Breaking into elite finance — whether investment banking, strategy consulting, or boutique advisory — through traditional recruiting pathways is highly competitive. Many candidates eventually turn to direct outreach, but identifying and researching the right firms can be time-consuming and fragmented. FirmScope was created to simplify this process.

FirmScope is a platform that maps the London boutique finance ecosystem — from independent M&A and debt advisory firms to strategy and management consulting boutiques. Users can explore hundreds of firms, filter by sector focus and deal type, build their own target lists, keep research notes on individual firms, and track outreach activity — creating a structured workflow for networking and off-cycle opportunities.

Instead of juggling spreadsheets, LinkedIn searches, and notes across different tools, your entire cold outreach workflow can be managed within one site.