When I first pitched SimpleClosure to investors back in 2023, I always ended with the same thought: the real opportunity isn't just helping companies shut down. It's also what happens to everything they built.
Millions of companies wind down every year. And when they do, there's an enormous amount of value—code, data, IP, domains, talent, trademarks—that quietly disappears. It goes unrecognized, unlisted, and unmonetized. Almost like an asset class that the market hasn't found yet.
That gap has stuck with me since day one. We initially set out to make shutdowns simpler and more dignified, but the bigger vision was always this: how do we make this outcome as positive as possible for the founders living through it?
What We Built
Today, we're taking the first real step toward that vision with the launch of the SimpleClosure Asset Hub.
The Asset Hub is a platform where founders closing their companies can sell the assets they've built, and where buyers—AI companies, research labs, enterprise teams—can find and acquire them.
What’s Available Now
Source Code: Your codebase shouldn't stop having value the moment your company shuts down. Through the Asset Hub, founders can license their source code to vetted buyers. AI labs and research teams are actively looking for what you built. We connect you with the right buyers, manage the diligence, and facilitate the transaction, so you walk away with real value from work that would otherwise go dark.
Workspace Data (in beta): The documents, communications, and institutional knowledge inside a company represent years of hard work. We're actively developing a path for founders to make that data available to buyers in a compliant, privacy-conscious way.
While Source Code and Workspace Data are our first two Asset Hub offerings, more categories are in the works.
We've been building this quietly for over a year, making sure we got it right. And I'm very proud of what the team has created: something that's genuinely a win for everyone involved. Founders and their investors can recover real value from assets that would otherwise be left behind. Buyers get access to a curated, vetted inventory they couldn't find anywhere else.
A founder we helped through this process put it perfectly:
SimpleClosure not only made shutting down Lucinetic easier, they helped us honor what we built. With patience and support, they guided me though the process, helped me find a buyer for our IP, and turned it into real value.
You worked hard on what you built. Even if the company didn't work out, that doesn't mean what you created has no value. We know it does—and we built a platform to prove it.
This is the beginning of something much bigger for SimpleClosure. We've always believed that shutting down a company should be as supported, as structured, and as human as starting one. The Asset Hub is us putting that belief into practice in a new way. If you want to go deeper on what we're building and why now, Forbes covered it well. Read the full article here.
Here's to making something out of what's left.
-Dori
If you're looking to sell your assets: Learn more about the Asset Hub →
If you're looking to buy data: See how it works →