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May 13, 2025

Tired of Spinning Your Wheels? We Were Too. That’s Why We Built Clearly Acquired.

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May 13, 2025

Clearly Acquired is a tech-enabled platform built for serious acquisition entrepreneurs and search fund operators. It helps you source businesses from 100+ marketplaces, manage deal flow, access financing from 500+ lenders, and work with real operators who’ve done it before. Whether you're buying your first business or your fifth, we give you the tools and support to find, fund, and close with confidence.

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A few years ago, we were deep in the trenches ourselves.

We weren’t theorizing. We weren’t just "thinking about" buying a business. We were doing it:

  • 🔍 Actively searching for real, cash-flowing businesses
  • 💸 Struggling to get lenders to say yes
  • 📈 Planning how to grow them with limited resources

It was frustrating. Tools were fragmented. Data was scattered. Advice was either too generic or locked behind expensive retainers.
So we stopped waiting — and built the platform we wish we had when we started.

Today, Clearly Acquired gives serious acquisition entrepreneurs, search fund operators, and strategic buyers everything they need to find, fund, and close their next business — faster and smarter.

Built for Real Buyers — Not Tire Kickers

Whether you're a solo searcher, running a self-funded search fund, or looking for your next add-on, you know this already:

Finding a business for sale near you isn’t hard.
Finding a good business that’s financeable, with a motivated seller and clean books? That’s hard.

That’s where Clearly Acquired comes in. We’re not a course. We’re not a listing site. And we’re definitely not gatekeepers.

We’re operators, technologists, and advisors who’ve actually bought, scaled, and sold companies — and now we help you do the same.

Here’s what you get when you create an account:

🔧 Tools Designed for Acquirers

✅ Source from 100+ Marketplaces & Brokerages (100,000+ Listings)
Aggregate listings from sites like BizBuySell, DealStream, business brokerages, and more — all in one place.

✅ 350 Direct Listings from Preferred Broker Partners
We’ve partnered with trusted brokerages so you see deals others don’t.

✅ 200M+ Business Data, Financials, and Industry Comps (beta)
Benchmark performance. Validate assumptions. Underwrite like a pro.

✅ Smart Deal Pipeline Management
Import deals instantly. Organize on-market and off-market opportunities.
Track conversations, notes, LOIs, tasks, and next steps.

✅ Access to 500+ Lenders
Match with SBA lenders, short-term working capital providers, lines of credit, and acquisition financing sources that fit your deal structure.

✅ Buy-Side Advisory from Operators
Work 1-on-1 with people who’ve done it — not just consultants or course creators.

New Features Just Launched 🚀

We’ve made it even easier to move fast and stay organized:

🔄 Import Deals Instantly

Quickly pull in listings from any source: search portals, email lists, broker blasts, or private intros.
👉 [Watch the demo]

📊 Smarter Deal Flow Management

Track every opportunity — filter by stage, size, industry, location, or priority.
👉 [Watch the demo]

👀 Off-Market Search Is Coming Soon

Search by owner name, business size, geography, or industry — before they ever hit a marketplace.
👉 [Sneak peek here]

Why We Built This

Because search is broken — and we were tired of watching good buyers get stuck.

Here’s the brutal truth:

You’ll need to review 150+ businesses to close one.

Most searches take 12–24 months. Not because they have to — but because the process is a slog.

You’re stuck in inboxes and spreadsheets. You're chasing brokers. You're building half-baked models with incomplete info.

And every delay puts your dream of buying a business further out of reach

Clearly Acquired fixes that.

Ready to Find and Finance the Right Business?

Whether you're just starting out or already deep into your acquisition journey, Clearly Acquired was built to:

  • Help you buy a business faster
  • Unlock off-market deals most people never see
  • Pair you with capital — whether debt, equity, or both
  • Give you the support of real operators, not just gurus

So if you’ve been searching for the right business for sale near you, scrolling through BizBuySell, and wondering how to actually get a deal done...

We’re here to help you stop spinning your wheels — and start making offers.

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Acquire Quality. Fund Growth. Close with Confidence.

As a SaaS-enabled Business Acquisition Marketplace, Financing Platform, and Investment Management Firm, we are on a mission to simplify and accelerate the Small to Medium-Sized Business (SMB) lending and acquisition ecosystem.

We specialize in technology that supports price discovery, identity verification and financial qualification, and buy-side tools to help searchers source and manage deal flow, make offers, secure lending/financing solutions, and close with confidence.

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