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    Enterprise Software Startup Investment Opportunity in San Rafael, USA

    World's smallest & greenest facial recognition AI with minimal environmental impact and commitment to privacy.
    Company with an emotion AI software that detects over 130 facial expressions which makes it possible to create engaging and human-like interactions across diverse industries. - The software products include Emotion AI Video Conference, Emotion AI HTML5 SDK and AI Interactive Media Platform. - We have 400+ active users across globe. Notable companies like Coca cola and McDonalds are also our clients. - Our revenue model is structure on subscription and pay as you go model. - Many awards and mention in the latest researches. - Platform runs by a team of 6 experienced software engineers who work on remote basis and stood committed to this venture all the way long. - Business has US- certified patents and Company Incorporation license. - Received 4 H2020 Seals of Excellence awards and over 30 mentions in Gartner research. - Recently been acquired by a US company, hence the current year is considered as the establishment year and there is no reported revenue mentioned. - Will be focusing on improving revenue for the next 3 years. - The team is currently based in Europe and the founder will move in USA soon from EU.
    8.4   San Rafael
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 60 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    Operating at loss
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 1 Mn for 15%
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    Enterprise Software Company Investment Opportunity in Santa Clara, USA

    Leader in ERP, AI and cloud computing serving diverse industries with high-value projects globally.
    Recognized leader in innovative business transformation, specializing in the integration of ERP systems, AI and cloud computing solutions. - Established client base of 10 enterprises across the manufacturing, utilities, healthcare, and oil and gas sectors in the US, Canada, and Europe. - Supports a solid recurring revenue model through enterprise application implementation, managed services, and professional services. - Executes 2-4 strategic projects annually, with each project averaging 9 months in duration and a project value of approximately $1 million. - Operates as an SAP implementation partner in North America, enhancing credibility and service offerings. - Workforce comprises 40 permanent employees supplemented by contract and temporary staff as needed for project delivery, ensuring agility and scalability. - Proven track record in delivering cutting-edge solutions tailored for businesses of all sizes, reinforcing commitment to client success and operational excellence.
    8.3   Santa Clara
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 6 million
    EBITDA Margin
    10 - 20 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 2.5 Mn for 20%
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    Profitable Precision Components Company Investment Opportunity in San Francisco, USA

    SaaS platform for manufacturing and CNC machining, with blockchain component, seeks funds for machine shop.
    The company operates a SaaS platform specializing in manufacturing, emphasizing CNC machining and blockchain technology integration. - With a strategic base in San Francisco, the company leverages a leading technological hub to foster growth and innovation. - The business currently generates its revenue from the SaaS platform services it provides for manufacturing. - A compact team of 5 employees drives operations, facilitating efficiency and agility in decision-making and execution. - The company also hires contractors for additional help when necessary. - The platform connects buyers seamlessly with a vast network of machine shop suppliers, enhancing procurement and operational efficiency. - The business proudly supports approximately 10 major clients, ensuring a personalized approach and quality service delivery. - Holds vital ITAR and other government certifications, underpinning its commitment to compliance and security in sensitive manufacturing sectors. - Owns valuable intellectual property that strengthens the company's market position and offers a defensible competitive advantage. - Integrates blockchain technology, setting the company apart by providing enhanced transparency and traceability in transactions on the platform. - Established brand recognition in the aerospace and defence industry, reinforcing trust and credibility among partners and customers.
    7   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 3 million
    EBITDA Margin
    40 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 50 Mn for 50%
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    Profitable Precision Components Company Investment Opportunity in San Francisco, USA

    SaaS platform for manufacturing and CNC machining, with blockchain component, seeks funds for machine shop.
    The company operates a SaaS platform specializing in manufacturing, emphasizing CNC machining and blockchain technology integration. - With a strategic base in San Francisco, the company leverages a leading technological hub to foster growth and innovation. - The business currently generates its revenue from the SaaS platform services it provides for manufacturing. - A compact team of 5 employees drives operations, facilitating efficiency and agility in decision-making and execution. - The company also hires contractors for additional help when necessary. - The platform connects buyers seamlessly with a vast network of machine shop suppliers, enhancing procurement and operational efficiency. - The business proudly supports approximately 10 major clients, ensuring a personalized approach and quality service delivery. - Holds vital ITAR and other government certifications, underpinning its commitment to compliance and security in sensitive manufacturing sectors. - Owns valuable intellectual property that strengthens the company's market position and offers a defensible competitive advantage. - Integrates blockchain technology, setting the company apart by providing enhanced transparency and traceability in transactions on the platform. - Established brand recognition in the aerospace and defence industry, reinforcing trust and credibility among partners and customers.
    7   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 3 million
    EBITDA Margin
    40 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 50 Mn for 50%
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    Analytics Software Company Investment Opportunity in Charlotte, USA

