Build bolder.
Exit bigger.

Open Equity is your scale & exit partner. We help founders and investors build more valuable companies - and exit for what they deserve.

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✓ Valuation range ✓ Matched buyers ✓ Readiness score
Looking to acquire or invest?
£2BN+
Transactions
100+
Deals closed
15+
Years
£5–100M
Revenue
Trusted by
Nortal Ogilvy Slack Department for Business and Trade Blackstone CVC Capital

We don't just sell your business.
We make you irresistible to buy.

Operating expertise. Dealmaking experience. Proprietary AI. The full stack.

Traditional M&A

Advisors who model businesses — but have never built one.
Start the conversation at "sell." No value creation beforehand.
Manual research. Associates Googling buyers in a spreadsheet.
Same buyer list recycled across every mandate.
You get the deal they can close. Not necessarily the deal you deserve.

Open Equity

Operators who've built, scaled, and exited businesses themselves.
Start at "grow." We make your business more valuable, then sell it.
Proprietary AI matches your business with 1M+ buyers in seconds.
Hands-on help to connect, negotiate, and close.
More value. Better offers. Less time. Less risk. That's the difference.
Free intelligence tools

See where you stand. In 60 seconds.

01 · Sell

Exit Intelligence

Your valuation, matched buyers, and what a structured exit could look like.

Valuation range Matched buyers Readiness score
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02 · Buy

Acquisition Strategy

The gap between organic and acquisition-led growth. Real targets, real economics.

Value gap analysis Real targets Competitor map
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03 · Invest

Pipeline Intelligence

Your pipeline mapped to your mandate. Targets, timing triggers, and competitors.

Deployable capital Matched targets Timing triggers
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How it works. Refreshingly simple.

01

Run your report

Enter your website. Our AI analyses your company, sector, and market in 60 seconds.

02

See what's possible

Your valuation range, matched buyers, and the specific levers that would maximise your exit.

03

Close the value gap

We work with you to make your business more valuable before going to market.

04

Close the deal

Faster, smarter, simpler. We run the process end-to-end and get you the outcome you deserve.

See what the market sees now.

Our intelligence tools analyse real market data — not templates. Every report is built live using AI-verified buyers, real comparable transactions, and growth-adjusted valuation models.

Valuation range with growth and size adjustments
Real buyers matched with AI — not a recycled database
Comparable transactions at matching deal size
Deterministic exit readiness score (0–100)
Personalised strategy to maximise enterprise value
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Your Valuation
£12M – £18M
Blended analysis · 20-40% growth adjusted
4.2x–6.8x rev
8.1x–11.2x EBITDA
Exit Readiness
78
Strong exit profile.
Scale and growth trajectory
are your key drivers.
Your Buyers (5 identified)
Strategic
Strong fit
PE
Strong fit
PE/Growth
Good fit

Real stories. Real results.

Exited at 8.2x EBITDA
"Open Equity didn't just find us buyers — they spent six months making our business more attractive first. The multiple we achieved was double what we'd been told to expect."
James T., CEO
B2B SaaS Platform · £15M revenue
12 competing offers
"We'd spoken to three advisors who all had the same list of buyers. Open Equity's AI found twelve we'd never heard of — three of them ended up in the final round."
Sarah M., Founder
Data Analytics Company · £8M revenue
Closed in 14 weeks
"From first conversation to signed deal in under four months. They understood our business because they'd built businesses like it. That changed everything."
David R., Managing Director
IT Services · £22M revenue
Track record

Building a business services firm to PE exit.

We worked alongside the management team to digitally transform the business, execute 100+ acquisitions, and position for a premium exit to a large global buyout firm.

100+
Acquisitions
4x
Return
500+
Jobs created
£1.4BN
Exit value
"There is no way on earth we could have done this without Open Equity."
— CEO, Portfolio Company
Thomas Cornwall

Thomas Cornwall

Founder & Managing Director, Open Equity
"I founded Open Equity after selling my first business and realising I left millions on the table. Not because it wasn't valuable — because I didn't know what buyers pay maximum value for.
I then spent years on the buy-side, doing 100+ deals and being part of exits up to £1.4BN. I've sat on every side of the table — founder, operator, buyer. I know what drives value because I've built it. I built Open Equity to be the partner I wished I'd had the first time around."
£2BN+ in deals
100+ transactions
£5-100M deal range
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FAQ's

Answers to the questions founders ask most.

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What is Open Equity?+

Open Equity is an M&A advisory firm for B2B technology and services companies. We combine operating experience, dealmaking track record, and proprietary AI to help founders build more valuable companies and exit for maximum value. We work with businesses in the £5M–£100M revenue range.

How do you find buyers?+

Our AI analyses thousands of potential acquirers — strategic buyers, PE firms, and growth investors — and scores them against your specific company profile. Unlike traditional advisors who rely on the same recycled buyer list, we identify buyers you've never heard of who are actively looking for companies like yours.

How are your fees structured?+

We operate on a success-aligned model — a modest retainer plus a success fee on completion. We only do well when you do well. There are no hidden fees, no bloated monthly invoices, and no surprises. We'll walk you through the exact economics on our first call.

How fast is the process?+

It depends on your goals. If you're ready to sell now, we can move from first conversation to offers in weeks, not months. If you want to grow enterprise value first, we'll work with you on a 6–18 month value creation plan before going to market. Either way, our AI cuts the research phase from weeks to minutes.

What makes you different from traditional M&A firms?+

Three things. First, we've built and exited businesses ourselves — we're operators, not just advisors. Second, our proprietary AI finds buyers and analyses markets in 60 seconds, not 6 weeks. Third, we don't just sell your business — we help you make it more valuable first, so you exit for more with greater certainty.

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