Equire Finance
Marketplace Helping Entrepreneurs Find & Acquire Traditional Small Businesses
Equire helps searchers, independent sponsors, and owners find, evaluate, finance, and close acquisitions of established small businesses.
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Marketplace Helping Entrepreneurs Find & Acquire Traditional Small Businesses
Equire helps searchers, independent sponsors, and owners source and diligence deals and raise acquisition capital.
What we do
Entrepreneurs investing in entrepreneurs. We support the full path from finding a business to owning it.
Source an acquisition target
We build target lists, run owner outreach, and screen proprietary and brokered deal flow against your criteria.
Fund your acquisition
We help you structure the capital stack across SBA 7(a), seller notes, and equity, and connect you with lenders and investors to get to close.
Invest in SMB acquisitions
Accredited investors can back vetted entrepreneurs acquiring established, profitable small businesses.
Three ways to raise capital
Each raise is aggregated into a single syndicate-led vehicle, so you work with one cap table entry instead of dozens of individual checks.
Stage Raise size Instrument Best fit Search phase $100K–$1M Preferred, convertible note, or SAFE Searchers funding the costs of finding a business to buy Acquisition or buyout $150K–$10M Equity Buyers in early diligence with a signed LOI, or at minimum a strong IOI Add-on acquisition $200K–$10M Equity and/or debt Owners, independent sponsors, and PE groups buying a competitor or complementary business Who we serve
- Searchers and entrepreneurs buying a business to operate
- Search funds, from the search phase through acquisition
- Independent sponsors executing a deal
- Owners and PE-backed companies pursuing add-on acquisitions
- Accredited investors backing SMB entrepreneurs
Example deals
Two representative structures from the platform. Live opportunities are shared only with verified accredited investors.
Search phase$150,000Convertible notePost-MBA search fund, Seattle
A searcher with 10 years in management consulting, raising to fund the search for a business services company. Note holders get a discount into the eventual acquisition and first right to invest more.
- Minimum
- $15,000
- Note terms
- 25% discount, 2-year, $5M cap, pro-rata rights
- Target EBITDA
- $2M–$5M
- Target structure
- 20–40% equity, 60–80% debt and seller note
- Hold period
- 7–10 years
Under LOI$350,000Preferred equityNortheast manufacturer, $850K EBITDA
A buyer with 10 years in investment banking and private equity, under LOI after a 14-month search to acquire and operate a 50-year-old manufacturing company.
- Minimum
- $35,000
- Preferred terms
- 12% PIK interest, 20% ownership
- Capital stack
- 55% SBA 7(a), 20% preferred, 25% seller financing
- Debt service coverage
- 2.1x
- Hold period
- 7–10 years
Illustrative examples only. Not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security.
How we work
1Define
Set the acquisition criteria, budget, and capital plan.
2Source
Identify and approach qualified targets.
3Negotiate
Value the business, structure the deal, and sign the LOI.
4Close
Coordinate diligence, financing, and legal through to closing.
The Equire platform
A transparent structure for entrepreneurs, investors, and the syndicate leads who connect them.
Raising on Equire
To confirm your commitment to the platform, we require:
- Two letters of recommendationOne from a deal syndicate
- A well-defined Private Placement MemorandumPPM and investment memo templates available on request
- Background verificationLinkedIn, website, and email
- A signed letter of personal commitment
Investors
Accredited investors invest deal by deal. Each deal's investors are aggregated into a single syndicate-represented series LLC, and every investor is verified before seeing an offering.
Syndicates
Lead sponsors mentor the entrepreneur, lead the raise, and set the initial terms, earning 5–15% carry on the deals they bring. Investors with strong deal flow can apply to lead.
Fees
A flat administrative and legal documentation fee, plus a carry in platform deals. Every fee is disclosed upfront.
Why small business
Small businesses drive growth and create wealth, and a generation of owners is getting ready to sell.
10M+Profitable, established U.S. small businesses
~35%Historical search fund IRR (Stanford GSB)
$30TBoomer-held assets expected to change hands over the next decade
2.3MBoomer-owned U.S. businesses with employees, about half of all privately held employers (Project Equity)
Looking to buy a business or invest in one?
Tell us what you're looking for. Conversations are confidential.
Or write to us directly at info@equire.co What We Do
Source acquisition targets
We build target lists, run owner outreach, and screen proprietary and brokered deal flow against your criteria.
Fund your acquisition
We help you structure the capital stack across SBA 7(a), seller notes, and equity, and connect you with lenders and investors to get to close.
Invest in SMB acquisitions
Accredited investors can back vetted entrepreneurs acquiring established, profitable small businesses.
Who We Serve
1. Searchers and entrepreneurs buying a business to operate
2. Search funds, from the search phase through acquisition
3. Independent sponsors executing a deal
4. Owners and PE-backed companies pursuing add-on acquisitions
5. Accredited investors backing SMB entrepreneurs
How We Work
Define
Set the acquisition criteria, budget, and capital plan.
Source
Identify and approach qualified targets.
Negotiate
Value the business, structure the deal, and sign the LOI.
Close
Coordinate diligence, financing, and legal through to closing.
Why SMBs?
10M+
Profitable, established U.S. small businesses
~35%
Historical search fund IRR (Stanford GSB)
$30T
Boomer-held assets expected to change hands over the next decade
2.3M
Boomer-owned, U.S. businesses with employees
Connect with Us
Email: info@equire.co
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Disclosures
None of the information displayed on www.equire.co (the “website”) constitutes an offer to provide investment advice. The offering of securities is being conducted pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. There shall be no offer or sale of any securities without the delivery of confidential offering materials and related documents. Equire does not (1) advise on the merits or advisability of a particular investment or transaction, or (2) assist in the determination of fair value of any security or investment, or (3) provide legal, tax or transactional advisory services.
This website contains information concerning the small business and entrepreneurs on our platform, including a business disclosure document, that are either provided by or based upon information obtained from third parties. We have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in the business disclosure documents or information obtained from third parties. We do not endorse or adopt this information, and we do not make representations as to the accuracy, completeness, suitability or validity of any information obtained from third parties and will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information or any damages arising from its display or use.
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