Buy or sell a small business without the whole town knowing.

A shop, a barber's, a food truck, a garage, an online store. Tell us privately what you want to sell, or what you'd love to buy. We look for your match, and the other side doesn't learn who you are until you both say yes.

Join the waitlist Or just tell us your story

The problem

The moment you say “for sale”, everything changes.

If you own the business

Staff start looking for other jobs. Regulars wonder if you're closing. Suppliers get nervous. So you tell nobody, and wait for a buyer to appear by luck or word of mouth.

If you want to buy one

The good businesses are never advertised. You scroll the same tired listings, or you hear about a great one a month after it changed hands to somebody's cousin.

How it works

Tell us what you want.
Talk or type, the way you'd explain it to a friend. What you have, or what you're hoping to find, and roughly what money is involved. It is never made public.
We tell you when there's a match.
You get a short message explaining why the two of you might suit each other. No names, no addresses, nothing that gives either of you away.
You both say yes, then you meet.
Only if both sides want to go ahead do we introduce you. If you're selling, you choose when to say who you are.

Who can see what you tell us

It never goes public. No other user ever sees it.

Never public.What you tell us will never be listed, advertised or searchable. There is nothing for anyone to browse.
Hidden from other users.Nobody else on the platform can see what you wrote or said. Not buyers, not sellers, not advisers.
You choose what is shared.The other side sees only the details you pick, and only after you have both said yes to an introduction.
Seen only by our own team.Our small team can see what you send, so we can help you find a match. For example, we might tell you that widening your search a little would turn up three businesses instead of none.
Protected from outsiders.Your details will be stored in encrypted form, so anyone outside our team who got hold of the data could not read it.
Never sold or passed on.Your details will never be sold and never used to train AI. You can delete them whenever you like.

What it is not

Not a “for sale” website.Your business is never advertised and can't be searched for. There is nothing to browse.
Not a broker taking a cut.The plan is one flat fee for an introduction, never a percentage of your sale price.
Not a replacement for your accountant.We make the introduction. You, your accountant and your solicitor handle the checks and the paperwork from there.

Discreet Mandate is not built yet. We're starting this in Europe, and we want to hear from business owners and would-be owners before we build it.

Waitlist

Be first to know when it opens

Email address

Which of these sounds like you? (tick all that apply) I own a business and may want to sell it, now or in a few years I want to buy a business and run it myself I want to buy a side business alongside my job, such as an online store I own a business and want to buy another one to grow Someone in my family or circle is thinking of selling I'm just curious and want to follow how this gets built

One email when there is something worth telling you. No newsletters, and your address is never shared.

No sign-up needed

Tell the founding team something.

We're building this from Dublin. If you've bought or sold a small business, tried to, or watched a parent or a friend go through it, we'd like to hear what happened. Tell us what was hard, what you wish had existed, or why you think this wouldn't work for a business like yours.

Your story, advice or doubts

Your speech is turned into text. The recording is not kept.

Want a reply? Leave an email or phone number. Otherwise this stays anonymous.

Your mandate, matched without ever being listed.

Put a buy-side or sell-side mandate in privately. When there is a credible counterparty you receive a blind fit report, and an introduction happens only on mutual consent. No teaser in circulation, no directory to scrape.

Join the waitlist Or tell us where this would break

The problem

Reach and confidentiality pull in opposite directions.

On the sell side

Every teaser you send widens the circle of people who can guess the client. So you work a short buyer list you already know, and the best acquirer may never hear about the business.

On the buy side

Proprietary deal flow depends on who picks up the phone. Most founder-led companies in the lower mid-market never come to market formally, so they never reach your screen.

How it works

Enter the mandate privately.
Dictate or type the criteria: sector, geography, size bands, structure, timing, deal-breakers. It is never published, and there is no searchable directory.
Receive a blind fit report.
When a counterparty's mandate matches, both sides get the same report on where it fits and where it doesn't, in bands and with no identifying detail.
Introduce on mutual consent.
If both sides opt in, we make a formal introduction and step back. The sell side controls whether and when the client's identity is disclosed.

Who can see a mandate

Never public. Never visible to another user.

Never published.A mandate will never be listed, circulated or searchable. There is no directory and no teaser.
Closed to other users.No counterparty, adviser or other user of the platform can view a mandate that is not their own.
Disclosure is yours to set.A counterparty receives only the fields you select for release, and only after both sides have consented to an introduction.
Visible to our team only.Discreet Mandate staff can see mandates in order to run the matching. Where a small change to your criteria would bring counterparties into range, we will tell you, without identifying them.
Secured against outsiders.Mandate data will be encrypted in transit and at rest. Staff access will require a separate admin login and will be logged.
Never sold or trained on.Mandate data will never be sold and never used to train AI models. You can delete a mandate at any time.

What it is not

Not a deal marketplace.No listings, no teasers, no browsing. A mandate is only ever compared against other mandates.
Not a competing adviser.No advisory, valuation, due diligence or handling of funds. Your engagement and your fee stay yours.
Not a success fee.The plan is a flat introduction fee, never a percentage of deal value.

Discreet Mandate is not built yet. We're starting this in Europe, and we want to hear from people who run mandates for a living before we build it.

Waitlist

Be first to know when it opens

Work email

What would you use it for? (tick all that apply) Finding buyers for sell-side mandates Sourcing targets for buy-side mandates Finding one company to acquire, as a search fund or independent sponsor Sourcing add-on acquisitions for a portfolio or corporate group Introducing clients as their accountant, solicitor or banker Following how this gets built

One email when there is something worth telling you. No newsletters, and your address is never shared.

No sign-up needed

Tell the founding team where this breaks.

We're building this from Dublin. If you work on deals, we'd like your objections more than your encouragement. What would stop you entering a live mandate? What would a fit report need to contain before you'd take it to a client? Where does the flat fee fall down?

Your view, anonymously if you prefer

Your speech is turned into text. The recording is not kept.

Open to a call? Leave an email or phone number. Otherwise this stays anonymous.

Buy or sell a small business without the whole town knowing.

The moment you say “for sale”, everything changes.

If you own the business

If you want to buy one

Tell us what you want.

We tell you when there's a match.

You both say yes, then you meet.

It never goes public. No other user ever sees it.

Be first to know when it opens

Tell the founding team something.

Your mandate, matched without ever being listed.

Reach and confidentiality pull in opposite directions.

On the sell side

On the buy side

Enter the mandate privately.

Receive a blind fit report.

Introduce on mutual consent.

Never public. Never visible to another user.

Be first to know when it opens

Tell the founding team where this breaks.