TL;DR: Savvy Capital (Investment Banking) booked 90 calls from 3,200 LinkedIn connection requests in 90 days, surfacing $40M in qualified deal flow. Reachium ran a Done For You engagement that combined targeted outbound with weekly thought leadership for the founding partners.
Savvy Capital is four partners with a clear acquisition thesis. Before Reachium, every deal reached them through a warm intro or a broker who charged for access. The partners spent more time hunting for sellers than evaluating them.
Key Takeaways
- Savvy surfaced $40M in qualified deal flow in 90 days, from a pipeline that did not exist three months earlier.
- Six LOIs were signed, and four deals closed.
- 1,400 of 3,200 connection requests were accepted, and 380 of those connections replied, leading to 90 booked calls.
- A thesis-driven lead magnet screened inbound interest before any seller reached the partners' calendars.
What was Savvy Capital up against?
Savvy had the thesis but none of the machinery. It had no outbound infrastructure. Deals came from warm intros or from brokers who charged a premium for access. The partners were spending more time sourcing than evaluating, and the pipeline was still empty most weeks.
How did Reachium set it up?
Savvy chose a Done For You engagement, so Reachium handled the work end to end. It had three parts:
- Outbound campaigns aimed at business owners in Savvy's target SIC codes.
- Weekly thought leadership written for the founding partners.
- A lead magnet built around Savvy's thesis, which pre-qualified inbound interest before anyone booked a call.
What happened?
Reachium sent 3,200 connection requests for Savvy, and 1,400 were accepted Platform data. Those connections produced 380 replies and 90 booked calls over 90 days Platform data. From that pipeline came $40M in qualified deal flow, six signed LOIs, and four closed deals. The partners stopped sourcing and started closing.
Alex Zastre, Savvy's Managing Partner, put the change in one line: "We sleep better. Pipeline shows up every Monday."
Is a 27% reply rate good for a firm like Savvy?
Savvy's 380 replies from 1,400 accepted connections is 27% Platform data. Reachium's 2026 LinkedIn outreach benchmark found 27.6% of accepted connections produced a reply Platform data. So Savvy's reply rate was close to the platform average.
The benchmark itself has been falling. Reachium's study of the reply rate collapse found the share of accepted connections that replied fell from 32.2% to 22.0% between 2025 and 2026 Platform data. That trend is platform-wide and does not describe Savvy's campaigns.
Where Savvy stood out was later in the funnel. 90 calls from 1,400 accepted connections is 6.4% Platform data, against 2.0% across the platform benchmark Platform data.
Savvy's engagement was fully managed, which is how the Reachium agency works. Firms that prefer to run campaigns themselves can compare plans on the pricing page. For more investment banking results, read the Yanne Capital and Aera Capital case studies.
FAQ
What did Savvy Capital get from 90 days of outreach?
$40M in qualified deal flow, six signed LOIs, and four closed deals.
Where did Savvy's deals come from before Reachium?
Warm intros and brokers. The brokers charged a premium for access, and the pipeline was still empty most weeks.
Who did Savvy's campaigns target?
Business owners in the SIC codes that fit Savvy's acquisition thesis.
What was the lead magnet for?
It was built around Savvy's thesis and pre-qualified inbound interest, before anyone hit the calendar.
How many of Savvy's replies became booked calls?
90 of 380, or about 24% Platform data.
What would it take to run an engagement like Savvy's?
Savvy used the Done For You model, run by the agency team. Self-serve pricing is set per LinkedIn account.