Engine, system and method of providing cloud-based business valuation and associated services

Abstract

A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring, and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented engine for generating a verified business valuation, over a network, responsively to input company information comprising at least one certified information input, comprising:
 a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a valuation requester for the input company information comprising at least general company information, company financial information, company presence information, material changes to the company, and the at least one certified information input;   at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from said graphical user interface;   at least one verification engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input of company information, the verification of at least one portion of the company information from at least one remote information source; and   at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, the verified business valuation of the company.   
     
     
         2 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the verification engine queries at least one third party information site to compare at least one portion of the company information. 
     
     
         3 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the query is executed in real time. 
     
     
         4 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein rules engine further generates a score based on the amount of verified company information. 
     
     
         5 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote information source is a government agency. 
     
     
         6 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote information source is a bank. 
     
     
         7 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote information source is a private investor. 
     
     
         8 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote information source is a vendor of information. 
     
     
         9 . The engine of  claim 1 , wherein the verified business evaluation is substantially compliant with 409A reporting.