PRODUCT / SERVICE
Diligence
Free Deal Screening, Pipeline Tracking and Diligence Tool: Acquio
I work on Acquio, a tool for analyzing small business acquisitions. The core version just went free, so I wanted to list it here. We built it because the profit number in a broker's packet often does not match the tax returns. One time expenses that show up every year, owner salary add backs that assume a cheap replacement manager, a few good months stretched across a full year. Those gaps usually decide whether a lender approves the loan. The free version screens a deal in about a minute from purchase price, revenue, SDE or EBITDA, and industry. It builds a full three statement model with SBA financing and a debt schedule, runs DSCR and scores the deal so the weak ones show up early, and estimates your return as the buyer under any structure, whether SBA, conventional, or seller financing. Reading tax returns automatically is the paid part, with a seven day trial. If you run a real deal through it and something comes out wrong or missing, tell me. That is the main reason I am posting.