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active clients
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Serava works from public company registries in six countries to find owners whose businesses match what a specific buyer has been mandated to acquire.
Your details came from a public government registry in your jurisdiction, not from a purchased list or a data broker.
Serava Global is a sending domain, not a separate company. One business — Serava.ai, registered in British Columbia, Canada — is behind every domain we email from. Our main site is serava.ai, and a removal request made here stops outreach from all of them.
How the money works
A broker represents you, takes a commission on the deal, and earns nothing if you don't sell. That creates obvious pressure.
Serava is a research platform. Acquirers pay us a subscription to access business registry data and sourced company profiles. We built the database. They pay for access.
You will never receive an invoice from us. We take no percentage of any transaction. We earn the same whether you sell for $10M or never sell at all.
Legal clarity: Serava is a technology research platform. We are not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, or investment advisor in any jurisdiction. We do not charge transaction-based fees of any kind. We are not regulated by the SEC, FINRA, FCA, ASIC, or any equivalent financial authority. Full legal notice ↓
Buyers pay
Acquirers subscribe to our research platform. That's how we make money.
You pay nothing
No upfront fee. No success fee. No commission. No invoice, ever.
Zero pressure
We make the same if you sell or don't. We'll tell you honestly when it's not a fit.
Data provenance
We build the public map of who owns what. We pull from government business registries: state and provincial corporate filings, licensing boards, and similar public records. We match owner names to companies.
We did not purchase a list. We did not scrape your personal social profiles. The registries we pull from are public filings, the same ones a lawyer, a lender, or a competitor could look up.
If you'd rather not hear from us: reply “No Thanks” to the email you received, or use the removal form. Either reaches a person, and is honored within 10 business days.
For the full breakdown of which registries, what data they contain, and how suppression works: see the data transparency page ↗.
The process
Worth being upfront about: we do not have a specific buyer sitting on an offer for your company. Anyone who tells you that on a first cold email is not being straight with you. What we have is a set of acquirers with stated mandates and committed capital.
You reply — or you don't.
No follow-up sequence, no pressure. If you reply, we schedule a call. If not, the conversation ends here.
A 15-minute call. Fully confidential.
We validate three numbers with you: last year's revenue, your EBITDA margin, and what the business does. That's the entire qualification. No pitch. No documents. No valuation.
If there's a mandate match, we make the introduction.
The buyer takes it from there. Nothing about you goes to anyone before you say yes, by name, to a specific party.
Realistically: steps 1–3 take a couple of hours spread over a few weeks. If it becomes a real transaction, that's a 6–12 month process and you'll want your own advisors from that point. We'll tell you the same thing then.
Who we are
You should be skeptical. Here's what a legitimate outfit will hand over without being asked, and here's ours. If any row doesn't check out, don't reply.
| What to check | Ours |
|---|---|
| Named founder with verifiable LinkedIn | Founder on LinkedIn ↗ |
| Registered legal entity (look us up) | Serava.ai, British Columbia, Canada |
| Physical address, not a P.O. box | 1999 Marine Drive, Suite 1004, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3J3, Canada |
| M&A attorney we work with | Arrangements in progress |
| Closed deal in the last 24 months | Serava is early stage. We have active buyer mandates and an ongoing sourcing pipeline, but have not yet closed an acquisition to cite as a reference transaction. We can share specifics of the buyer mandates we are currently working with. |
| Proof of funds from buyer, within 48 hours | We ask every buyer to produce proof of funds within 48 hours of your request. That document comes from them, not us, but we will not move a conversation forward without it. |
| References from owners who've been through it | Serava is early stage and does not yet have post-acquisition seller references. We can connect you with buyers in our network who can speak to their experience working with us, or with advisors familiar with our process. |
Thinking about selling?
If you received our email and you're open to exploring what a sale might look like, share some basics here. There's no pitch, no obligation, and no cost.
We'll review what you share and reach out within 2 business days if there appears to be a potential match with an active buyer mandate.
No broker fee. No commission. Not now, not ever.
Your information goes to no buyer before you say yes to a specific introduction.
If it's not a fit, we'll tell you honestly.
Not a broker. Serava is a research platform. We do not charge sellers any fee and we are not a licensed broker or financial advisor in any jurisdiction. Submitting the form does not create any obligation or agreement.
Tell us about your business
More detail
Each page below answers one dimension in full. No email gate, no form, no tracking beyond standard analytics.
Due diligence
Every credential linked to the primary source. Red flags to watch for in M&A outreach, and exactly how to cross-check us without trusting anything on this page.
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Full process
What happens at each stage, what we do between steps, what happens if a conversation goes nowhere, and what we will never do.
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Who pays us
Types of buyers in our network, what their mandates look like, what they do post-acquisition, and what Serava requires from them before any introduction.
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Data transparency
Exactly what's in our database, which government registry each data point came from, what we don't have, and how to get suppressed from subscriber exports.
