The AI-native operating system for private company acquisitions

The whole acquisition, on one operating system.

A defensible range at the centre, and the whole deal around it: documents, price, files, buyers, market and portfolio, on one record.

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Three steps

From documents to a range, and then through the deal.

01
Send what you have.
Three years of statements or a one-page teaser, as PDF, Excel, CSV, or QuickBooks. The figures are read out, standardised, and checked.
02
Every relevant method runs, calibrated to the sector.
DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions, an asset floor, scenario planning and a model built for the business's own industry, all at once.
03
Then the deal actually starts.
The range becomes the thing everything else is measured against: what an offer is judged by, what diligence has to survive, what a buyer is shown at market, and what the portfolio re-prices against later.

The product

Every part of the deal, on one record.

How we build

AI reads. Engines calculate. People decide.

Deterministic engines compute the range, AI does the reading and clears the busywork around it, and the decision stays with you.

Every figure names the page it came from.
A valuation built on a mis-transcribed EBITDA is precise, internally consistent, and wrong, and nobody finds out until diligence.
01 · Data extractionFinancials read out of PDFs, with the page each figure came from.
Financials
FY2025 accounts.pdfManagement accounts.xlsx
EBITDA$895K
How we calculated this
EBITDA = Gross profit − Operating expenses + Add-backs
Gross profit (calculated)¹$1.7M
−Operating expenses (your document)²$920K
+Add-back: owner salary above market (your document)³$115K
EBITDA$895K
Where each figure came from
Select a source to open the document.
FY2025 accounts.pdf · Gross profit, page 4
Northwind Roofing · Profit and loss · FY2025
Services2,801,340.00
Sales98,660.00
Total for Income$2,900,000.00
Cost of Sales
Total for Cost of Sales$1,200,000.00
Gross Profit$1,700,000.00
Highlighted where we read this figure.
1 thing to check
FY2024 gross profit does not tie to revenue less cost of sales, off by $18K. Flagged before it reached the valuation.
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.
Same inputs, same range, every time.
The number is computed, not generated: explainable, auditable, and repeatable. Move an assumption and the range moves with it.
02 · Valuation & pricingEvery method a buyer would run, weighted and sourced.
Scenarios
Northwind Roofing
$5.5M
Bear $4.5MBase $5.5MBull $6.4M
Revenue
$2.9M
LTM
EBITDA
$895K
30.8% margin
EV / EBITDA
5.9x
blended
SDE (deal-based)3.4x EV / SDE$4.3M49%
DCF5-yr, detail in engine$6.7M41%
Precedent transactions7.4x EV / EBITDA$6.2M10%
Revenue$2.9M
Costs$920K
SDE multiple3.4x
Versions
v4
Emily Parker · Revenue growth 8% → 10%
Current2 h ago
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.
The VA Assistant explains any number on the page and names the assumption driving it.
VA Assistant
Why is the DCF higher than the comps?
The DCF assumes margin holds at 30.8% through the forecast, while the comps set prices this sector nearer 22%. Most of the $1.2M gap is that single assumption. Lower it to 25% and the two land within 8%.
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.
A workflow that points at the alpha
The Deal Book holds every target by stage, from first contact to close, each card carrying its value, and its next step where one is due.
03 · Deal managementEvery target by stage, from first contact to close.
Deal Book
Sourced
Northwind
$5.5M
Next: add-backs
Assigned to Emily Parker
Cedar
$2.1M
Screened
Halden
$3.4M
LOI
Ardent
Assigned to Michael Reynolds
$8.2M
Next: draft LOI
Due diligence
Brightwater
$4.1M
Finance
Summit
$6.8M
Closed
Marek
$2.6M
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.

