succession.ai · early access

Sell the business you built.
Buy one worth carrying on.
Agents do the legwork.

succession.ai is the marketplace for small businesses changing hands: built for owners heading toward retirement and for the buyers who will carry the business on. AI agents value, match, and analyse. People decide every step.

List your businessSee sample listings
Two sides, one process

Built for the owner
and the next owner

For sellers

  • Know your number before you go to market
  • List publicly, or share privately by link
  • Only NDA-signed, funded buyers see the details
How selling works →

For buyers

  • Listings matched to your criteria, with the reasons
  • An AI memo on any listing: value, risks, questions
  • NDA, proof of funds, and diligence in one room
How buying works →
Why succession.ai

Most marketplaces stop at the listing.
We work the deal.

A listing gets you seen. Selling takes a number you can defend, buyers who can actually pay, and diligence that does not die in email. Agents handle that legwork; you and your advisors make the calls.

How we compare →

What is in it

The tools a deal
actually needs

Marked honestly: what is in the product today, what is in beta, and what is coming.

In the product
Listings
Public listings with filters, plus private share links for listings you do not want public.
In the product
Valuation calculator
A free range from SDE, EBITDA, and revenue multiples, adjusted for growth, recurring revenue, and owner dependence.
In the product
AI deal analyst
An investment memo for any listing: valuation range, asking-price verdict, risks, and the diligence questions to ask, with every assumption written down.
In the product
Buyer matching
Listings scored against each buyer’s criteria, with the reasons shown.
In the product
NDA-gated deal rooms
Sign the NDA in the browser, show proof of funds, then share documents, messages, and a diligence checklist in one place.
Beta
Private disclosure
Prove your figures sit inside your industry’s normal range, or above a revenue floor, without revealing them. The proof is generated in your browser.
Beta
Revenue telemetry
Connect a revenue feed so buyers see verified monthly figures instead of a spreadsheet. Direct integrations with accounting and payment tools are coming.
In the product
Whisper network
Private channels where brokers share off-market deals with buyers they trust, and control who sees what.
In the product
Acquisition financing
Compare SBA acquisition lenders by program, amount, and industry.
Coming soon
Seller listing agent
Drafts the listing and the information memorandum from your documents, for you to edit and approve.
Coming soon
Deal room agent
Answers buyer questions from the data room, keeps the checklist moving, and schedules calls, with you approving what goes out.
Coming soon
Comparable sales
A database of comparable transactions behind every valuation.
How a deal moves

Value, list, match,
verify, close

  1. ValueA range from your real numbers, with what holds it down.
  2. ListPublic or private, prepared for buyers to read.
  3. MatchBuyers scored on fit; you choose who gets in.
  4. CloseNDA, proof of funds, diligence, then your advisors take it to signing.
The format

What a listing
looks like

Early access. succession.ai is not open to the public yet. Listings on this site are made-up samples to show the format, not businesses for sale.

HVAC service · OntarioSample

Residential HVAC service company with maintenance contracts

31 yrs · 14 staff
Verified figuresNDA data room
Revenue$2.4M
SDE$610K
Asking$1.9M
Multiple3.2×
Wholesale distribution · OhioSample

Industrial fastener distributor serving regional contractors

22 yrs · 9 staff
Proven in rangeNDA data room
Revenue$5.1M
SDE$720K
Asking$2.6M
Multiple3.6×
Food production · QuébecSample

Artisan bakery with wholesale café accounts

18 yrs · 11 staff
Seller-reportedNDA data room
Revenue$1.3M
SDE$280K
Asking$840K
Multiple3.0×

All sample listings →

What we promise

Four rules
we will not bend

  • No fake listings.Every listing is a real owner or their broker. We will never list a company that did not ask to be listed.
  • You control who sees what.Private listings by link, details behind an NDA, documents only in the deal room.
  • Advice comes from advisors.Valuations and AI memos are estimates with their assumptions written down. Your lawyer, accountant, and lender make the calls.
  • People decide.Agents draft, score, and analyse. Nothing goes to a buyer or seller without a person approving it.
Early access

Thinking about
the next chapter?

Tell us whether you are selling, buying, or advising. We are onboarding a first group of owners and buyers.

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