Selling your business doesn’t always have to mean advertising it publicly.
For many business owners, confidentiality is essential. You may not want your staff, customers or competitors to know you’re considering a sale until the timing is right.
In the mid-market and larger business sector, many transactions are completed off-market rather than through public advertising. That’s exactly why Finn Mergers & Acquisitions offers its Off-Market Offers service.
What Is an Off-Market Offer?
An off-market offer allows you to test buyer interest without officially putting your business on the market.
Rather than launching a public campaign, we confidentially introduce your business to a select group of VIP verified buyers who have already told us what they’re looking to acquire and the budget they have available.
This gives you the opportunity to gauge market interest while keeping your business private.
Access to Serious Buyers
Over many years, we’ve built a network of qualified buyers actively looking to acquire businesses.
Each buyer has provided us with information including:
● The types of businesses they’re seeking.
● Their acquisition criteria.
● Their available budget.
Our buyer network ranges from those looking to invest $2 million through to buyers seeking acquisitions of $100 million and above, allowing us to match opportunities with buyers who have both the interest and the financial capacity to proceed.
How the Process Works
Before presenting a business to our buyer network, we first determine whether it’s suitable for the Off-Market Offers program.
If it is, we prepare a confidential overview rather than a full Information Memorandum. At this stage, your business remains anonymous. We don’t disclose its name or identifying details.
Instead, we approach selected buyers with a high-level summary of the opportunity and ask whether they would have genuine interest in acquiring a business like yours, and what type of offer they would be prepared to make.
Why Consider an Off-Market Sale?
An off-market approach allows you to explore your options before committing to a public sale.
It enables you to:
● Gauge genuine buyer demand.
● Understand what buyers may be willing to offer.
● Keep the process confidential.
● Decide whether you’d like to take discussions further.
If an offer is of interest, we help facilitate introductions at the appropriate time and guide both parties through the process while maintaining confidentiality.
Explore Your Options
An off-market sale isn’t about being committed to selling today. It’s about understanding what’s possible.
If you’re considering an exit but would prefer to keep things private, our Off-Market Offers service gives you the opportunity to confidentially explore the market with highly qualified buyers who are actively looking to acquire businesses.
It could be the first step towards achieving the right outcome, on your terms, and in complete confidence.