It's 9:40 on a Sunday. The CIM is open. The spreadsheet is new again.
Another broker went quiet after you asked for real financials. Another deal died at the bank because the DSCR didn't survive the add-backs. Months in, every dead deal sends you back to the start.
The problem was never your judgment. It's that nothing you learned on the last deal carries into the next one.
Polaris is an acquisition system built for one buyer: you. It holds your buy box, screens 96+ sources against it, reads the seller files, runs the debt math, and preps the lender packet — one continuous file from first look to close.
A living profile of your operator edge, capital, and geography — it sharpens with every deal you pass on, and teaches you what your box should actually be.
96+ sources, from BizBuySell to private broker feeds, scored against your box — with the fit rationale spelled out, not just a number.
CIMs and financials read for add-backs, risk flags, and the proof that's missing — before you give them an evening.
SBA debt stack, DSCR, seller notes, and stress cases — so the bank confirms your number instead of correcting it.
Lender fit, call scripts, and packet prep matched to the deal you're actually structuring, not a generic template.
Everything the file has learned since first screen, compounded into a diligence plan and a lender-and-attorney-ready close packet.
Most buyers run a tool stack: one tab for sourcing, another for CIM analysis, a calculator for the debt, a folder for the bank. Every hand-off drops context. Polaris is one continuous judgment — the same buy box that screened the listing reads the file, tests the financing, and preps the close.
Built for the operator buying their first business — the director or VP trading a title for ownership of a $1–5M company. Not for PE funds. Not for brokers. You're not hunting a side hustle. You're changing whose name is on the door.
A short weekly build note: what shipped, what we learned from real deal files, what's next. No ETA think-pieces. No AI commentary. Just the build, as it happens.
Weekly build notes and early-access updates. Unsubscribe anytime.
The first cohort is small on purpose. Testers run real acquisition work through Polaris — live listings, real CIMs, actual lender math — and shape what ships. You get the system early and a direct line to the people building it. We get the truth about what works.
The goal is useful introductions, not vanity traffic.
Tell us where you are in the search. Registrations go straight to the founder — you’ll hear back directly.
You take the early risk; you keep the early price — and you bend the roadmap.
The founding desk. Closest to the build, cheapest it will ever be. (First 3 months, then $299/mo. Direct onboarding, earliest product cycles.)
Early enough that your deal flow shapes the product. (First 3 months, then $299/mo. Cohort demo access, priority feedback.)
Ahead of the market, behind the founders. (First 2 months, then $299/mo.)
The full system at full price.
Waitlist subscribers see cohort details first. Final pricing, availability, and early-access terms are shared before any paid opening.
Somewhere in this week's listings is the business you'll run. Polaris exists so you find it, prove it, and carry it to close — without ever starting over again.