The standard for private company valuation & acquisition.
The AI acquisition operating system for buying and selling private businesses. Everything you need to buy or sell.
For middle-market owners, investors, and advisors.
The acquisition, end to end
Forward a teaser. A first-pass range comes back.
182 figures read from 6 documents, each with its page.
- $3.73M$4.60M$5.66M
Bear · blended · bull, from five methods weighted to the sector
Documents filed once. 4 items flagged before they count.
Offer on the table $4.32M · defensible value $4.60M.
Revalued on your screen as sector multiples move.
Every stage, whether you are the owner selling or the investor buying.
Everything in business has a standard approach.
- Heavy equipmentRitchie Bros
- Credit scoresFICO
- HomesZillow
- CRECoStar
- Private businesses
The evolution of buying and selling businesses.
Turn messy financials into a valuation range you can explain. All your valuations in one place.
01 · Both sides of the deal
Your acquisition operating system, whichever side of the table you are on.
Core product is a standard for valuing private middle-market companies
A private company is priced by whoever owns it. The owner prices the company, the buyer prices the target, and funds mark their own portfolios. We hold every private deal to the same standard.
- All traditional methodologies and more, weighted
- Calibrated to the sector of the business
- Traced to the source page
How we help owners
- Know what the business is worth before a buyer names a price.
- Hold that price through diligence, with every figure sourced.
- Have the documents ready before the request list arrives.
- Take the business to market and meet buyers whose mandate fits.
- Watch what it is worth as the sector re-rates.
How we help buyers
- Price an inbound teaser in minutes, not an analyst-week.
- Read the financials out of any PDF, each figure with its page.
- Judge every offer against a defensible range.
- Run every live target through one pipeline, first contact to close.
- Find businesses already priced, from owners ready to talk.
What Value Alpha customers have to say
“I know what my business is worth now, and I am ready to take minority investment. I will use it to value the distribution businesses I want to buy too.”
Sam RuddockOwner and buyer, metal distribution
“I use it to price very niche sectors that are difficult to get right. Value Alpha makes it comprehensive and detailed.”
Joseph ParkAdvisor to mid-sized biotech, healthcare
“Value Alpha gave me a range I could take to investors, and we secured millions in financing off a forecast it created.”
Marcin OrlikOwner, manufacturing
“I stopped guessing on multiples. The sector calibration changed how we price deals.”
Mirek LisInvestor, private education
“The report reads like something a bank would hand you, not a calculator output.”
Rafał WiśniewskiPresident of Roseti Polska and founder of the Business Club at Sea
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02 · Questions
Is it for buyers or for sellers?
Both, on the same record. An owner preparing a sale and an investor pricing a target are asking the same question from opposite sides, and the marketplace exists so the two can find each other. Advisors work on behalf of either.
Is this a valuation tool or something broader?
Broader. The valuation sits at the centre, but Value Alpha also reads your documents, holds them for diligence, tracks every offer against what the business is worth, brings it to market, and revalues it as markets move.
What do I need to start, and how long does it take?
Financial statements as PDF or spreadsheet. Three years of P&L and balance sheet is ideal; a one-page teaser is enough to begin. A defensible valuation range with a PDF report takes under 10 minutes.
What methods does Value Alpha use to value a private business?
Twenty-nine valuation methods: five run on any business (DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions, asset floor, bottom-up unit economics) and twenty-four are built for one sector each, including project finance, SaaS recurring, insurance brokerage, freight net-revenue take-rate, fintech lending credit, bank valuation, cap-rate REIT, Biotech sum-of-the-parts and the MedTech market model, across 43 industries supported, calibrated across 1,000+ NAICS codes. New pricing methods are under active development.
Who sees my financials?
You, and the people you choose to share them with. Client documents are never used to train models.
What do I get with a Value Alpha valuation?
A PDF report with an executive summary, methodology breakdown, scenario analysis, and a full financial appendix. An editable Excel model is available on the Pro and Team plans.
Know what the business is worth.
Create an account and price a business today, or tell us about the deal and which side of the table you are on.