For owners of established Indian businesses

You built it over thirty years. Who runs it in the thirty-first?

A private, seven-minute assessment that tells you how transferable your business is today, and which succession paths genuinely fit. No listing. No obligation to sell.

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Free to startPrivate by defaultNo obligation to sell

An owner on the factory floor, looking at his team

“Not planning to sell. Planning to stop worrying.”Why most owners start

Unlike a listing siteMarketplaces start by asking your price. We start by asking whether the business can run without you.

Nothing visible by defaultListings go public on day one. Here, buyers see nothing until you approve each level yourself.

Selling is one of ten outcomesFamily, management, gradual retirement, preparing first. Each assessed honestly, none pushed.

Every owner eventually has to answer these. Most answer them too late.

1What happens to my business when I step away?Family may not want it. A buyer may not exist yet. Doing nothing is also a decision.

2How ready is it for someone else to run?If customers, suppliers and the bank all call you, the business is you. That’s fixable, given time.

3Who takes it forward if my plan falls through?A second path, whether management, a strategic acquirer or an operator, protects employees and value.

What happens after you start

7 min

Answer privatelyAbout 40 questions on your role, team, customers and records. “I don’t know” is a valid answer.

Instant

See three scores, with reasonsTransferability, Succession Readiness, Business Independence. Calculated by transparent rules. AI can explain them; it never sets them.

Same day

Compare ten paths honestlyFamily, management buyout, external buyer, gradual retirement or preparing first. How each fits, and why.

2–5 yrs

Prepare at your paceA prioritised plan, a dashboard, and room for your CA and lawyer. Nothing goes public unless you say so.

A second-line manager runs the meeting while the owner observes: the handover in progress

A report your CA would respect and your family could read.

Facts you supplied are always separated from interpretation. Every score shows its components and weights. Indicative value shows the factors, not just a number.

Open the full sample report →

Succession report · sampleDistribution · Rajasthan · 18 yrs

Your business looks transferable. The next step is making it independent of you.

Transferability74

Readiness62

Independence48

Family successionHigh fit

Gradual retirementHigh fit

Management buyoutMedium fit

External entrepreneurMedium fit

Indicative enterprise value₹5.5 – 6.8 Cr

A father and daughter walking through the factory gate

Family succession

A daughter agrees to take over once she sees a dated plan. The scores give the family something to discuss that isn’t emotion.

Illustrative example · textile processing

An operations manager on the shop floor with his team

Management buyout

Independence starts at 41. Eighteen months of delegation later it reads 68, and the operations head is ready to buy in.

Illustrative example · auto components

An owner at his desk, reading old ledgers

Prepare first

An owner ready to sell learns weak records would cost a third of the value, and fixes the records first.

Illustrative example · agri wholesale

A note from the founder

Too many valuable family businesses close not because they lack value, but because nobody planned how they would run without the founder, and nobody knew who to ask.

Legacy Handover exists so that conversation starts years earlier, privately, with numbers instead of anxiety. We are not a listing site. Selling is one of ten outcomes, and “not yet” is a perfectly good answer. Our job is to make sure that whatever you choose, the business and the people in it are ready.

Founder, Legacy Handover

Your staff, customers and competitors learn nothing unless you decide otherwise.

Everything starts at Level 0. Each step up is your explicit approval. Every view, download and access grant is logged and revocable.

PrivateOnly you and advisors you invite

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AnonymousGeneral details, no name, no location

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Verified buyerMore detail for qualified buyers only

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Under NDASensitive information after a signed NDA

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Due diligenceFull data room, logged and revocable

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AssessmentStart here

FreeSee where you stand, privately.

—Full 7-minute assessment—Three core scores—Strengths and risks

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Detailed ReportMost owners choose this

₹2,999Your full picture, explained and shareable with your CA.

—Personalised written report—All ten paths analysed—Indicative value range with factors—Prioritised readiness plan

Start with the assessment

Readiness Program12–36 months

₹25k–75kGuided preparation with your advisors in the loop.

—Everything in Report—Financial & documentation preparation—Advisor coordination—Quarterly progress reviews

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