The Austin boutique's bankers use Maverick to stay close to founders and acquirers long before a deal begins, so sellers reach qualified buyers and acquirers find the right targets
NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lombard Global, Inc., an Austin investment bank focused on technology M&A since 2004, expects a 70%+ increase in deal flow over the next twelve months after deploying Maywood's proactive AI agent, Maverick, across its business development. Maverick has already helped increase the Lombard network by 15+ buyers and sellers per week. For technology founders, that means a banker who already knows the buyers most likely to value their business. For acquirers, it means a banker who understands their strategy and can bring them the right targets early.
The firms also announced an ongoing partnership to expand Lombard Global's use of Maverick across its sell-side and buy-side business development. The partnership pairs Lombard Global's sector research and deal tracking with Maywood's relationship intelligence.
In tech M&A, the right counterparty decides the outcome
When a founder decides to sell, the price and terms depend on reaching the buyers who value the business most. When an acquirer decides to buy, the best targets are often private companies that never run a broad process. Both usually call a banker they already know: one who understands their market, knows the likely buyers or targets, and has stayed in touch. Building those relationships takes years of consistent, well-timed contact with hundreds of companies, and that is hard for a boutique to sustain. Private-market deals in niche technology sectors are hard to see in time. And when live deals fill the week, business development slips and relationships go cold.
"Great deals start with the right relationship at the right moment," said Kent Goodman, Chief Operating Officer of Maywood. "We built Maywood after studying how more than 750 managing directors originate business, and timing decides who gets the call. Maverick keeps Lombard Global's bankers in front of every relevant buyer and seller in their sectors, so founders and acquirers work with a banker who already knows the other side of the table."
What it means for founders and owners
- Buyers already in hand. When Lombard Global pitches a sale, it can point to live relationships with the strategic and financial acquirers most likely to buy, in the U.S. and internationally.
- A banker who knows your ecosystem. Lombard Global's bankers follow deals across the founder's market, so they know who is acquiring, what they are paying for, and why.
- A process built on the right buyers. Starting from warm relationships lets a sale process focus on the buyers who fit, not a cold list.
What it means for acquirers
- Early access to targets. Because Lombard Global stays close to active acquirers, it hears what they are looking for early and can bring relevant companies forward.
- Coverage of hard-to-see markets. Tech consulting partners in the Databricks, SAP, Snowflake and Google Cloud ecosystems, B2B SaaS, healthcare IT and AI infrastructure are fragmented and largely private. Lombard Global tracks them closely.
- Bankers who understand the business. Lombard Global's tech sales and operations expertise means acquirers get advice from bankers who know how these companies grow and run.
How Maverick powers it
- Opening doors with acquirers. When a relevant deal closes in Lombard Global's sectors, Maverick enables the deal to reach the right acquirers, the corporate development teams, finance leaders, and founders worth reaching.
- Being as helpful as possible before the decision. Maverick connects dots across hundreds of conversations and tees up opportunities to empower bankers on how to be the most helpful even before a buying or selling decision. Maverick reads the context in the team's inbox and flags the follow-ups and check-ins. When a founder or acquirer is ready to act, Lombard Global is the banker they already know.
- The right expertise for every prospect. Maverick points bankers to the colleague or outside contact who can best help a prospective client with a specific question.
- Maverick watches Lombard Global's sectors and inbox around the clock and prompts their bankers when a moment matters: who to contact and what value can be added. Lombard's power users have been able to take action on over 40 surfaced actions in just one day.
"The best outcomes come from reaching the right counterparty, whether we're representing a seller or helping a buyer find its next acquisition," said Bill Billeaud, CEO and Managing Partner of Lombard Global. "With Maverick, our network has been growing exponentially, and it feels easier than ever to maintain."
Under the partnership, the two firms will also collaborate on how AI can support business development and supporting both buyers and sellers in technology M&A advisory.
Technology founders and acquirers can learn more about Lombard Global at www.lombardglobal.com. Boutique and middle-market banks can see how Maverick works at maywoodai.com.
About Maywood
Maywood is a leader in proactive AI for finance, spanning investment banking, commercial banking, lending, private credit, private equity, wealth management, auditing, and business development. Its agent Maverick is the first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7, purpose-built for managing directors and partners. Every senior professional carries hundreds of relationships and dozens of live deals, and today's AI waits to be prompted, making the human the bottleneck. Maywood inverts that: it works in the background across your network and your deal book, surfacing moves, drafting replies, and pushing process forward. For more information, visit www.maywoodai.com and follow Maywood on LinkedIn.
About Lombard Global, Inc.
Founded in 2004 and based in Austin, Lombard Global advises technology companies and their owners on mergers, acquisitions and strategic transactions. The firm stands apart in three ways:
- Technology sector focus, including tech consulting partners in the Databricks, SAP, Snowflake and Google Cloud ecosystems, B2B SaaS, healthcare IT and AI infrastructure.
- Tech sales and operations expertise, giving clients bankers who understand how technology businesses actually grow and run.
- Cross-border expertise, connecting sellers with strategic and financial buyers internationally.
Learn more at https://www.lombardglobal.com.
Media contacts
Maywood: press@maywoodai.com
Lombard Global: Bill Billeaud, CEO and Managing Partner, bill@lombardglobal.com
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