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Browse
Every listing shows a public executive summary — enough to judge fit, not enough to copy.
Open marketplaceOption. Package. Built.
Timber™ is where real businesses get packaged into structured, transferable, launchable deals.
Founders list. Anyone can sign an NDA, lock an exclusive option, then package the deal with an audit, an operator, capital, and customers. Opportunity built by the people — not the gatekeepers.
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Live listings
Concierge cohort
15
Revenue-verified
Financials reviewed
12
Talent in the directory
Operators, CPAs, capital
4
Ways value moves
Option · package · license · resell
How Timber works
Five steps, all of it live in the prototype.
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Sign the NDA
One standard NDA, executed electronically. The operating summary and financials unlock instantly.
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Lock an option
Pay a fee into escrow for a 6, 12, or 18-month exclusive window. The founder is paid 80% on lock.
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Package it
Open the packaging workspace: attach audits, operators, capital, documents, and talent to the dossier.
See the workspace05
Launch, license, or relist
Execute the deal, license it, or resell the packaged version. Whatever you built stays with the listing.
The deal stays.
Every attachment is timestamped and hashed to the Deal Log. If a holder walks away, the work they added remains on the listing for the next buyer.
The model, borrowed
Hollywood has packaged deals for 50 years. Timber does it for businesses — without the gatekeeper.
Click through each stage to see the same mechanic on both sides.
Hollywood
Agency attaches a director and star
This is the real business of an agency. A script plus an A-list director plus a bankable lead is a fundable package. The attachments create the value.
Timber
You attach operators, audits, capital
Attach a CPA audit, a named operator, an advisor, soft-circled capital, validated customers, vendor contracts, a prototype, brand assets. Each one logs to the deal.
What changes
The package is the product — in both models. Timber just lets you build it yourself.
Live on the marketplace
Real businesses, open for options.
Local Startups & Businesses Verified
100% · full saleWildflour Custom Cakes
14 months of sales, repeat clientele, ready to hand off.
TTM Revenue
$186.4K
Gross Margin
46%
Repeat Orders
62%
Months Operating
14
Packaging progress67%
Listed value
$45,000
Option fee $4,500
Local Startups & BusinessesPre-revenue
51% stake for saleAnchored Coffee
Neighborhood coffee concept, validated waitlist, no doors open yet.
Waitlist
419
Target Open
6 mo
Ticket Avg
$8.40
Year-1 Rev Proj
$412K
Packaging progress67%
Price for 51%
$8,500
Option fee $850 · $16,667 implied valuation
Startups & TechPre-revenue
33% stake for saleLedger
SaaS for solo bookkeepers — plan, prototype, no team yet.
Pilot users
18
Would-pay
83%
Prototype
Live
TAM (US)
~200K
Packaging progress67%
Price for 33%
$12,000
Option fee $1,200 · $36,364 implied valuation
Nonprofit & MinistryPre-revenue
40% stake for saleSanctuary
A church-plant model built for towns under 20,000.
Launches (prior)
2
Target towns
<20K pop
Model horizon
24 mo
License-eligible
Yes
Packaging progress67%
Price for 40%
$3,500
Option fee $350 · $8,750 implied valuation
Franchisable Concepts Verified
100% · full saleGraniteEdge Home Services
Revenue-verified home-services roll-up candidate.
TTM Revenue
$412K
Gross Margin
51%
Reviews
4.9 / 380+
Territories
2 (of 12)
Packaging progress67%
Listed value
$65,000
Option fee $6,500
E-Commerce & ProductsPre-revenue
100% · full salePostcard
DTC subscription for handwritten letters.
Waitlist
900
Fulfillment
Signed
Target ARPU
$24/mo
Content assets
60+
Packaging progress67%
Listed value
$6,000
Option fee $600
The talent hub
A deal gets fundable when the right people attach to it.
Search verified operators, CPAs, packagers, advisors, and capital partners — then attach them directly to a deal you hold. Every attachment is public on the listing.
Julien Ortiz
Food & beverage operator, ex Milk Bar
Operator
Warbler & Co CPA
Small-business audits and quality-of-earnings reviews
Auditor / CPA
Priya Sundaram
Fintech GM, ex Chime
Operator
Rowan Capital
Soft-circle capital for packaged deals under $500K
Capital
Built on Timber
Real founders. Real packaged deals. Real outcomes.
Every business here got built, packaged, and launched by the people closest to it — not by a gatekeeper deciding who's allowed through the door.
"I had 14 months of real revenue and no way to hand it off. Timber let me package the whole thing — audit, pastry lead, brand — and an operator optioned it inside eight weeks. I got paid first, and the business I built didn't die when I stepped out."
Optioned in 8 weeks · founder paid 80% at signing
Nora Bellweather
Founder, Wildflour Custom Cakes · Asheville, NC
"Every accelerator wanted me to raise a round. Timber let me license my curriculum to two new cities instead — I kept the school, kept ownership, and the royalties come back monthly. That was the deal that fit."
Two licensed territories · founder retained ownership
Marcus Delaney
Founder, Northline Trades Academy · Cleveland, OH
"I'm a designer, not an engineer. I built a working prototype, ran an 18-user pilot, and Timber packaged it with a technical co-founder and soft-circled capital before anyone wrote a check. The dossier did the selling."
Packaged with technical co-founder + $150K soft-circled
Priya Ramanathan
Founder, Ledger · Remote
"I was quietly building a home-services roll-up and needed a way to attract operator-partners without giving the whole thing away. Staged disclosure and the option structure meant serious buyers showed up serious. That changed everything."
PE family office attached · two territories under LOI
Ari Woodson
Founder, GraniteEdge Home Services · Denver, CO
"The gallery world wanted a percentage. VCs said I was too small. Timber didn't ask me to be either. A design-forward operator optioned Hearthline in six weeks — and I got to keep making pots for the first drop under new hands."
Optioned by design-forward operator · brand intact
Isla Renfrew
Founder, Hearthline Ceramics · Portland, OR
"I had a validated waitlist and a lease LOI but no interest in running a café again. Timber was the only place I could package the concept as an asset — brand, waitlist, lease — and let an operator take it from there. I stayed advisor, not owner-operator."
Packaged as a launch-ready asset · advisor role secured
Deacon Rhee
Concept originator, Anchored Coffee · Charleston, SC