We got tired of copying and reworking Excel models. So we built something better.
For most small business acquirors, the search can be a tedious and repetitive workflow:
Review business listings → input the listing information into a template excel model → revise the model to fit the characteristics of the business → save the model locally → open a separate excel deal pipeline → input the listing information and deal status → and repeat.
Without even reading that, you can probably understand the boredom that so often erodes the excitement of searching for a business. Acquio is our solution: a tool to support small business acquirors by removing redundant workflows and formula headaches, all in pursuit of preserving the excitement for the search.
Acquio is building the tools to fix it.
Boomer-owned businesses changing hands this decade
Of owners plan to exit within 10 years
Of businesses lack a succession plan
Of listed businesses fail to sell
Empower Main Street acquirors with intuitive Wall Street analysis
We believe anyone with the drive to acquire a small business deserves access to sophisticated financial modeling, without needing a finance background to use it. No more redundant workflows. No more formula headaches. Just a clear path from listing to LOI, and a search that stays exciting.
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Co-founder
Hunter spent nearly six years in tech investment banking at William Blair, where he helped companies navigate M&A transactions. During this time he built a small portfolio of multi-family real estate properties and felt an increasing pull toward a more entrepreneurial path, which led him to found Next Frontier Foundry and begin his search to acquire small businesses. He studied Operations Research & Financial Engineering at Princeton and rowed on the Varsity Heavyweight Rowing Team (which mostly taught him that hard things are more fun with good teammates).
Based in New York, you can find him exploring new neighborhoods, kitesurfing off the beaches in Queens and Long Island, or spending time with friends and family.
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Co-founder
Murphy has spent the last several years building software at Microsoft, Zazzle, and C3.ai, where he worked across engineering and product roles. He studied Computer Science at Princeton, and was captain of the Varsity Swimming & Diving team. Hunter approached him with the idea for Acquio just as he was watching a family member embark on the difficult and stressful journey of acquiring a small business. Joining up was a no-brainer.
Based in San Francisco, you can usually find him surfing, lifting, or occasionally (he still doesn't know why) swimming.
Join a growing community of acquirors who are using Acquio to find, analyze, and track their path to business ownership.