    A Smart AI Trader visually creates AI based trading algorithms for markets.
    The business is involved in 2 things: A FinTech proprietary product for HFT Traders and allows a person to create, backtest and launch trading algorithms. - Have a client in Automative Sector and Healthcare Sector. - The business provides Predictive Models for them to embed into their products. - Founder is Ph. D, in Machine Learning with more than 15 years of Experience in MNC's.
    7.7   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 90 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    10 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 400 K for 30%
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    Application Software Company Investment Opportunity in San Francisco, USA

    Product engineering company group with products and services looking for investment to expand.
    The company is a product development company and serves clients in US. - The company provides services to the clients and also have built own Products. - the company has built teams and processes for software engineering, data engineering, creative and digital marketing, quality assurance & manual research. - The services business is more than $1Mn without much marketing or sales efforts. - The company is capable of sponsoring H1B visas. - The company has clients from the finance, healthcare, sports & business services industries. - Company is currently providing the following services: - - Creative Services, logo, web, creative designs, DM services - SEM / SEO / PPC, content writing, animation video, product engineering services, web / mobile application development, e-commerce development, software development, data engineering services, data ETL / integrations, data warehousing, business intelligence, big data technologies, & data science - AI/ML. - The company has launched a Branding platform targeting startups and companies. - The company is building a AI technology platform for healthcare Industry.
    8.3   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 1.1 million
    EBITDA Margin
    30 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 2 Mn for 20%
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    Stock Broking Company Seeking Loan in Los Angeles, USA

    Company involved in automated stock trading software/bots which helps users to make 3-15% daily profit.
    Business is an automated stock trading software. - The software is still in the prototype version. - Our accounts show a 300% increase in profit within one month of using our trading pattern. - Based on our backtesting results, the software prototype was able to generate 45 times return on investment within one year. - We have successfully helped over 50 volunteers/students to make a profit from the same trading pattern that the software uses, through manual trades without the use of the software. - Even during the pandemic last year we were able to generate a daily return of 3 to 15% through trading manually. - This is a proven and unique trading strategy that we have designed and customized ourselves and converted ideas into the software. - We were not able to generate revenue last year as the application was still in progress. We started testing the application this year. - For now, the business charges some percentage of the user's profit. - We have also attached our profit and loss trading sheet for the investor to see how profitable our platform and software is.
    6.8   Los Angeles
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 600 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    0 - 10 %
    Business Loan
    USD 150 K at 10%
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    Online Marketplace Startup Investment Opportunity in Pleasanton, USA

    Online video-based shopping marketplace connecting small businesses with customers, seeking investment and marketing support.
    Innovative online marketplace facilitating virtual consultations between small business vendors and customers, enhancing online shopping experiences. - Completed over a year of rigorous development, including 12 months of platform creation and 4 months of design and prototyping. - Currently in the pre-revenue stage, with a structured premium plan aimed at monetization through vendor subscriptions, both monthly and yearly plans are available. - Hosted on a scalable cloud infrastructure, ensuring seamless expansion and performance scalability. - Introduced a unique marketplace experience by enabling businesses to offer exclusive, direct, and engaged customer interactions through virtual commerce. - Recently onboarded four local stores, demonstrating early traction and the platform's potential to support small businesses digitally. - Embracing the emerging trend of virtual conversational ecommerce, which promotes one-to-one customer engagement in the shopping process, addressing buyer reluctance through personalized assistance.
    7.7   Pleasanton
    Run Rate Sales
    Nil
    EBITDA Margin
    Nil
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 25 K for 10%
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    Beauty Salon for Sale in London, UK

    Market-leading mobile barber business with ready clientele & digital platform for sale.
    The business operates as a market-leading mobile barber business with a strong online platform, catering to hairstyling, beard restyling, classic shave, and luxury shave services. - The business has established a strong presence in London, Manchester, and Birmingham. - The business model allows customers to provide their time and preferences, connecting them with certified barbers, and ensuring personalized and high-quality services. - The platform has attracted over 1,000 subscribers on the B2C side, indicating a strong customer base and potential for further growth. - The business has successfully served 86 corporate events, catering to companies such as Warner Music, Groupon, Coca-Cola, and Dr. Martens, providing hair services for promotional events. - Generates revenue through a commission-based model, earning a percentage of the booking fee made by customers on the platform. Commission rates vary between 5-10% in London and 25% in Manchester and Birmingham. - The founder brings over 12 years of technical experience and contributes to the company's success.
    Market-leading mobile barber business with ready clientele & digital platform for sale.
    7.2   London
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 45 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    10 %
    Business for Sale
    USD 135 K
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    Analytics Software Business for Sale in Long Beach, USA

