TL;DR: Vesselbridge (Corporate Finance Advisory) booked 43 calls from 3,800 LinkedIn connection requests in its first month. Those conversations turned into $100M+ in signed advisory mandates. Reachium targeted high-value buyers and operators and ran daily follow-ups.
Vesselbridge was a new firm with an unknown brand and a few weeks to prove outbound could work. It needed buyers who could write nine-figure checks, not general awareness.
Key Takeaways
- Vesselbridge booked 43 calls in its first month and signed $100M+ in advisory mandates from them.
- Over more than a year working with Reachium, Vesselbridge has collected $250K+ in upfront fees.
- 1,300 of 3,800 connection requests were accepted, and 420 of those connections replied.
- Targeting stayed narrow: high-value buyers and operators inside Vesselbridge's deal sweet spot.
- Daily follow-ups carried conversations from the first reply toward a booked call.
What was Vesselbridge up against?
Vesselbridge needed deal flow right away. A slow awareness campaign was no use. It needed real conversations with buyers who could write nine-figure checks. The firm was new and the brand was unknown. The window to validate its outbound thesis was weeks, not months.
How did Reachium set it up?
Reachium built a focused outreach system aimed at high-value buyers and operators. Every target sat in the deal range Vesselbridge worked in. Once a prospect replied, daily follow-ups kept the conversation moving toward a booked call.
What happened?
Reachium sent 3,800 LinkedIn connection requests, and 1,300 were accepted Platform data. Those connections produced 420 replies and 43 booked calls in the first month Platform data. Vesselbridge signed $100M+ in advisory mandates from those conversations. The outbound engine proved itself before the first invoice was due. Over more than a year working with Reachium, the firm has collected $250K+ in upfront fees.
"First month. Multiple nine-figure deals. The outbound paid for itself before the invoice landed," said Pierre Mechen, Vesselbridge's Founding Partner.
Where did Vesselbridge's funnel stand against the benchmark?
The top of the funnel ran ahead of the platform. Vesselbridge's acceptance rate was 34.2% Platform data, against 27.1% in Reachium's 2026 LinkedIn outreach benchmark Platform data. Its replies came to 32% of accepted connections Platform data, against 27.6% Platform data.
Booked calls were a smaller share. Vesselbridge booked 43 calls from 420 replies, or 10.2% Platform data. Those calls still produced $100M+ in signed mandates.
Follow-up is where many replies come from across the platform. Reachium's follow-up study found 14.7% of all replies arrived after a follow-up message Platform data. Among prospects who stayed silent long enough to get one, 13.9% then replied Platform data.
Firms with a short window can see account costs on the Reachium plans page. The agency service can run the targeting and daily follow-ups for them. For more advisory results, read the Ascend Capital and Eskay Capital case studies.
FAQ
Why did Vesselbridge need results so fast?
The firm was new and its brand was unknown. It had weeks, not months, to show that outbound could produce deal flow.
Who did Reachium target for Vesselbridge?
High-value buyers and operators who fit Vesselbridge's deal sweet spot, people who could write nine-figure checks.
What did the daily follow-ups do?
They kept conversations moving after a prospect's first reply, so interest turned into booked calls instead of stalling.
What came out of the 43 calls?
Vesselbridge signed $100M+ in advisory mandates from those conversations. A mandate is the engagement to advise on a deal, not the closed transaction itself.
How much has Vesselbridge earned from the work?
Over more than a year working with Reachium, Vesselbridge has collected $250K+ in upfront fees.
Did the outbound pay for itself?
Pierre Mechen says it did, before the first invoice landed.
How would a firm budget for a campaign like Vesselbridge's?
Reachium's plans are priced per LinkedIn account, so budget follows the number of accounts in use. The managed team can take on the whole campaign.