Disclosures

What DealVital is

DealVital is an information services and document automation platform. We generate illustrative valuation ranges, buyer-research summaries, anonymous profiles, and confidential information memoranda for small business owners exploring a possible sale. We are similar in regulatory posture to consumer document-and-information platforms such as LegalZoom (legal forms), TurboTax (tax preparation), and Zillow (real estate research).

What DealVital is not

• Not a broker or broker-dealer. We do not facilitate the purchase or sale of businesses, do not represent any party, do not negotiate price or terms, do not hold escrow, do not accept success fees, and do not introduce buyers and sellers to each other.
• Not an investment adviser. We do not make recommendations on whether to sell, when to sell, or to whom. We do not act as a fiduciary. We are not registered with the SEC or any state securities regulator as an investment adviser.
• Not an M&A advisor. We do not structure transactions, do not lead deal processes, and do not hold ourselves out as M&A or business-brokerage professionals.
• Not a certified valuation analyst. We do not hold the ASA, CBA, ABV, or equivalent credentials. We do not issue formal opinions of value.
• Not a law, accounting, or tax firm. Nothing we provide constitutes legal, accounting, or tax advice.

About our valuation outputs

The valuation ranges we produce are illustrative. They are based on patterns in publicly available comparable-transaction data and on the inputs you provide. They are intended to inform owner-side decision-making — "is my business worth enough to be worth selling," "what direction would buyers value it," "what improvements would move the number" — and are not formal opinions of value, certified appraisals, or guarantees of price obtainable in any transaction.

If you need a formal opinion of value for divorce, estate, gift-tax, litigation, ESOP, or similar purposes, engage a credentialed valuation analyst (ASA, CBA, ABV). That is a separate service at a different price point with different professional responsibilities.

About our buyer-matching outputs

Our buyer profiles reports are informational lists of potentially relevant acquirers compiled from publicly available sources. They are not introductions, endorsements, or vouching for any buyer's interest, credit-worthiness, or fitness. A buyer's inclusion in the list does not constitute any communication from DealVital to that buyer or vice versa.

Data sources

Our comparable-transaction and acquirer datasets are built from publicly available sources, including SEC EDGAR filings (8-K, 10-K, and DEF 14A acquisition disclosures), BizBuySell completed-transaction summaries, public press releases (PRNewswire, BusinessWire, GlobeNewswire), state business registries, SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, Wikipedia acquisition lists for public companies, Crunchbase free-tier data, DealStats and BVR free summaries, and other public records. We do not use restricted private databases or non-public information.

No guaranteed outcomes

We make no representations or warranties about the outcome of any sale process. Real transactions involve negotiation, due diligence, market timing, deal structuring, and counterparty psychology that no document or research output can determine. Your sale process is yours to run.

Recommendation: engage independent advisors

For an actual sale, we recommend engaging an attorney experienced in business sales, a CPA familiar with transaction tax implications, and — for transactions above your comfort level for self-execution — a licensed M&A advisor or business broker. Our deliverables are designed to make those advisor engagements more productive and less expensive, not to replace them.

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