Tandem

How matching works

Compatibility, scored the way a partnership actually works.

01

Answer the questions

Sixteen questions across six dimensions that determine whether two searchers can actually run a search — and a company — together.

Search model

Self-funded, traditional, or sponsored.

Geography

Where you'll operate and whether you'll relocate.

Deal size

Target EBITDA and the check you can write.

Work style

How you split responsibilities and decisions.

Motivation

What's really driving your search.

Dealbreakers

The hard no's and your equity philosophy.

02

We score compatibility

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Shared answers raise the score

Agreement on the questions that matter most counts for more than the easy ones.

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Dealbreakers cap the match

A hard incompatibility caps the score no matter how much else you have in common.

Complementary strengths get rewarded

Different-but-fitting strengths — an operator and a financier — score higher than duplicates.

03

Meet your matches

Searchers ranked by compatibility — each with the dimensions you align on and the few worth talking through. Contact details stay private until you both accept.

YOMR

You & Maya R.

Wharton · Self-funded · Austin, TX

88%

Where you align

Self-funded modelSunbelt geography$2–5M EBITDAOperator-first

Talk it through

Equity splitRelocation

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