About Lended
Acquisition financing built for business buyers.
Lended helps buyers organize, evaluate, and pursue financing for small-business acquisitions, with a focus on SBA 7(a) loans.
What Lended does
Lended gives business buyers a structured path from early prequalification through lender review and closing. The process is designed to make borrower information, target-company financials, deal structure, and required documents easier to prepare and evaluate.
Who Lended serves
- Self-funded searchers and first-time business buyers
- Experienced operators acquiring an additional company
- Brokers and advisers helping buyers prepare financing files
- Owners evaluating SBA 7(a) and other acquisition-financing options
How the process works
- Share the buyer profile and proposed acquisition.
- Organize financial, ownership, and transaction documents.
- Evaluate likely structure, repayment capacity, and lender fit.
- Move a complete package through lender underwriting and closing conditions.
Important distinction
Lended is not the U.S. Small Business Administration and does not guarantee approval. SBA establishes program requirements; participating lenders make credit decisions and apply their own policies. Prequalification is preliminary and remains subject to verification, eligibility, underwriting, and closing conditions.
Learn about acquisition financing
Use the Lended Insights library for direct answers, comparisons, underwriting guidance, and industry-specific acquisition guides. For official program rules, visit the SBA 7(a) program overview.