Steward Market is a values-first marketplace for impact-enhancing business transitions.

By 2035, more than one million small and midsized businesses may be viable candidates for sale or employee ownership, representing up to $5 trillion in enterprise value.

What happens to those businesses next will shape jobs, local economies, employee ownership, community wealth, economic mobility, and the future of mission-driven enterprise.

Yet today’s M&A infrastructure is still largely optimized around price, speed, and transaction volume. Owners who care about their employees, purpose, legacy, and community often have few trusted ways to find buyers and ownership pathways aligned with what they built.

Steward Market changes that.

Our values-first marketplace helps owners, buyers, capital partners, advisors, and intermediaries discover alignment earlier across ethical acquisitions, employee ownership, trust-based ownership, and other long-term transition pathways.

- Sellers can share their story privately and on their own timeline.
- Buyers can demonstrate stewardship intent, values, and long-term commitment.
- Advisors and capital partners can focus their time where they are positioned to add meaningful value.

Values made visible. Alignment surfaced earlier. Stewardship built into the transition process.

No commissions. No seller success fees. No incentives to push a transaction toward the highest bidder or fastest close.

Steward Market was founded by Hannah Sandmeyer, who also leads Up & Over Advisors, a certified B Corp and 1% for the Planet member. We are proud to be recognized by B Lab U.S & Canada, Purpose Pledge, Abrams + Angell, and 40 Million Owners.


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