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For financial institutions

A connected exit-planning and banking journey

Engage business owners before they exit. Grow loans, deposits, and new accounts, while earning CRA credit through community development.

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Day Zero Guide
5-min assessment
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Valuation & projections
Zolid AI
24/7 copilot

The Hub is built for a business owner’s biggest decision in life

A turnkey AI platform that adapts to your brand, connecting your business customers to the tools, advisors, and answers they need for a successful exit.

Your brand, your domain

Match business owners to banking products

Counts as community development activity

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Built for the institutions serving Main Street

Community banks

Your largest book is business banking. Engage owners before they exit, so your loans, deposits, and accounts stay with you.

Credit unions

Protect the businesses that employ your members. Attract new business accounts when owners plan their succession.

CDFIs

Preserve local businesses and the jobs they support. Build community wealth through employee ownership transitions.

Larger banks

Plug succession into your business banking and wealth practices. Grow accounts and deposits while earning CRA credit.

Wealth advisory firms

Be the advisor your clients trust through their largest liquidity event. Manage what comes next, or lose the relationship to someone who will.

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Your logo, your colors, your domain. Configurable in minutes.

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See which commercial customers are exit-ready, and which banking products fit each one.

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Exit specialists and expert advisors available to business owners when they need them.

Day Zero Guide

A guided assessment that surfaces every exit path for your customer.

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Multi-method business valuation with financial analysis and exit scenario modeling.

Zolid AI

An AI copilot trained on business succession that grounds itself in each owner's actual data.

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WealthManagement.com article: Zolidar Equips Advisors with Tools to Guide Business Owner Clients Through the Succession LabyrinthImpactAlpha article: For retiring business owners, employee buyout options can go head-to-head with private equityThe Stakehold article: Making employee ownership the obvious choice for millions of businesses
Project Equity - Zolidar and Project Equity Partner to Make Employee Ownership Actionable at Scale
Google Startups for Sustainable Development - Zolidar selected for Google's program supporting startups advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Project Equity - Zolidar and Project Equity Partner to Make Employee Ownership Actionable at Scale
Google Startups for Sustainable Development - Zolidar selected for Google's program supporting startups advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals
CAFE - Center for Accelerating Financial Equity Fintech Accelerator
Sonali Kothari, Cofounder and COO at Zolidar

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Cofounder & COO, Zolidar

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