BIZ CRUNCH LTD

What BIZ CRUNCH LTD does

BIZ CRUNCH LTD (trading as BizCrunch) is a UK private limited company founded in 2022 and registered in England and Wales, operating an AI-assisted M&A platform targeted at UK SMB succession transactions. The company runs two product lines: BizCrunch Search, an off-market deal-discovery platform that surfaces UK limited companies (revenue band £1m–£50m) with financial metrics, ownership structures, debt ratios, AI-derived revenue estimates for unaudited businesses, and third-party-verified direct owner emails; and BizCrunch Valuation, a 60-second business valuation calculator for owners preparing for exit. Supporting modules include a Buyer Hub combining off-market outreach with seller-verified listings, Company Insights summarising five years of Companies House data, a Community platform for active and aspiring acquirers, and sell-side advisory services delivered by in-house advisors.

The technology stack combines weekly ingestion of UK Companies House data with proprietary Smart Acquire Filters, AI-driven revenue estimation, AI-generated/validated owner email addresses, and pre-formatted exports that integrate with ClickSend, Folk CRM, and major mail-merge tools. BizCrunch monetises primarily through subscription SaaS (monthly rolling, annual rolling, fixed-duration, and enterprise invoicing) supplemented by usage-based BizCrunch Credit top-ups for data exports; pricing tiers are gated behind signup and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market combines a self-serve PLG motion (free trial credits, app.bizcrunch.co) with a sales-assisted advisory motion for exit-ready owners and a community-led motion via partnerships with The Grafter (consultancy referral), Harbour Club (networking distribution), and the M&A Zing Podcast (content marketing).

Primary customer segments are SMB acquisition entrepreneurs (searchers, independent sponsors, first-time acquirers), retiring UK SME owners preparing exits, scale-up owners pursuing acquisition growth, and — to a lesser extent — private equity and lower-mid-market buyers operating in the £1–4m EBITDA range. The company is founder-led by Gareth Hawkins (Founder) and Alfie Lambert (Co-founder), operates from a registered London office, is ICO-registered (ZB610698) and GDPR-compliant, and shows no disclosed institutional funding, headcount outside the 1–10 range, or geographic expansion beyond the UK.

Name

BIZ CRUNCH LTD

Legal name

Biz Crunch Ltd

Website

https://bizcrunch.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BizCrunch operates an AI-assisted SaaS platform for UK SMB succession M&A, offering off-market deal discovery, revenue estimation, direct owner contacts, and a business valuation calculator for searchers, retiring SME owners, and lower-mid-market acquirers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

M&A Deal Discovery Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

akta.pro primary industry

Augmented Analytics & AI-Assisted BI (NLQ/NLG, Insights) (HDAEAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) & BI (HDAEAMAG), Business Intelligence, Reporting & Visualization Services (BPAEAHAD), Data Platform, BI & Analytics Integration (BPAEAAAI)

Keywords

• M&A deal discovery
• Off-market target sourcing
• Business valuation tools
• Succession planning platform
• SMB acquisition platform

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: SaaS subscription model with Monthly Rolling and Annual Rolling subscription options. Includes Service Allowance of BizCrunch Credits for data exports, reset each period. Additional credits available for purchase.
2. Fixed Duration Subscriptions: Fixed-term subscription plans with set start and end dates, auto-terminating at completion unless extended
3. Enterprise Invoicing: Enterprise clients can pay via periodic invoices with full amount billed upon execution and renewal, settled within 7 days via bank transfer or card
4. Additional BizCrunch Credits: Pay-as-you-go credit top-ups when Service Allowance exhausted during a Period, charged at additional rates

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BizCrunch provides an AI-powered M&A deal discovery platform that enables UK SMB buyers, search funds, and lower mid-market acquirers to identify off-market target companies, access AI-estimated revenues for unaudited sub-£10m businesses, and reach majority shareholders and PSCs through third-party-verified direct email addresses. The company complements the platform with a 60-second business valuation calculator for retiring owners, sell-side advisory services for exit preparation, and a buyer community with weekly live events and newsletters.

Product overview

BizCrunch operates as a unified M&A platform with two primary product lines: BizCrunch Search (off-market deal discovery for buyers) and BizCrunch Valuation (exit preparation tool for sellers). These core products are enhanced by complementary modules including Buyer Hub, Company Insights, Virtual Data Room, Community, and Sell-Side Advisory Services. The platform integrates advanced AI for revenue estimation, smart filtering, and email validation. Users access the platform via subscription plans with credit-based usage for data exports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BizCrunch Search

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% of UK companies under £10m revenue do not publicly report financials—BizCrunch's revenue estimation fills this data gap
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The GraftercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 August 2024Strategic collaboration with leading business consultancy The Grafter to provide exit preparation resources and expertise. BizCrunch connects founders with insights for exit valuation while The Grafter provides consultancy experience for exit strategies, business valuations, and transition planning. Partnership announced August 2024.
• Harbour ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHarbour Club is a business networking community whose members benefit from BizCrunch deal sourcing tools to speed up searches for target companies. BizCrunch gains access to a network of acquisition entrepreneurs.
• The M&A Zing PodcastminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPodcast partnership for content marketing. BizCrunch content appears on the podcast discussing acquisition entrepreneurship topics. Podcast promotes BizCrunch tools to listeners.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ZoomInfo: Large-scale B2B contact and company intelligence platform with global coverage and significant sales-and-marketing motion. Comparable because it competes on company/contact data quality and B2B outreach enablement — overlapping with BizCrunch's direct owner email and contact export features.
• Creditsafe: Global business credit reports and company information provider with deep UK coverage. Comparable because BizCrunch benchmarks against Creditsafe in its 'Compare' section as a generalist incumbent offering overlapping SMB company data.
• PitchBook: Private market data provider covering PE, VC, and M&A transactions with deep company financials. Comparable because it serves a similar lower-mid-market PE buyer segment with deal-sourcing-style company intelligence.
• Apollo.io: Sales intelligence and engagement platform with B2B contact data, firmographics, and outreach tooling. Comparable because it overlaps with BizCrunch's mail-merge-ready exports and direct decision-maker contact use cases for SMB outreach.
• Crunchbase: Business information platform focused on companies, funding, and acquisitions. Comparable because it provides a similar company-discovery experience for SMB acquirers, though skewed toward venture-backed companies versus BizCrunch's traditional SMB focus.

Direct peers

• Grata: Private market intelligence platform for deal sourcing of SMB and lower-middle-market companies with proprietary firmographic data. Comparable because it targets the same acquirer persona (searchers and independent sponsors) with off-market deal discovery features similar to BizCrunch's Smart Acquire Filters.
• SourceScrub: Deal sourcing platform for M&A targeting private companies with curated firmographic data and workflow tools. Comparable because it addresses the same off-market M&A deal origination use case for the lower middle market that BizCrunch serves in the UK.
• DealRoom: M&A deal lifecycle management platform covering pipeline, diligence, and integrations. Comparable because it expands from deal sourcing (BizCrunch's core) into broader M&A workflows including virtual data rooms, mirroring BizCrunch's product roadmap.
• Endole: UK-focused company intelligence and business data platform offering company financials, ownership, and director information. Directly comparable because BizCrunch explicitly compares itself to Endole on its website as the main alternative for SMB company data.

Emerging players

• Intricately: Provider of company spending and technology-use data for B2B go-to-market teams. Comparable as an emerging player in enriched B2B firmographic/intent data for prospect targeting — overlapping with BizCrunch's advanced insights and revenue estimation features.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bizcrunch

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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