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Small business, together

Find the partner you need to buy or build a business.

PartnerUp finds and pairs potential business partners based on their goals, capital, credit, and industry experience — so that the right people can start or acquire a small business together.

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Two sides of one deal

Most small businesses don't fail from bad ideas.
They fail from missing pieces.

Capital Partner

You have the money. You want a business.

  • Cash to invest, or the credit and W-2 income to qualify for an SBA loan.
  • You don't want to leave your job to run day-to-day operations.
  • You want a trustworthy operator with real trade or industry chops.
Operating Partner

You have the skill. You want ownership.

  • Years in a trade or industry — HVAC, restaurants, logistics, salons, SaaS, whatever.
  • You'd run the business full-time and grow it hands-on.
  • You don't have the capital or credit profile to do it alone.

We're not a broker and we're not a matching algorithm (yet).  Right now, we're building a list of the first hundred serious partners on each side, and we will manually match you based on your individual situation.

Next step

Ready to find a partner?

Tell us who you are, what you bring, and the kind of business you want to build or buy. We review every application by hand.

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