Sell your business
The right buyer. The best price.
Clef is the new way to sell your business. We take it to the whole market of funded buyers, match you with the one who values it most, and get you a price that reflects what you built, quietly, and at no cost to you.
Free valuation. No fee to sell. No obligation.
Why sell with Clef
A better way to sell the business you built.
Everything a great sale needs in one place: the right buyer, the best price, and complete privacy.
The whole market, competing for you
Your business goes in front of every funded buyer it fits, so the right ones bid against each other and your price climbs.
Your full value, surfaced
We find the value a standard listing misses, and build the case that makes buyers pay for it.
Charlie runs point
Your Clef assistant works around the clock, lining up buyers and keeping things moving.
Quiet by default
No public listing and no sign on your door. Nobody knows until you choose to tell them.
No fee to sell
You keep 100% of your sale price. Buyers cover our side, so selling with Clef costs you nothing.
Unlock your value
We find the value most sales leave behind.
Most valuations stop at last year’s numbers and a multiple. We look deeper, at the things that actually make a buyer pay more.
If there’s more value in your business, we find it, and we make the market pay for it.
- Recurring revenue that was never framed as recurring
- Add-on appeal a strategic buyer will pay a premium for
- Owner-dependence that’s fixable before buyers get involved
- Growth that last year’s numbers don’t show yet
How it works
Four steps from curious to closed.
You stay in control the whole way. We do the heavy lifting.
Get your number
A free, private valuation grounded in what businesses like yours actually sell for. Text Charlie or answer a few quick questions.
We prep and position
We package your business to show its full value and quietly line up the funded buyers who fit it best.
Buyers compete
Serious, funded offers come in. We help you weigh them on price, certainty and fit, not just the biggest number.
You close, we’re beside you
Choose your buyer and your price. We run diligence and closing with you, start to finish.
The whole market
Every funded buyer, competing for you.
Clef pulls the entire market of businesses for sale into one place, and the buyers come with it: searchers, operators, funds and strategics, all funded and ready. When your business fits, they compete for it, in private.
No fee to sell. Ever.
Selling with Clef costs you nothing, no upfront fees and no commission out of your sale. Buyers cover our side, so you keep 100% of the price you agree to.
Sell quietly, not publicly.
There’s no public listing and no sign on your door. Your team, your customers and your competitors don’t know your business is for sale until you decide to talk to a buyer.
Why we built this
You built it. You deserve the best exit.
Too many great businesses sell for less than they’re worth, or never sell at all, because the right buyer never sees them. We built Clef to change that, so the years you poured in finally show up in the price.
Alex, James & Nikhil · founders of Clef. We’ve built and sold businesses of our own.
See what your business is worth.
A real, market-grounded number, and how many funded buyers want a business like yours right now. No cost, no obligation.
Get your free valuationPrivate by default · no obligation
Questions
The honest answers.
Is the valuation really free?
Yes. It’s free, private, and there’s no obligation. Find out what your business is worth and decide from there.
What does it cost to sell?
Nothing. Selling with Clef is free to you, with no upfront fees and no commission out of your sale. Our side is covered by the buyer, so you keep 100% of the price you agree to.
Will people find out my business is for sale?
Only if you want them to. There’s no public listing and no sign on your door. Your team, customers and competitors stay in the dark until you choose to move forward with a buyer.
Who are the buyers?
Vetted, funded buyers from across the whole market: searchers, operators, funds and strategic acquirers actively looking for a business like yours.
Do I have to sell?
No. Plenty of owners start just to learn what their business is worth. Look, explore, and walk away anytime.
How does Clef get me a higher price?
Two ways. We put your business in front of the entire market of funded buyers so more of them compete, and we surface the value a standard listing would miss, then build the case that makes buyers pay for it.
Clef is not a registered broker-dealer and is not a member of FINRA or SIPC.