    Social Listening SaaS with TW, FB, IG, LI, YT & TT validated apps, plus scraping.
    Business has developed SaaS software for social listening and RPA for customer service and other intelligence needs around unstructured data management. - Attractive operating margins in social listening, from 5 to 20 times the cost. - Our software is certified by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Linkedin, and YouTube to collect data from them. - Our software is used by companies to track their reputation and opinions, create market research reports at low cost, develop better customer service, structure their unstructured data, or use robotic process automatization. - Offering our services to 25 reputed brands. - The back-end software that we developed since 2010 was sold to Amazon 3 years back for EUR 2 million. As a result, we built a new back-end software, this time on the Cloud and fully scalable. - Already secured EUR 400K deal for the next 6 months with clients in Spain and Latin America. - We generate revenue by charging a monthly subscription fee to clients. - Buyer would get the business with the software, website, furniture, computers, and laptops. - Also open to selling the technology without the team. - We have doubled our sales in the last 2 years due to the R&D and a new services sales approach. - The CEO is now living in the US with an E2 Visa valid until 2029.
    8.6   Long Beach
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 310 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    Operating at loss
    Business for Sale
    USD 450 K
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    Cloud Software Company for Sale in San Luis Obispo, USA

    Patented online platform enabling interaction between fitness trainers and their clients, with over 200 registered trainers.
    Fully patented marketing automation system. This platform provides personal interaction between a fitness trainer and their clients through text message. - An integrated system and method to permit coaches, trainers to monitor, manage, & support their clients to achieve set goals & to establish new goals. - This technology helps trainers become better at what they do and ensure better results for their clients. - This platform is designed to help trainers grow their business through performance text messaging. - Currently we have more than 200 fitness registered on our platform. - We have monthly subscription charges of USD $199, $299, $399 for trainers. - Some of the fitness trainers who are registered with us are from NAFC, Bikram Yoga, Anytime Fitness, IDEA Fit, NCCPT and other fitness centers. - Around 35,000 clients have registered with us, who are clients of fitness trainers and individual members. - Promoter has 5 years of experience in this business.
    Patented online platform enabling interaction between fitness trainers and their clients, with over 200 registered trainers.
    7.2   San Luis Obispo
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 78 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    10 %
    Business for Sale
    USD 3 Mn
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    Job Portal Investment Opportunity in San Francisco, USA

    Resume building portal and mobile application with 70,000+ users in just two months seeks investor.
    Company with a website and mobile application that aids the process of preparing a resume. - The platform was launched two months ago and has already reached 70,000 users. - Our daily active users are at about 20,000 and we have 500+ installs on the Play Store. - We are not actively converting leads as of now and have around 146 paid subscribers. - The platform earns revenue from paid subscriptions plans of USD 9.99, USD 19.99, and USD 49.99. The company offers a free 15-day trial as well. - We advertise through Facebook ad campaigns, influencers, and plan to start a campus ambassador program to onboard college students from across the globe. - Our annual target is to onboard at least 10 million college students onto our platform. - The founder is currently based in the UAE.
    8   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 50 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    Operating at loss
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 1.63 Mn for 50%
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    Flooring Contractors Platform Investment Opportunity in Anaheim, United States

    A niche platform seamlessly connecting homeowners with expert tile contractors.
    We operate an online marketplace that serves as a premier advertising tool and niche platform for contractors and homeowners in the tile industry. With 462 contractors and 881 customers currently signed up, we've successfully completed 421 service job request. Our revenue model is centered around in-app advertising for tile manufacturers and contractor subscriptions. At this stage, our primary focus is on rapidly expanding our user base and establishing a strong market presence. To facilitate this, we've chosen not to charge users initially, removing barriers to entry and accelerating adoption. Our strategy is to capture a significant market share early, which will position us favorably for future monetization. The traction we've gained so far validates the potential of our product, and we plan to introduce monetization strategies that align with our users' needs while ensuring sustainable revenue streams. Our current priorities include enhancing our product, optimizing the user experience, and scaling our operations to support these future efforts. With 35 years of industry experience behind our leadership, we're confident that this approach will create long-term value for our investors and pave the way for sustainable growth and profitability.
    6.9   Anaheim
    Run Rate Sales
    Nil
    EBITDA Margin
    Nil
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 250 K for 40%
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    Mobile App Investment Opportunity in San Francisco, USA

