referral offers corporate development executives, ex-PE associates, and independent deal originators an agile, high-velocity alternative. As a Corporate Development Sourcing Scout, you leverage your elite market mapping and executive outreach capabilities to identify proprietary corporate data licensing opportunities across mid-market commercial operating businesses ($5M–$50M revenue). Transactions close in 15 to 45 days, and you capture institutional success payouts—earning $50,000 flat bounties on active enterprise data (or 7.5% on deals >$700K) and $75,000 flat bounties on defunct company data assets (or 7.5% on deals >$1M) with zero post-merger integration headaches.

This opportunity is 100% remote and open across all 50 U.S. states and approved international partner countries (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, France, Netherlands, Singapore). Maximize your origination throughput with high-velocity closings.

The Emerging AI Data Economy & Balance Sheet Capital

Across fragmented commercial industries—including specialty construction, commercial fleet logistics, wholesale distribution, and clinical healthcare—thousands of profitable companies operate beneath the radar of institutional private equity. These businesses possess exceptional operational depth, having logged millions of real-world transactions into ERP, dispatch, and accounting databases over decades of continuous service.

While these business owners are often skeptical of predatory private equity buyers who demand controlling equity stakes or steep EBITDA haircuts, they are remarkably receptive to non-dilutive data licensing. You are not asking them to sell their company, give up equity, or accept outside board interference. You are offering them $100,000 to $2,000,000+ in non-dilutive cash from AI foundation labs simply for licensing an anonymized copy of historical records they already own. This high-status, non-threatening pitch achieves response and conversion rates far exceeding traditional buy-side cold outreach.

Additionally, scouts systematically uncover winding-down or defunct venture-backed startups with 50+ peak workers holding deep Slack or MS Teams communication records. Brokering these defunct archives commands $75,000 flat bounties, turning distressed situations into rapid cash windfalls.

Core Responsibilities & Deal Origination Activities

As an independent deal partner, your focus is relationship-driven origination with business owners and executive leadership:

• Conduct rigorous industry market mapping across target commercial sectors (Field-Ops, Logistics, Trade Services, Healthcare, B2B SaaS).
• Execute high-entropy, multi-touch outbound prospecting to founders, CEOs, and managing owners of businesses with 30+ employees.
• Identify defunct or unwinding companies with 50+ peak workers holding extensive Slack or MS Teams communication archives.
• Conduct strategic discovery conversations to qualify company software systems, historical record depth, and executive interest in non-dilutive liquidity.
• Facilitate warm introductions between corporate decision-makers and the Zoom Referral Deal Desk for an institutional 15-minute valuation audit.
• Support the mutual execution of standard confidentiality agreements and preliminary data profiling documents.
• Maintain advisory alignment with the owner while our technical data desk conducts data quality indexing and certified PII sanitization.
• Track deal progress and receive direct wire disbursements ($50,000 to $75,000+ per deal or 7.5% commission) paid immediately upon buyer escrow settlement.

The 3-Step Valuation, Sanitization & Settlement Cycle

Our deal desk handles the complete valuation modeling, data engineering, PII sanitization, and buyer contracts:

Target Profile, Experience & Network Criteria

We partner with seasoned professionals who hold active trust with commercial decision-makers:

• Professional experience in corporate development, private equity sourcing, investment banking, management consulting, or high-ticket B2B enterprise sales.
• Exceptional outbound prospecting, market mapping, and executive communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to engage C-suite executives and business owners with authority, polish, and commercial sophistication.
• Deep understanding of business operations, corporate structures, and alternative capital mechanisms.
• High self-discipline, resilience, and drive to build an independent 1099 deal pipeline.
• Uncompromising commitment to client confidentiality, professional ethics, and fiduciary responsibility.
• Proficiency with modern prospecting tools (e.g., Apollo, Sales Navigator, Clay) and CRM platforms is highly advantageous.
• Resident in any of the 50 U.S. states or approved partner countries (UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, France, Netherlands, Singapore).

Data Privacy, Legal Shield & Institutional Escrow

Our institutional data governance safeguards your client relationships and brand reputation: • 100% PII Elimination: Every corporate dataset undergoes multi-pass automated sanitization, permanently expunging all customer identifiers, employee details, and financial account numbers. • Non-Exclusive Licensing: Corporate sellers retain complete operational rights, software access, and customer relationships. • Zero Security Risk: All transfers utilize military-grade 256-bit AES encryption with SOC 2 Type II certified processing. • Strict FTC CAN-SPAM, HIPAA, and state data privacy act compliance is contractually guaranteed.

Application Protocol & Partner Onboarding Blueprint

To join our Corporate Development Sourcing Desk, click the application button to review the process briefing and complete partner registration on the official Micro1 portal. You will gain instant access to our Sourcing Playbook, executive pitch decks, and partner portal credentials. Our deal directors connect promptly to activate your deal tracking links and review target sectors.