FAQ

Invest Business is a business utility platform that gives business professionals an easier way to start, develop or hand over a business. You publish a structured Request — a need or an offer — and the platform presents it to verified counterparts that fit its parameters. Public authorities can also present their offer to businesses in their jurisdiction — and attract new businesses to their jurisdiction.

To let business professionals connect through concrete business intents rather than profiles: you share your Requests, the matching engine presents them to the right verified counterparts, and the two sides collaborate directly once both agree. No browsing through irrelevant listings, no cold outreach.

Invest Business is open to the owners or employees of legal entities, whether privately held (all types of companies) or publicly owned (public bodies and institutions). These legal entities have to be located in one of these countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands or in the United Kingdom. Invest Business does not offer any service to retail customers.

Click the "Sign Up" button on our website and follow the steps. You will be asked to provide your contact details and information about your legal entity, and to create a password. As a business-only platform, every account is verified before it can engage.

Once you are logged in, click the "New Request" button in your dashboard and fill out the structured form — type, sector, location and the other parameters that let the matching engine work precisely.

When a Request interests you — whether you found it in your Business Opportunities list or it reached you as a match — you respond by sending an Invitation. If the other side accepts, you become partners and continue the conversation directly in the platform's secure chat.

Yes — your Requests appear to other users under your pseudonym, and your identity is revealed only when you decide. Please be advised, however, that you have to provide your name and address to us at registration: verification of every participant is what protects all participants.

Use the "Report" button shown alongside the announcement, or write to us at assistance@investbusiness.com with the details. We review reports and, where justified, take the measures provided in our Terms of Use.

Through the Contact page on the website, or by e-mail at assistance@investbusiness.com. We reply quickly — and privately.

Invest Business is always free for public bodies. Financial institutions and licensed investors have free access to the platform unless they opt for a premium membership*. Companies, depending on their size, pay an annual membership fee — which renews automatically each year until cancelled — including a limited number of credits to contact other companies, financial institutions and licensed investors; companies may purchase additional credits at will. Announcements of public bodies are accessible to all sizes of companies without spending any credit. Full details are set out on the Pricing page and during the application process. *A small one-off verification fee applies.

Yes — company subscriptions renew automatically each year at the price then in force, charged to the payment method registered with our payment processor, and we e-mail you before each renewal with the date and the amount. You can cancel at any time from Your Account in your dashboard, without giving a reason: cancellation stops future renewals and takes effect at the end of the paid year, so you keep full access until then. Deleting your account also stops renewals. The details are in section 7 of the Terms of Use.

A credit is the platform's unit for making connections. Publishing Requests and receiving responses is included in your subscription — a credit is used only when you accept an introduction to a counterpart, so you pay for the connections you actually want. Company memberships include a number of credits, and additional credits can be purchased at any time — see the Pricing page for the details per membership.

Yes — the Terms of Use set out the guidelines for posting, which include being respectful and professional, staying on topic, referring to reviewed parties only by their pseudonym, and not posting any illegal or inappropriate content. They should be followed at all times.