Find the right buyer as quickly as possible and in the strictest confidence.
Trademybusiness helps entrepreneurs present their companies - in utmost confidentiality - to investors and buyers already looking for established businesses. The more applications to choose from, the more bargaining power, and your company's identity protected every step of the way.
Selling a business on your own exposes you to Three concrete risks.
These are the risks we see repeated every month when an entrepreneur decides to move without a structured method.
Not getting to the right buyers
Personal acquaintances, word-of-mouth and "maybe they know someone" contacts seldom lead to the investors truly on target. They only lead to those close to them.
Letting people know you are selling
If word gets around ahead of time, employees, customers, suppliers, and competitors may interpret the sale the wrong way-and the company loses strength before even starting a real negotiation.
Dealing with one person
Without alternatives, one does not negotiate, one hopes. When the entrepreneur has only one interlocutor, he starts from a position of weakness-and often that buyer uses it to pull the price down.
With us you always know Who is on the other side - even if your company remains anonymous.
One of the things that scares sellers the most is not knowing who is really interested. Curious? Competitor? Serious person?
On Trademybusiness, before you even reveal the identity of your company, we qualify each stakeholder. You see only the profiles that make sense, already selected and verified.
- Who he is and what he does for a living
- Why he wants to acquire a company
- If he already has the available capital
- If you have already signed a confidentiality agreement (NDA).
- If it is really on target with your company
That way you know right away if it makes sense to pursue it, without ever having to divulge your company's name.
We were born from a real problem.
When we started looking for solutions to sell a business, we realized that for many entrepreneurs there was no clear reference point.
Who wanted to sell a small business, a family business or an SME below certain sizes often did not know where to turn. On the one hand, intermediaries and consultants focused only on very large companies. On the other generic ads, word of mouth, poorly structured solutions.
The result was always the same: so many good entrepreneurs risked not getting to the right buyers, exposing themselves too early or dealing with one person, not knowing whether the market would offer better alternatives.
This is why Trademybusiness was born. To help entrepreneurs, partners, and business families present their businesses in an orderly, confidential, and factual manner before people who are already looking for businesses to acquire.
A business is the result of years of work, risk, sacrifice, customers, people and decisions. It should not be sold to the first interested party, nor should it be tossed around without criteria.
Who is behind Trademybusiness.
A streamlined structure with two direct managers for each mandate and a network of Italian professionals to support the technical phases of each deal.
A network of advisor supporting each mandate.
Alongside the in-house team, we work daily with a network of partner accountants, business lawyers, tax advisors and specialist advisors. They intervene in the technical stages of each deal--due diligence, preliminary contracts, NDAs, appraisals, tax structuring--because each sale requires multidisciplinary expertise.
Are you a partner and want to collaborate with us?
Become a partner →For more structured paths, we follow you in each individual stage.
In addition to getting you in front of the right people, we can support you from the initial analysis to direct contact with the buyer.
Evaluation
Understand how much your company can be worth in different market scenarios.
Filter buyer
We select serious profiles for you, eliminating curious and time-wasters.
NDA Management
We have each person sign the confidentiality agreement before disclosing the company.
Meeting
We arrange meetings between you and potential buyers, attending if needed.
Counseling
We accompany you all the way from first call to notarized closing.
You will always be you To choose to whom to sell, whether to sell, and under what conditions. Without any kind of intermediation.
Contact us now →Four steps, in order, without shortcuts.
The same process that professional M&A advisors use, also applied to Italian SMEs.
Initial analysis
We study the company, the numbers, the context. We figure out if it is presentable, how, and to whom it might be of interest.
Anonymous presentation
We build a professional teaser that tells about the opportunity without revealing the identity of the company.
Requests of interest
We distribute the opportunity in the network and collect inquiries, distinguishing the curious from the real buyers.
NDA and direct contact
Only after the signing of a confidentiality agreement is the identity revealed and negotiations are initiated with the support of the team.
When the company is presentable and the price is aligned, the market responds faster than you think.
Some concrete examples among the companies followed by Trademybusiness.
airport
automatic
energy
fashion
Results vary based on industry, price, marginality, documentation and attractiveness of the company. Not all companies receive the same level of interest, and we do not promise miracles. In many cases, even one correct inquiry can make a difference.