    Disruptive startup in mobility space with 4,500 users for beta program /$126M expected year-2 revenue.
    First-mover advantage. - Co-founders spent USD 150K. - Unique business model. - Fully-automated restaurant rideshare app that offers free rides to dine-in customers. - The first company to provide free rides. - World-class management team; deep roots and experience in app software. - Within 3 years, the ride-hailing market size is expected to be USD 74.45 billion. - Beta testing was done in San Francisco with 4.5K users and 32 drivers. - Increased restaurant’s AOV by 30% - Product is done in-house with the current team (really important because we own the technology). - USD 50k investment received from the most active accelerator in the world (Plug and Play Accelerator) - We charge 20% of the customer spending (If a customer spends USD 100 at the restaurant, we charge USD 20) - Drivers make 70% of how much the rider or the restaurant pays. - We won’t own the cars. Drivers drive their own cars.
    Disruptive startup in mobility space with 4,500 users for beta program /$126M expected year-2 revenue.
    7.4   San Francisco
    Run Rate Sales
    Nil
    EBITDA Margin
    Nil
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 1.2 Mn for 10%
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    Mobile App Investment Opportunity in Los Angeles, USA

    Innovative music teaching company for children ages 3-8 aimed at promoting music literacy.
    1. We are a learning system provider aimed at promoting music literacy and musical ability among children between the ages 3 and 8. 2. Our teaching program includes 4 levels with each level containing 20 unique lessons. 3. Classes are taught by certified and experienced teachers. 4. We have tie-up with preschool franchisor who chose us as their preferred music curriculum. 5. We have started partnership with Harmony Project since February 2018 and expanded to 3 schools in Metropolitan Los Angeles from August 2018 and plan to expand to 15 communities nationwide within 2-3 years. 6. We have international licensees in a few Asian countries and Canada to open the business. Specially, Vancouver and Toronto are exclusive territory licensees. 7. Our Toronto partner are in talks with McQuade stores and Oxford learning centers in Canada. 8. We are also in discussion with a US franchise preschool which is presence at 400 locations to make us the music curriculum from August 2019.
    Innovative music teaching company for children ages 3-8 aimed at promoting music literacy.
    8.3   Los Angeles
    Run Rate Sales
    USD 102 thousand
    EBITDA Margin
    10 %
    Partial Stake Sale
    USD 100 K for 30%
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    Investing in Businesses: A Comprehensive Guide

    Investing in businesses is a strategic endeavor that can significantly grow your wealth if approached knowledgeably. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting, understanding the intricacies of businesses for investment is crucial.

    Understanding Business Investment

    Business investment refers to the allocation of capital to a company with the expectation of receiving financial returns. This can occur through direct investment in a private company or by purchasing stocks and shares of publicly traded businesses.

    Types of Business Investments

    1. Equity Investment: This involves purchasing shares of a company. Equity investors become partial owners and have potential returns through dividends and appreciation of the stock value.

    2. Debt Investment: Investors lend money to businesses in exchange for interest income. This can include corporate bonds or business loans.

    3. Venture Capital and Angel Investing: These are types of equity investment where investors provide capital to startups and small businesses that have potential for growth.

    4. Crowdfunding: An innovative way to invest in businesses where multiple investors contribute small amounts of capital via platforms like Kickstarter or Indiegogo.

    Advantages of Investing in Businesses

    • Potential for High Returns: Businesses have the potential to grow substantially, resulting in significant returns on investment.
    • Portfolio Diversification: Investing in various businesses can diversify an investment portfolio, reducing overall risk.
    • Active Involvement: Investors can actively participate in their investments, offering guidance and support to businesses.

    Risks Involved in Business Investment

    Even though investing in businesses offers attractive returns, it involves certain risks:

    • Market Volatility: Economic changes can affect business profitability and stock prices.
    • Failure Risk: Especially with startups, there's always a risk of failure resulting in loss of investment.
    • Regulatory Issues: Changes in laws and regulations can impact businesses adversely.

    How to Choose the Right Business for Investment

    • Research and Analysis: Understand the business model, industry sector, and financial health of the business.
    • Growth Potential: Evaluate the business's potential for growth and scalability.
    • Management Quality: A competent management team can greatly influence a business’s success.
    • Market Trends: Stay updated with market trends and economic conditions that might affect the business.
    • Competitive Advantage: Ensure the business has a unique selling proposition or competitive edge.

    Conclusion

    Investing in businesses for investment can be incredibly rewarding. However, it requires a thorough understanding of the market, diligent research, and careful selection. By weighing the potential benefits against the risks and conducting due diligence, investors can enhance their ability to make profitable investments. Always consider consulting a financial advisor to tailor your investment strategy to your personal financial goals and risk tolerance.

    Invest wisely, and watch your investments flourish!

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