OffDeal
At a Glance
Worth being in its buyer network for larger lower-middle-market deals; too big-focused for the smallest Main Street searches.
- Pricing
- Success Fee, Sell-side representation on a 5% to 10% success fee with no upfront cost; initial valuation and AI buyer-matching are free. It targets businesses with roughly $5M to $100M of revenue and aims to close within about 180 days.
- Best For
- Buyers who want to be in the deal flow for larger lower-middle-market businesses, and sellers of $5M-plus-revenue companies who want an AI-run auction
- Roadmap Stages
- 4. Source & Screen Deals
Pros and Cons
Pros
- AI-native process that matches a business against 25,000-plus past M&A deals and can surface a thousand-plus potential buyers in a competitive auction
- Success-fee only, 5% to 10%, with no retainer and a free initial valuation, so its incentives sit with closing
- Faster than traditional advisory, with a first LOI typically inside 60 days and a target close around 180
Cons
- It targets $5M to $100M of revenue, so the smallest Main Street deals a searcher looks at fall below its range
- It represents sellers, so on a live deal its duty is to the other side of the table
- It is a young, AI-native firm, so its track record is shorter than the established M&A advisors it competes with
What Searchers Say
Model, fee structure, deal-size range, and timelines verified against OffDeal own-site and 2024-2026 press (Y Combinator, TechCrunch); it is a venture-backed, AI-native entrant rather than a decades-old advisor.