Deal Sourcing

SoloSearcher provides company lead data for proprietary deal sourcing in small business acquisitions. Buyers set their buy-box criteria - location, radius, industries, SDE range, and headcount - and receive a downloadable CSV of every matching business at 25 cents per company. Financial estimates are modeled from PPP payroll data using per-industry financial models, covering 4.4 million companies across all 50 states.

Searcher OS is an AI-powered platform built for acquiring small businesses. It combines automated deal sourcing across 350+ broker websites, AI-driven CIM analysis, pipeline management, SBA loan calculators, and broker relationship tools into a single platform designed for solo searchers, search funds, and micro PE firms targeting $800K-$8M acquisitions.

JIG Labs provides a daily operating system for self-funded searchers. The platform helps first-time buyers define their acquisition criteria, build deal pipelines across all channels, track outreach, and surface the next best action each morning.

Clearly Acquired is an AI-driven M&A platform for Main Street to lower mid-market business acquisitions. The platform integrates deal sourcing across 100+ marketplaces, buy-side advisory, SBA and conventional financing through 500+ lender partners, sell-side brokerage, and AI-powered underwriting tools into a single workflow for acquisition entrepreneurs.

Most small business acquisitions get underwritten on the seller's numbers. We underwrite them the way a lender does. Led by former Big 4 (EY) and private equity (Morgan Stanley) we provide buy-side SMB Pre-LIO and QoE Lite acquisition services, along with sell-side business valuations and exit planning. NexTax Advisory is an independent transaction advisory practice serving individual buyers, searchers, small sponsors, and owners preparing to sell. We work in the $1M to $15M range, where the books are usually cash basis, the add-backs are usually optimistic, and nobody has looked at the general ledger with a buyer's eye. https://www.nextaxadvisory.com BUY-SIDE - Quality of Earnings and financial due diligence - Pre-LOI review and risk screening before you commit - Normalized SDE and EBITDA bridges, with every adjustment rated by strength of evidence - Proof of cash reconciling bank activity to the books and to IRS transcript data - Working capital analysis, debt and debt-like item schedules, and DSCR at your proposed structure SELL-SIDE - Pre-sale readiness and value optimization - Earnings normalization and diligence preparation before you go to market - Full-scope valuations and transaction scenarios for sellers with interested buyers NexTax.AI is also the company behind AcquiFlow, a deal intelligence platform that brings institutional-grade underwriting to SMB acquisition buyers. The platform normalizes seller earnings, benchmarks against 17,000+ real closed transactions, 20,000+ sets of lender-grade financial statements across 40+ industries, and stress-tests financing under SBA-style assumptions to help buyers determine which deals deserve an LOI before committing capital. Perfect for the DIY searcher that is looking to minimize costs and avoid re-trades from sending bad deals through to $15-20k QoE engagements.

Deal Flow Alert is a deal sourcing service that monitors US business-for-sale marketplaces and broker networks and notifies buyers when new listings match their stated criteria. Matches are delivered as real-time email alerts or as a weekly digest capped at ten listings per email. A dashboard lets buyers track the deals they are pursuing, store notes, and manage contact information. Matches link through to the original listing source rather than republishing listing content.

Kumo is a deal sourcing and aggregation platform that consolidates over 100,000 active business-for-sale listings from hundreds of marketplaces and brokerage sites into a single searchable interface. The platform uses AI to de-duplicate listings, standardize metrics, and generate deal summaries, serving 14,000+ buyers including self-funded searchers, search funds, and PE firms.

DealHub is a deal management platform for small business acquisition buyers. The tool organizes deal pipelines, extracts financial facts from broker listings using AI, and syncs all documents to Google Drive for permanent access.

DealMatch is an AI-powered deal sourcing platform for small business acquisition buyers. The platform aggregates 120,000+ on-market listings, provides AI-driven research on 1M+ businesses with verified owner contacts, and automates buyer workflows including CIM requests, NDA processing, and broker follow-ups.

eCommerce Lending is a full-service acquisition firm founded by Stephen Speer offering financing (SBA 7(a) up to $5M, FLEX $1M-$10M, Capital Access $10M-$250M), buy-side advisory (LOI structuring, deal negotiation, due diligence coordination), and off-market deal sourcing across ecommerce, SaaS, and traditional business acquisitions. The firm has closed 500+ deals totaling over $1 billion with a 98% approval rate.

DealOrb is an AI-powered business acquisition software platform that helps acquisition entrepreneurs, search funds, and independent sponsors find, analyze, and close SMB deals. The platform combines deal sourcing from 15+ sources including off-market opportunities, AI-powered CIM analysis that extracts key metrics in under 30 seconds, deal pipeline management, and market intelligence with comparables.

Deal Flow Advisory is an off-market deal origination firm that delivers qualified seller introductions to PE firms, family offices, and independent sponsors. The firm sources, screens, and connects business owners in the $2M-$20M EBITDA range with serious buyers through direct conversations, providing structured deal briefs with financials, owner motivation, and next-step recommendations.