# OffDeal

An AI-native M&A advisor for $5M-plus deals.

An AI-native M&A advisory firm that sells lower-middle-market businesses, using AI to match a seller against 25,000-plus past deals and run a competitive buyer auction, on a success fee it does not publish, with no retainer.

- Category: Investment Banks
- Pricing model: Success Fee
- Where it fits: Source & Screen Deals
- Website: https://offdeal.io/

## At a Glance

Worth being in its buyer network for larger [lower-middle-market](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/lower-middle-market) deals; too big-focused for the smallest Main Street searches.

## What It Costs

Sell-side representation with no upfront fees, retainers or hidden costs, in its own words; the success fee itself is not published, and a 5% to 10% figure it once carried is on none of its pages now. Initial valuation and AI buyer-matching are free. It targets businesses with roughly $5M to $100M of revenue, advertises offers inside 45 days, and raised a $12M Series A led by Radical Ventures in 2026.

## 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

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: 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
- Pro: No upfront fees, [retainers](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/retainer) or hidden costs, in its own words, with a free initial [valuation](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/valuation), so its incentives sit with closing
- Pro: Faster than traditional advisory, advertising offers inside 45 days
- Con: It targets $5M to $100M of revenue, so the smallest Main Street deals a [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) looks at fall below its range
- Con: It represents sellers, so on a live deal its duty is to the other side of the table
- Con: It is a young, AI-native firm funded by a $12M Series A in 2026, so its track record is shorter than the established M&A advisors it competes with, and it no longer publishes its fee

## What Searchers Say

Model, deal-size range and timelines verified against OffDeal's own site in September 2026, when the fee figure it once published had gone; it is a venture-backed, AI-native entrant rather than a decades-old advisor.

## Compared With

- Which sell-side firm suits the size of the business, and whose side is it on? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/benchmark-international-vs-offdeal.md)
- Both start at $5M of revenue: which one prints its fee, and how far does each reach? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/midstreet-vs-offdeal.md)

## Sources

- https://offdeal.io/
- https://offdeal.io/news
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/offdeal
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/offdeal-wants-to-help-small-businesses-find-big-exits-with-ai-agents/

Also on this site: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/category/investment-bank.md
Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/offdeal
Last checked: 2026-09-04

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