When the company has value, the interest arrives. When it doesn't, it doesn't.
We cannot create interest where none exists. We can, however, make sure that people who are really looking for companies like yours come to see it.
Company with value + fair price
When the company has recognized value in the marketplace and the asking price is in line, inquiries of interest come in immediately-and you have a choice of whom to be acquired by and on what terms.
Unrecognized value or request out of logic
When the company does not have the value that the market recognizes, or the demand is out of all industry logic, the company will not be saleable-or will receive much less interest. The market is the judge, always.
Our task is select the right companies and get them confidentially in front of people who are already looking for companies like yours, quickly and neatly. We cannot guarantee you a sale, but we can guarantee you that Will be handled in the best possible way - faster, and in a confidential manner.
Why move with a structured method.
The difference between "we try it ourselves" and doing it with a purpose-built process.
We move around hoping it goes well
- People talk to acquaintances, suppliers, customers - word gets around
- Often one negotiation, with no alternatives
- Months without serious proposals
- Company identity exposed without protection
- Price pulled down by those who know they are unique
- No support on contracts, data, clauses
The company comes to market confidentially
- Immediate access to 2,300+ already qualified investors
- More requests for interest → negotiating power
- Professional and anonymous submission to NDA
- Only buyers with real capital and active mandate
- Price defended by multi-stakeholder comparison
- Support of the team and network of advisors
Trademybusiness is designed for those who have Built something real.
We work with entities of all sizes, from those who have a small business to those who lead a more structured company.
Your company name is not disclosed without NDA.
First the opportunity is presented anonymously. Then requests for interest are gathered. Only after a confidentiality agreement is signed are company details revealed.
Confidentiality serves not only to protect the image. It serves to protect the bargaining power of the entrepreneur.
Move first Of the time of need.
Selling when you are still strong is completely different from selling when you can no longer wait.
Waiting too long is costly
Not being able to choose who to sell to and on what terms often leads entrepreneurs to have to sell off their businesses-or, in many cases, to close them because they moved too late. Moving before the time of need does just that: having stronger conditions and more bargaining power When the right time comes.
Not all companies are ready yet
Not all companies are ready to be sold today, and that's okay. In some cases it makes sense to figure it out now, understand how it works, and get them ready in time-with growth, optimization, and preparation strategies that enable the company to get to market in the best condition. We can help here, too, with a dedicated team that will follow you all along the way.
The goal is to have aligned interests That can make us grow together.
The questions we all ask.
The answers to questions that, nine times out of ten, we receive in the first few minutes of a conversation.
On average, 6 to 18 months. Variability depends on the industry, the quality of documentation available, the realism of the asking price, and the complexity of the corporate structure. First requests for interest, however, can arrive even within the first 24-72 hours after launch.
The published teaser is anonymous: name, address, identifying data are not visible. The identity of the company is revealed only to interlocutors who sign a confidentiality agreement (NDA) in advance. The process is structured so that employees, suppliers, and customers do not learn about the divestiture until the entrepreneur decides.
We say this up front. In the initial analysis phase we understand whether the numbers, price, and structure are aligned with what the market is looking for. In some cases we first suggest a path of preparation (accounting rearrangement, normalization of extraordinary costs, corporate clarification) to get to market in the best condition. We do not promise miracles.
Only if you want to, and at the time you choose. Our process is designed to allow the entrepreneur to move initially on their own, understand if there is a market for their business and evaluate the options-before engaging their entourage.
It depends on the path chosen with us. There are solutions that leave complete freedom for the entrepreneur to handle parallel negotiations, and others that involve exclusivity to ensure the utmost dedication of our team. We explain the difference clearly in the first interview, before any engagement.
Almost never. We work with small businesses, family businesses, SMEs and more structured companies. Most of the entrepreneurs we work with have never sold a business before. Our job is precisely to make accessible to everyone that process that, until a few years ago, was reserved for larger companies.
We have differentiated solutions, calibrated to the size of the company and the level of support needed. Cost is always agreed upon after an initial conversation, where we understand together what your case really needs. No standard quotes before we understand the situation.
Before talking about it around,
talk to us about it.
An initial confidential call helps you see if your company may be of interest to the market, with no commitment and no unnecessary exposure.