Off-market target maps without a full BD team, built on registries that cover the 97.7% of businesses with no website on record.
No BD team needed. Preview a market free, then use Pro or managed outreach when a thesis is worth it.
Brokered listings draw competing buyers. We surface owners with succession signals before a public process.
Give us industry, geography, revenue range and deal size. We keep your activity confidential from sponsors in your niche.
Years in business comes from registry incorporation and licence dates: a clear succession signal, and one web crawls cannot rebuild.
Managed plans can support first-touch outreach and organize replies, so you are not working a raw spreadsheet.
Validate target density before paying. Pro includes target-map exports, contact signals, pipeline workflows and refreshes.
Yes. Serava is built for independent and fundless sponsors and search fund principals. No committed capital needed: submit your criteria to start.
Home services (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pest control, roofing, landscaping): asset-light, cash-generative and dense enough to build a platform. Professional services (staffing, MSP, facility management) suit sponsors with operating experience.
We keep a mandate registry and limit parallel introductions to the same company within an exclusivity window. If a target is in diligence with another buyer, we flag it and move to your next target.
We reach out within 24 hours to book a 30-minute intake call. Your first mandate list arrives within 48 hours of that call.
The free map costs nothing: describe your thesis and see the live company count plus the top 100 companies by fit, no card needed. Serava Pro is $149/mo, or $1,490/yr (2 months free). Pro maps your market (up to 10,000 companies), ranks the most exit-ready owners with verified email and LinkedIn where available, and exports to CSV. Self-checkout, cancel anytime. Plans are at serava.ai/pricing.
PitchBook and PrivCo research companies with filings or funding. Grata and SourceScrub crawl company websites. Brokers and marketplaces show businesses already listed for sale. Serava starts from government business registries, so it finds owner-operated companies before they list, including the 97.7% with no website on record. Side-by-side comparisons are at serava.ai/compare.
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