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Privacy
One thing worth being clear about: Serava's main product is a research subscription giving acquirers access to public business-registry data. Our NDA covers what you tell us directly. It does not remove your business from that database, because we compiled it from public records. If you'd like your record suppressed from subscriber exports, reply “No Thanks” to any email you received from us and we'll handle it manually.
Your name and company name go to zero buyers before you say yes, by name, to a specific introduction.
Before that point, if you ask us to test interest, we describe you by revenue range and service mix only. No city, no name.
We do not contact your employees, customers, or competitors, not for diligence, not for research.
We are not your advisor. Have your own attorney review anything before signing it, including our NDA.
Common questions
From public government business registries: state and provincial corporate filings, licensing boards, and similar records. Same sources a lender, a lawyer, or a competitor could access. See the "How we found you" section above.
We can't promise an outcome we don't control. That would be dishonest. What we can tell you is which buyer types typically retain existing teams and which ones may consolidate. Before any introduction, we'll tell you what we know about that specific buyer's history with staff. If we don't know, we'll say so.
Nothing. Acquirers pay us a research subscription. You never pay us anything, and we take no commission or fee from any transaction.
You don't have to. If you reply, you'll learn what buyers in your market are currently looking for and what they typically pay attention to, which is useful information whether or not you ever sell. If none of that is interesting, one email and you're done.
Not from us. Nothing about you goes to anyone before you say yes, by name, to a specific party.
No. Serava is a technology research platform, not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, investment advisor, or M&A advisor in any jurisdiction. We are not registered with or regulated by the SEC, FINRA, FCA (UK), ASIC (Australia), the FMA (New Zealand), the Central Bank of Ireland, the CRTC, or any provincial securities commission in Canada. We do not charge sellers any fee — not now, not on a transaction. We earn exclusively through research subscriptions paid by buyers. We do not handle funds or securities, and we do not represent either party in a transaction. If a conversation develops into a real transaction, you should engage your own M&A attorney and financial advisor — we will tell you the same at that stage.
That's the right question to ask. The verification table in the 'Who we are' section is our answer: designed so you can check every row without trusting us. A LinkedIn you can verify, a registered legal entity in a public database, a phone number you can call right now. If any row doesn't check out, don't reply.
Honest filter
You want to run a full competitive auction from day one.
That's a sell-side banker's job and they'll likely get you a better headline number in that format. We're a different thing, useful when you want a quiet conversation before committing to a formal process.
Legal notice
Not a broker or financial advisor. Serava is a technology research platform. We are not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, investment advisor, financial advisor, or M&A advisor in any jurisdiction. We do not represent buyers or sellers, we do not negotiate on behalf of any party, and we do not handle funds or securities at any stage.
Not regulated by financial authorities. Serava is not registered with or regulated by the SEC, FINRA, FCA (UK), ASIC (Australia), FMA (New Zealand), the Central Bank of Ireland, the CRTC, or any Canadian provincial securities commission. We do not hold any securities licence, financial services authorisation, or business broker licence in any jurisdiction.
No transaction-based fees — ever. Serava earns revenue exclusively through research subscriptions paid by buyers. We do not charge sellers any fee, including upfront fees, retainers, success fees, transaction fees, or commissions of any kind, at any stage.
No guarantees or outcomes. Serava makes no representation that any introduction will result in a transaction, a letter of intent, or any particular outcome. No valuation, price estimate, or timeline expressed by Serava is a guarantee or binding commitment of any kind.
Not investment, legal, or financial advice. Nothing on this website or communicated by Serava constitutes investment advice, financial advice, legal advice, or tax advice. All information is provided for general informational purposes only. Before entering any transaction you should engage an independent M&A attorney, accountant, and where applicable a licensed financial advisor in your jurisdiction. Serava is not a substitute for professional advice, and we will tell you the same at every stage.
Email compliance. Outreach emails comply with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act (physical address and opt-out included), Canada's CASL under implied consent by conspicuous publication pursuant to s.10(9)(b) (the business published the contact information itself, it carried no statement refusing unsolicited commercial messages, and our message relates to the role it was published for), the UK's PECR and UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests, B2B communications), Australia's Spam Act 2003 (conspicuous publication basis), and New Zealand's Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 (inferred consent). Opt-out is honored within 10 business days in all jurisdictions.
Data protection. Contact information is compiled from public government business registries and processed under legitimate interests (B2B research communications). We do not process special-category personal data. Data subjects in the UK, EU (including Ireland), Canada (PIPEDA / BC PIPA), Australia (Privacy Act 1988), and New Zealand (Privacy Act 2020) may exercise rights including access and erasure by emailing sadra@serava.ai.
Jurisdiction: Serava.ai operates from British Columbia, Canada. Any dispute relating to the use of this website or communications sent by Serava is governed by the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Nothing in this notice limits statutory rights you hold under the laws of your own jurisdiction.