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active clients
$150M+
in transaction pipeline
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markets covered
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Serava works cross-border: the buyer behind an approach is frequently in a different country from the owner being approached.
If the sender name or timezone on your email looked foreign, that is why. The company behind it is registered in British Columbia, Canada.
Serava International 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 takes a commission and earns nothing if you don't sell. That creates pressure.
Serava is a research platform. Acquirers pay a subscription for our business registry data and company profiles.
You will never receive an invoice from us. We take no percentage of any transaction.
Legal clarity: We are not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, or investment advisor in any jurisdiction. No transaction-based fees of any kind. Not regulated by the SEC, FINRA, FCA, ASIC, or any equivalent financial authority. Full legal notice ↓
Buyers pay
Acquirers subscribe to our research platform.
You pay nothing
No upfront fee. No success fee. No commission. No invoice, ever.
Zero pressure
We earn the same either way, and we say when it's not a fit.
Data provenance
We map who owns what from government business registries: state and provincial corporate filings, licensing boards, and similar public records. We match owner names to companies.
No purchased lists. No scraped personal social profiles. The registries are public filings any lawyer, lender, or 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.
Which registries, what they hold, and how suppression works: see the data transparency page ↗.
The process
To be upfront: we do not have a buyer sitting on an offer for your company. Anyone who says so in a cold email is not being straight. We have 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 confirm three things: last year's revenue, your EBITDA margin, and what the business does. No pitch, no documents, no valuation.
If a mandate matches, 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 to 3 take a couple of hours over a few weeks. A real transaction takes 6 to 12 months, and you'll want your own advisors for it.
Who we are
Here's what a legitimate firm shares unasked; 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 |
| Closed deal in the last 24 months | Serava is early stage. We have active buyer mandates and a sourcing pipeline, but no closed acquisition to cite yet. We can share specifics of the mandates we are working on. |
| Proof of funds from buyer, within 48 hours | We ask every buyer for proof of funds within 48 hours of your request. It comes from them, not us, and we will not move forward without it. |
| References from owners who've been through it | Serava is early stage and has no post-acquisition seller references yet. We can connect you with buyers in our network who have worked with us, or advisors familiar with our process. |
Thinking about selling?
Got our email? Just reply. Found this page another way? Email us the basics. No pitch, no obligation, no cost.
If it may match an active buyer mandate, we reach out within 2 business days.
No broker fee or commission, ever.
Nothing goes to a buyer you haven't approved.
Not a fit? We'll say so.
Not a broker. No seller fees. Not a licensed broker or financial advisor in any jurisdiction. Emailing us creates no obligation or agreement.
Email us directly
sadra@serava.aiA few lines: what the business does, where it stands, and why you might sell.
Talk to SadraMore detail
One topic per page. No email gate, no form, no tracking beyond standard analytics.
Due diligence
Every credential linked to its source, M&A outreach red flags, and how to cross-check us.
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Full process
Each stage, what happens if it goes nowhere, and what we will never do.
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Who pays us
Buyer types, their mandates, what they do after buying, and what we require of them.
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Data transparency
What's in our database, which registry it came from, and how to get suppressed from subscriber exports.
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Privacy
Our NDA covers what you tell us directly. It does not remove your business from our database of public registry records, which acquirers subscribe to. To suppress your record from subscriber exports, reply “No Thanks” to any email from us and we'll handle it manually.
No buyer gets your name or company name until you approve a specific introduction.
If you ask us to test interest first, we share revenue range and service mix only. No city, no name.
We do not contact your employees, customers, or competitors for diligence or research.
We are not your advisor. Have your own attorney review anything before signing, including our NDA.
Common questions
Public government business registries: corporate filings, licensing boards, and similar records any lender, lawyer, or competitor can access.
We can't promise an outcome we don't control. We can tell you which buyer types usually keep teams and which may consolidate, and, before any introduction, what we know about that buyer's history with staff. If we don't know, we'll say so.
Nothing. Acquirers pay us a research subscription. 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 want right now, useful whether or not you sell. If that's not 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 not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, investment advisor, or M&A advisor in any jurisdiction, and is 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 Canadian provincial securities commission. We charge sellers no fee, earn only from buyer subscriptions, handle no funds or securities, and represent neither party. In a real transaction, engage your own M&A attorney and financial advisor.
It's the right question. Use the 'Who we are' table: every row is checkable without trusting us, starting with a LinkedIn you can verify and a registered legal entity. 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. We're for a quiet conversation before a formal process.
Legal notice
Not a broker or financial advisor. Serava is a technology research platform, not a licensed business broker, registered broker-dealer, investment advisor, financial advisor, or M&A advisor in any jurisdiction. We do not represent or negotiate for buyers or sellers, 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 only from research subscriptions paid by buyers. Sellers pay no fee of any kind at any stage: no upfront fees, retainers, success fees, transaction fees, or commissions.
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 is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All information is for general informational purposes only. Before any transaction, engage an independent M&A attorney, an accountant, and where applicable a licensed financial advisor in your jurisdiction. Serava is not a substitute for professional advice.
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.