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The process

You run the business.
We run the sale.

Five steps from first call to money in trust. Every one handled for you, with a real person beside you the whole way and nothing released without your say-so.

1

Valuation

Week one

A real price range from your books, not a guess. We normalize your earnings the way buyers do and price from our own database of what Canadian buyers actually pay.

You provide: financial statements and tax returns. You get: a defensible range and an honest read on sellability, free either way.
2

Packaging

Week one to two

Your business presented like it matters: a professional confidential package covering the story, operations, team, and normalized financials, built once and used to hold your price all the way to close.

Confidentiality: nothing identifying leaves our hands without a signed NDA. Staff and competitors stay in the dark.
3

Matched buyers

Immediately after packaging

Registered, funded buyers told us what they want to own. Your business goes to the matches first, under NDA, before any public marketing. Screening happens before anyone reaches you: funding, seriousness, fit.

Your time is protected: you only ever meet buyers who cleared the filter, in structured meetings we moderate.
4

Offer

Target: inside 30 days of going to market

Interest is driven to a signed letter of intent on our seller-protective template. We negotiate on your behalf; you're never on a call alone giving away leverage.

Fast-track deals under $300K with cash buyers can move from meeting to accepted offer in days, not months.
5

Close

15 to 45 days depending on size

Due diligence runs on a defined timeline with staged information releases. Lawyers papered, conditions cleared, and funds flow through a lawyer's trust account. Our fee comes out at closing, only if it closes.

The finish line: money in your account, keys handed over on your terms, and a transition plan the buyer signed up to.

Buying instead?

The same discipline works in your favour: verified financials, staged information under NDA, structured meetings, and a managed path from first look to keys. Register once and matching businesses reach you first.

Register as a buyer, free
Two speeds

Every deal runs one of two tracks.

Deal size sets the pace. Smaller businesses with cash buyers don't need big-deal timelines, so we don't impose them.

Fast track

Smaller deals, ready buyers.

Typically under $300K, asset sale, cash or arranged financing.

  • Due diligence7 to 14 days
  • Close after diligence15 to 30 days
  • Realistic start to finish2 to 6 weeks
Standard track

Larger or more complex deals.

Bigger price tags, financing conditions, share sales, landlord consents.

  • Due diligence windowup to 45 days
  • Close after conditions clearabout 30 days
  • Realistic start to finish3 to 5 months
Confidentiality, staged

Who learns what, and when.

The whole process is built so the wrong people never find out and the right people learn more only as they earn it.

1

Anonymous profile

Industry, region, and headline numbers only. No name, no address, nothing a competitor could place.

2

Signed NDA, full package

Matched buyers sign a confidentiality agreement, then receive the complete package with identity and financials.

3

Post-offer diligence

The most sensitive material, like customer lists and contracts, releases only after a signed offer, on a defined timeline.

Process questions

The fine print, in plain words.

Who actually talks to the buyers?
We do, and you're never alone when it's your turn. First contact, screening, and scheduling all happen on our side; you join structured meetings we moderate, with prep beforehand.
What do you need from me during the sale?
Honest numbers at the start, quick answers during diligence, and your say-so at every decision point. The heavy lifting, documents, marketing, screening, and coordination, stays with us. You keep running the business.
What happens if a buyer walks away?
The process keeps moving. Matched buyers are queued in order of fit, the package is already built, and nothing restarts from zero. A walk-away costs days, not months.
When do you get paid?
At closing, out of the sale proceeds, through the lawyer's trust account. If the deal doesn't close, we don't get paid. There are no retainers or upfront fees at any point.