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Acquisition.com vs Vetrix
Acquisition.com invests in and scales other businesses. It is not the startup marketplace. The homepage describes a portfolio and a scaling workshop, and it does not list a seller fee for a listing. Vetrix pays you to license a de-identified copy of operational records, and you keep the company.
Up to $150K · $0 cost · 3 days
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| What they do | Alex and Leila Hormozi are co-founders and managing partners of Acquisition.com. In four years, the portfolio grew to over $250 million in annual revenue. The homepage also describes a two-day scaling workshop at their office. |
| Who it is for | The scaling workshop asks you to be active in business, to meet a revenue threshold, and to operate in an industry where Acquisition.com is confident it can help. Those requirements are discussed on a call. |
| Fee | The Acquisition.com homepage describes a portfolio and a scaling workshop. It does not list a seller fee for listing a company for sale. |
| Cost to the company | The Acquisition.com homepage does not list a dollar price for the scaling workshop or for joining the portfolio. It sends those requirements to a call. |
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What Acquisition.com does and how it works
Alex and Leila Hormozi are co-founders and managing partners of Acquisition.com. In four years, the portfolio grew to over $250 million in annual revenue. The homepage also describes a two-day scaling workshop at their office.
Vetrix's path is six steps. Vetrix runs steps 1 to 3 and stays with you through the rest.
- Tell us what you have.
- We confirm fit.
- We check your systems.
- You sign an NDA.
- You receive an offer.
- You sign, and get paid.
Read how company data licensing works for the step detail. Nothing is uploaded in the first step.
Acquisition.com finishes the job in its own description. A license is finished when you sign with the data partner and the copy is prepared. You can still be operating, winding down, or already closed, if you meet the staff and records rules.
Bring the question you actually have. If the question is the job Acquisition.com describes, stay with that service and read the fee. If the question is whether the records can be licensed while you still own them, that service does not answer it by itself. You want to be paid for a de-identified copy of the records and to keep the company.
Fees, cost, and where the money goes
Read Acquisition.com's fee as they state it, then read what a license costs the company. The two numbers are not the same kind of money.
| Question | Acquisition.com | Vetrix |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | The Acquisition.com homepage describes a portfolio and a scaling workshop. It does not list a seller fee for listing a company for sale. | $0 to the company |
| Cost if nothing closes | The Acquisition.com homepage does not list a dollar price for the scaling workshop or for joining the portfolio. It sends those requirements to a call. | $0 |
| Who is paid | Acquisition.com does not list a seller fee for a marketplace listing. | You, up to $150,000 (US pricing, 250+ staff at peak). |
| What you give up | Acquisition.com says it invests in and scales other businesses. The biography page says the portfolio has 10 companies, with ownership from 20% to 100%. That is an ownership stake, not a listing on a marketplace. | You give the data partner the right to use your records, with personal details removed, for AI research. The license is worldwide, permanent, and only for them. |
Use the fee Acquisition.com states on its own site, in the fee table. Read it as the cost of that service. It is not a payout for a license, and it is not what you pay Vetrix. A listing ad, a broker's commission, a shutdown invoice, and a license payout are different kinds of money. Match the bill to the job before you treat one number as the winner.
What Vetrix pays is not a success fee. The data partner pays Vetrix's fee, not you. If no agreement is signed, nobody pays anything. The amount depends on staff at peak and on the US pricing band. It is not a percent of a sale price, because there is no sale of the company.
Timing
Acquisition.com's clock is how long its own process can take. Vetrix's clock is a yes or no within 3 days, which is a fit decision, not a closing date.
Fit for the scaling workshop is decided on a call. The homepage says the requirements include being active in business, a revenue threshold, and an industry where Acquisition.com is confident it can help.
A fit decision in 3 days does not mean the records are licensed that week. After a yes, there is a read-only check, an NDA with the data partner, an offer, and a signature. Those later steps take as long as the check and your lawyer need. They are not a promise that a buyer will appear.
Do not put the two clocks on one calendar and call the shorter one faster. A sale can be the right outcome and still take months. A license can be the wrong product even when the first answer is quick. Decide which clock you need: a buyer, or a decision on the records.
What you keep
Under a license you keep ownership of your data and full use of it in your business. You sign an NDA and the licensing agreement directly with the data partner, not with Vetrix.
Read what the company keeps under a data license before you treat the two offers as the same promise.
Read what is shared and never shared. Personal details are removed before a copy leaves.
An exclusive license and a second license of the same records conflict. Do not sign both for one set of files.
Where Acquisition.com is a better fit
- You want a firm that invests in and scales other businesses, and you can meet the workshop rule that you are active in business.
- You are not trying to list a startup for sale. The homepage describes a portfolio and a workshop, not a marketplace.
Use Acquisition.com when the job those points describe is the job you have. Do not force a license into a contract that does a different job.
Where licensing records fits
- You want to be paid for a de-identified copy of the records and to keep the company.
- A portfolio investment is the wrong shape, and you still control the operational records.
The license fits when those conditions are true and the company meets the staff and records rules. It is not a substitute buyer, and it does not file a dissolution. You can estimate the payout before you start the check.
If you are weighing a broker, a shutdown, or a license, compare exit options for a company. If no buyer is in sight, read exit options when a company cannot be sold.
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- Estimate
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Questions about Acquisition.com vs Vetrix
Is Acquisition.com a marketplace where I list a startup?
No. Acquisition.com says Alex and Leila Hormozi started it to invest in and scale other businesses. The biography page says the portfolio has 10 companies, with ownership from 20% to 100%. The homepage also describes a two-day scaling workshop. None of that is a listing you create so a buyer can purchase the startup the way a marketplace listing works.
Does the Acquisition.com homepage list a seller fee?
No. The homepage describes the portfolio and the scaling workshop. It does not list a dollar fee for listing a company for sale, and it does not list a price for the workshop or for joining the portfolio. Workshop fit is decided on a call. The requirements include being active in business, a revenue threshold, and an industry where Acquisition.com says it can help.
What ownership does Acquisition.com describe in its portfolio?
The biography page says Acquisition.com has 10 portfolio companies, with ownership from 20% to 100%. That is a stake in the business, not a monthly ad and not a closing percent on a marketplace sale. A license of records is a different contract. You keep ownership of the data and give a right to use a de-identified copy. You do not hand over a stake in the company.
Who can attend the Acquisition.com scaling workshop?
The homepage says you book a call. It requires you to be active in business, to meet a revenue threshold, and to operate in an industry where Acquisition.com is confident it can help. Those are workshop rules, not a rule for licensing records. A license can fit a company that is operating, winding down, or already closed, if it meets the staff and records rules. The workshop is a separate room.
Sources
- Acquisition.com. Acquisition.com.
- Acquisition.com. Alex Hormozi.