Examples

Every signal lands as a plain, scannable email

Pick a use case. The emails below are the exact shape of what arrives in your inbox.

LP intent signals from a watchlist

A PE firm gives us 80 potential LPs. The moment one shows interest in their thesis, we send an email like this.

intel@intentdigest · to you2 hours ago

[Hot · 9/10] S. Okafor publicly asked for secondaries LPs — 2h ago

Sam Okafor · Managing Partner · Norfield Family Capital

Sam posted a recruitment note on LinkedIn 2 hours ago. He directly named the LP profile he's looking for — and it lines up with two of your stated thesis keywords (secondaries · durable yield):

“Closing our Fund II this quarter. LPs welcome who care about secondaries and durable yield.”

Source: Public LinkedIn post · 89 reactions · 14 comments

Why this matters

  • He stated the criteria. You match it. Most LP intros never have this clarity.
  • Post is still active — competitors are reading it too. 14 comments already.
  • Norfield is a family office, not a fund-of-funds, so allocation decisions move faster than typical institutional LP cycles.

Intent score

9 / 10Explicit intent, named matching criteria, public ask within the last 3 hours.

Next step

Reach out today on LinkedIn. Reference the post directly. Don't reuse your generic LP deck — write 4 lines that mirror his language.

Best window: Now — comment thread is hot

Draft you can send as-is

Hey Sam, congrats on the Fund II close. Saw your post about LPs who care about secondaries and durable yield — that's exactly our thesis on the private credit side. Worth a 20 min call to compare notes?

— Karthikeya

intel@intentdigest · to you1 day ago

[Warm · 7/10] D. Liang reshaping LP strategy on Capital Allocators

David Liang · CIO · Mariner Group Family Office

David appeared on Capital Allocators yesterday. The full 47-min episode is about how Mariner is shifting away from crowded blue-chip funds toward less-crowded direct private credit positions — the exact narrative you built Fund III around.

Source: Capital Allocators podcast, S08E14 (47 min)

Why this matters

  • Public, on-the-record thesis shift. You can quote his own words back at him.
  • Family office decision cycles tend to follow founder/CIO interviews by 4–8 weeks. The window opens now.
  • He named two of your existing portfolio peers favorably — credibility transfer is built in.

Intent score

7 / 10Public thesis disclosure, timing-aligned. Not actively soliciting, but actively reshaping.

Next step

Open with the episode reference, then make one concrete point that wasn't covered. Don't pitch on first touch — earn the second meeting.

Best window: 9–12 PT, weekdays — his recent likes cluster in that window

Draft you can send as-is

Hey David, just caught your Capital Allocators episode. Your point about less-crowded LP positions in private credit is exactly the gap we built our Fund III around. Open to a 20 min conversation?

— Karthikeya

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