Data room

Data roomHVAC

Documents in the HVAC folder
Document	Type	Added
Acme_HVAC_Income_Statement_FY2023-2025.pdf	Financials	Sep 22
Acme_HVAC_Balance_Sheet_FY2023-2025.pdf	Financials	Sep 22
Acme_HVAC_Financial_Statements_FY2023-2025.xlsx	Financials	Sep 22
HVAC_Valuation_Report.pdfv3 · latest	Report	Sep 26
HVAC_Valuation_Model.xlsx	Report	Sep 26

Shared with 2 buyers · view only · watermarked

Pinnacle Capital opened the income statement · 3 min ago

Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.

Bring a business to market, and meet buyers who fit it.
Listed anonymously: a sector, a region, one line and three bands. Buyers who fit it meet the owner after a signed NDA and the owner's approval.
05 · Marketplace & sell-sideBring a business to market, and meet buyers who fit it.
Marketplace
Report available
Example opportunity
HVAC services · Upper Midwest, US
Family-owned HVAC contractor
Revenue
$6.2M
EBITDA
$1.1M
Asking price
$4.6M
Owner-provided figures, not verified by Value Alpha Marketplace.
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.
What you hold, at today's value
What you paid, what it is worth now, and the difference, per holding.
06 · Portfolio monitoringWhat you own and what you watch, revalued as markets move.
Portfolio
HoldingPaidNowChange
Marek Insulation$2.1M$2.6M+24%
Cedar Mechanical$1.4M$1.3M-7%
Halden Plumbing$3.0M$3.4M+13%
Illustrative figures. Not a real company and not a real valuation.

One record, every stage. The same documents and the same range carry from the first teaser to the portfolio after close.

Testimonials

What Value Alpha customers have to say

“I know what my business is worth now, and I am ready to take minority investment. I will use it to value the distribution businesses I want to buy too.”
Sam Ruddock
Owner and buyer, metal distribution
“I use it to price very niche sectors that are difficult to get right. Value Alpha makes it comprehensive and detailed.”
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“Value Alpha gave me a range I could take to investors, and we secured millions in financing off a forecast it created.”
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“I stopped guessing on multiples. The sector calibration changed how we price deals.”
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Investor, private education
“The report reads like something a bank would hand you, not a calculator output.”
Rafał Wiśniewski
President of Roseti Polska and founder of the Business Club at Sea

Questions

Is Value Alpha a valuation tool?

It contains one, and the valuation is what everything else is measured against. But the product covers the whole acquisition: reading and storing the documents, tracking every live conversation against the range, bringing a business to market and matching it with buyers, and re-pricing what you own as markets move.

What documents can I upload?

PDF and spreadsheet financials, including QuickBooks exports. Three years of profit and loss and balance sheet is ideal. A one-page teaser is enough to begin.

Does AI calculate my valuation?

No. The range follows the valuation methods a buyer, lender, or broker would run, and every method, weight, and comparable behind it is shown for you to check. AI reads your documents, suggests the sector for you to confirm, drafts the memorandum, and explains results. It does not set a multiple, a discount rate, or the range.

Is the result AI generated?

The reading and the explanations are, and their output is marked for your review. The range is not: no multiple, discount rate, weight, or figure in it is generated by AI, and the same inputs return the same range every time.

How do I know where a number came from?

Every extracted figure records the page and line it was taken from, and accounting checks flag anything that does not tie before it reaches the valuation, so you can check the source rather than trust the total.

How long does it take?

About ten minutes from upload to a finished range. Reading and checking the documents takes most of that; the methods themselves run in roughly three minutes.

Every method shown, every weight explained, every figure sourced.

Tell us about the business and we will show you how we would approach it.

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The whole acquisition, on one operating system.

From documents to a range, and then through the deal.

Send what you have.

Every relevant method runs, calibrated to the sector.

Then the deal actually starts.

Every part of the deal, on one record.

AI reads. Engines calculate. People decide.

Every figure names the page it came from.

Same inputs, same range, every time.

A workflow that points at the alpha

One room for every document

Bring a business to market, and meet buyers who fit it.

What you hold, at today's value

What Value Alpha customers have to say

Every method shown, every weight explained, every figure sourced.