In the ever-evolving landscape of business acquisitions, Clearly Acquired is leading the way by reimagining how entrepreneurs and business owners approach the process of buying, scaling, and growing small and medium-sized businesses. We are not just a marketplace or a funding platform — we are the operating system for entrepreneurial operators. Our mission is simple: to empower the next generation of owner-operators by providing smarter capital, cutting-edge technology, and expert advisory services.
At Clearly Acquired, we’re building the capital platform for buying and growing businesses — one that brings together debt and equity solutions, real-time financing, and strategic consulting under one roof. Whether you're a search fund entrepreneur, an existing business owner looking to scale, or an investor seeking meaningful opportunities in Main Street, we provide the tools, capital, and guidance you need to succeed.
The Smarter Way to Source and Fund Businesses
The Clearly Acquired platform is designed to solve the most critical challenges entrepreneurs face when acquiring businesses. Whether you’re just starting your search or managing a growing portfolio, we give you access to the resources and infrastructure necessary to make smart acquisitions.
Smarter Capital for Acquisitions and Growth:
We provide a unique approach to capital matching, combining SBA loans, private equity, and growth financing solutions in one place. Entrepreneurs no longer have to sift through multiple lenders and financing options. Instead, our lender-matching engine connects you to the best options for your business, based on key criteria such as debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), industry, and credit box.
Real-Time Financing Data:
Through our integrated platform, entrepreneurs gain access to real-time lender data, helping them find the right financing solutions to close deals quickly. Our tools include automated underwriting and an advisor-guided capital stack structuring feature, which helps ensure that your financing aligns perfectly with your acquisition strategy.
This is the smarter way to source and fund businesses — ensuring you’re matched with the right capital, at the right time, so you can start making offers, not wasting time navigating the complexity of the financing landscape.
Empowering Acquisition Entrepreneurs with Technology
At the core of Clearly Acquired is our technology-driven approach to acquisitions. We’ve created a platform that goes beyond simple deal listing and financing matching — it’s an end-to-end solution for acquisition entrepreneurs, offering tools that streamline every step of the acquisition process.
AI-Powered Deal Sourcing:
The acquisition process starts with finding the right deal. With over 100,000 listings and $200M in off-market businesses, our platform leverages AI to help entrepreneurs identify high-potential acquisition targets. Our proprietary deal scoring and pipeline management tools enable buyers to focus on deals with the most growth potential, significantly reducing the time it takes to find the right business to acquire.
Whether you’re a first-time buyer or an experienced operator looking to scale, our platform simplifies the often-overwhelming task of identifying viable targets. We don’t just list businesses; we build owners.
Search Accelerator:
For those who want to accelerate their acquisition journey, our Search Accelerator offers a self-funded search playbook that’s delivered as a comprehensive platform. This includes deal scoring, LOI/due diligence templates, seller outreach scripts, and pre-qualification for financing, so you can streamline the entire search and acquisition process. Whether you’re operating solo or as part of a larger team, we help you go from analysis paralysis to ownership.
Search Accelerator + 1-on-1 Advisory:
For more hands-on support, the Search Accelerator + 1-on-1 Advisory package gives you weekly coaching and personalized strategy reviews. This service is tailored for serious buyers who want to avoid mistakes, structure offers effectively, and close deals faster. Our expert advisors assist with deal structuring, pre-diligence analysis, and capital stack design, ensuring that you have the right guidance every step of the way.
Growth Capital and Strategic Support for Existing Businesses
While we are known for our tech-enabled acquisition tools, Clearly Acquired is equally focused on helping existing business owners who are looking to scale and grow. Whether you're a business owner or operator with a thriving company in need of capital, or if you're considering a partner buyout, we offer flexible, smarter capital solutions to fund your next growth phase.
Catalyst Fund: Backing the Next Generation of Owner-Operators:
Our Catalyst Fund provides equity capital to qualified searchers, giving them the resources and support to acquire businesses. But it doesn’t stop there — post-acquisition, we provide board-level support, shared services like legal, HR, and finance, as well as deal sourcing and diligence resources. We partner with high-agency operators, backing the people who are driving growth and creating value in the SMB market.
The Catalyst Fund is ideal for entrepreneurs who want to own and operate businesses with the backing of experienced investors and strategic advisors. It’s about more than just funding — it’s about helping entrepreneurs grow, scale, and achieve long-term success.
Comprehensive Capital Solutions for Business Growth:
As part of our commitment to helping businesses scale, Clearly Acquired offers a variety of debt solutions for business owners, including working capital loans, equipment financing, lines of credit, and short-term bridge capital. These financing options are designed to fuel growth, fund acquisitions, and cover immediate capital needs.
Our advisor-guided capital stack structuring ensures that each business receives a tailored financing solution, whether they are expanding organically, looking to acquire another company, or preparing for long-term sustainability.
A Network of National Accelerator Locations
As we scale, Clearly Acquired is building a network of accelerator locations nationwide — think of it as the Y Combinator for search fund investing. These physical hubs will host cohort-based bootcamps, intensive workshops, and investor demo days — all designed to take entrepreneurs from analysis paralysis to ownership.
These accelerator locations will also serve as deal-closing and diligence labs, providing entrepreneurs with direct access to capital, strategic advisors, and an investor network that will help them close deals faster.
Crowdfunded Deals — A New Way for Passive Investors to Get Involved
Clearly Acquired is opening up new investment opportunities for accredited investors through our crowdfunded deals platform (coming soon). Through SPVs and rev-share tranches, investors can co-invest with the searchers they believe in. This new model gives passive investors the ability to support high-potential acquisitions and get exposure to the rapidly-growing world of entrepreneurship through acquisition.
The Clearly Acquired Flywheel: A Full-Cycle Business Ecosystem
Our platform operates as a flywheel, where success compounds as users move through the stages of acquisition and growth.
- Discover: Leverage accelerator tools, gain off-market access, and clarify acquisition criteria.
- Acquire: Get matched with the right capital stack and lenders to secure financing.
- Scale: Secure equipment loans, working capital, and lines of credit to fuel growth.
- Graduate: Sell, scale, or reinvest, and mentor the next generation of owner-operators.
Our Big Goal: Unlocking $10B+ in Transaction Volume
At Clearly Acquired, we’re committed to launching and funding 10,000 new owner-operators over the next decade. Our vision is to unlock $10B+ in transaction volume across acquisition and growth — positioning entrepreneurship through acquisition as the default path for mid-career professionals looking to build real wealth and long-term success.
At Clearly Acquired, we are committed to reshaping how entrepreneurs access the tools, capital, and expertise needed to succeed in the world of business acquisitions and growth. By combining smarter capital solutions, AI-driven technology, and expert advisory services, we provide a seamless platform for aspiring owner-operators to find, fund, and scale businesses with confidence.
Whether you’re acquiring your first business or expanding an existing portfolio, Clearly Acquired is the operating system for entrepreneurial success — a comprehensive ecosystem that supports you from the moment you identify an acquisition target, to structuring your financing, to scaling and growing your business long-term. Our mission is to empower you to own, grow, and thrive while building real wealth through strategic, tech-enabled acquisitions. Together, we’re shaping the future of entrepreneurship through acquisition and making it the default path for high-performing professionals looking to achieve lasting success.
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