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DEAL FLOW FOR SELF-FUNDED SEARCHERS

Keep your day job. Find your business.

We watch thousands of listings so you don’t have to. Set your buy-box once — the deals that fit come to you.

$99/month · 25 seats remain · cancel anytime
0 new businesses on the market today

Scattered across 100+ brokerages.

Impossible to find them alone.

Stop missing good opportunities.

THE PROBLEM

100+ brokerages. Thousands of listings. Impossible to find them alone.

By the time you spot a fit, it's already gone.

EVERY MORNING

Deals that matter to you

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$2.0M HVAC · Akron
SDE $640K · SBA-ready
via Keller Ridge Advisors
✓
02
$1.5M Roofing · Toledo
SDE $470K · real estate incl.
via Tri-County M&A Group
✓
03
$2.1M Flooring · Canton
SDE $560K · seller financing
via Sutter Hollow Brokerage
✓

Filter 99% of the noise so you can focus, act, and win.

Less time SAVE 5/HRS PER DAY VS MANUAL SEARCH
More deals FIND THOUSANDS OF HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES
More leverage 5X YOUR OUTPUT EVEN IF SEARCHING NIGHTS & WEEKENDS
Less time SAVE 5/HRS PER DAY VS MANUAL SEARCH
More deals FIND THOUSANDS OF HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES
More leverage 5X YOUR OUTPUT EVEN IF SEARCHING NIGHTS & WEEKENDS
№ 01 One board · every deal

Simple interface, powerful database.

100+ sources. 1 inbox. Find deals that fit.

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Shortlist web portal — every listing matched against your buy-box, personalized, newest signal first
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Find more deals

We watch 100+ brokerages. You stop missing the ones that sell while you're at work.

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Get more CIMs

Broker outreach, personalized.

03

Go farther, faster

Automatic reminders keep every deal moving. Pick up right where you left off.

№ 02 Be honest with yourself

Built for self-funded searchers.

→ For you, if
You're a mid-career W-2 professional buying your first business on the side.
  • Hunting your first acquisition while keeping the day job
  • Targeting $1–10M revenue legacy businesses
  • Self-funded searcher, especially part-time
  • Drowning in tabs, emails, and spreadsheets
  • Tired of searching alone
✕ Not for you, if
You're full-time, funded, or institutional.
  • Funded full-time searcher with a team
  • Family office or HNW direct-investing platform
  • PE firm or middle-market fund
  • Serial acquirer running a roll-up
  • Deal pro who already sees everything
№ 03 Who's behind this
David, founder of Shortlist
I spent two years searching on the side while running a day job. It was stressful and lonely. Shortlist is what I wish I'd had.
David — founder Ex-part-time searcher (2 yrs) · F500 product leader
Founding cohort · 25 seats remain

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A hundred brokerages, scanned nightly. The few that fit, sent by morning. $0 success fees, ever.

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