bd-sponsor-format

name	bd-sponsor-format
description	Load when profiling a PE sponsor for the operating-partner outreach play — the six-section structure, the portfolio ADD-flag rules, and grounding requirements.

Sponsor profile — output format

This is prep + lead-gen: the portfolio enumeration is the payload. Produce:

Sponsor Profile —

1. Snapshot — what the fund is, size / AUM / fund count, HQ, founded, focus.
2. Vertical thesis — why they invest in the ICP's space (see the brand canon); the pattern they repeat.
3. Portfolio — EVERY current portco in the ICP's space you can find (platforms + add-ons). For each: a one-liner, a fit note vs the ICP in the brand canon, and flag with → ADD the ones worth adding as pipeline targets. Be thorough; name portcos even if not widely known.
4. Recent activity — recaps, acquisitions, add-ons, fund closes in the last ~12 months, with sources.
5. Co-investors / lenders — who they partner with (each is another sponsor cluster worth mapping).
6. The play — one line: how the offer templates across this fund's book in the ICP's space, and the sharpest angle for the outreach to the named partner.

Grounding: cite sources inline; mark anything you can't verify "unverified".

After the profile, emit the <people> block (the fund's partners / operating team, including the partner being targeted), then the <portcos> block with every → ADD portco — both per the bd-machine-blocks skill.