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Our story

How two best friends came to build teasr, and the principles it runs on.

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Why we started

Most owners sell a business once. The people across the table do it every week.

  1. Exeter

    We met as flatmates in our first year at the University of Exeter, both studying Economics, and became best friends over a shared interest in finance. We have lived together ever since.

  2. Our second-year summers

    We spent them interning across investment banking and private equity. On the advisory side of M&A we saw how slow, manual and expensive a sale can be, and started looking for a better way to do it.

  3. At home

    Both of our families have a long history of building successful businesses and selling them. We have seen what a sale asks of an owner, and we are lucky to have that experience behind us.

  4. So, teasr

    The owner's side at home, the adviser's side at work, and the same gap between them. teasr is how we set out to close it.

Who started it

We share the work across every side of the business, so neither of us has a title the other does not.

  • Sam Inskip, co-founder of teasr

    Sam Inskip

    Co-founder

    Sam has worked in private equity and mid-market investment banking, and has already taken a UK edtech start-up from start to end. He sits on the investor board of the Exeter Student Investment Fund, and is a professional yacht captain and cruising instructor.

    sam@teasr.co.uk
  • Henry Crompton, co-founder of teasr

    Henry Crompton

    Co-founder

    Henry has worked at an elite boutique investment bank, and founded the private markets group at the Exeter Student Investment Fund. He is an Economics prize winner, tutors first-year economists, and rows in the First VIII.

    henry@teasr.co.uk

Together

  • Both on track for first-class honours
  • A long history of competitive sport
  • A long-standing interest in AI, and highly capable with it

What we hold to

In most sales, the other side knows more than the owner.

Economists call it asymmetric information. Fixing it is the job.

  1. Close the gap

    An owner should know what their business is worth, and what a buyer will look for, before anyone across the table tells them.

  2. Fair, and written down

    Too many owners pay too much to sell. What teasr costs is published in full, before anyone signs up.

  3. In plain English

    No jargon and no small print. An owner should understand every number we show them.

Every change in the story below was made against these three.

Where it started

A listing site, and documents sold to the owner

We set out to make selling a business cost less, starting with the documents a sale needs.

  • The teasr
    Priced
  • The information memorandum
    Priced

teasr is never paid out of a deal

Nothing we earn depends on the price you get, so we stay neutral on it.

Paid out of a deal

Working with advisers

The documents belong inside the adviser's work

Advisers already cover preparation in their retainer, so teasr fits inside it rather than adding a line to the invoice.

  • An adviser's retainer
    The documents are in it
  • The documents, billed separately

Owners, advisers and buyers

So no deal carries a charge of its own

Whoever runs the sale subscribes: an adviser, with every deal included, or an owner selling their own business with their accountant. What they pay for is the platform, not each document or each sale.

  • teasr and information memorandum
    Included in the plan
    £0
  • Each deal
    Unlimited on every adviser plan
    £0
  • Independent plan
    An adviser, a year (no VAT)
    £1,950
  • Owner-led sale
    An owner, a month (no VAT)
    £195

  • Owners

    Start with your numbers. Free, no sign-up, about ten minutes.

    For owners

  • Advisers

    Run the sale under your firm's name, on a plan with unlimited deals.

    For advisers

  • Buyers

    Register, get verified, and see what a seller releases to you through their adviser.

    For buyers

Back to the owner

Starting earlier

Many owners first want to know whether the business is ready at all, so teasr starts there too.

Two doors, one road

An owner comes in at preparation, an adviser at the deal, and they meet in the middle. The check is free and it will never put a number on your business.

I own a businessI advise on deals

We cannot take a percentage of your sale, so we have no reason to talk your price in either direction.

teasr is not authorised or regulated by the FCA. We do not sell businesses, find buyers, negotiate, or act for either side of a deal.