Exits
2025
- The Coming Wave of Acquihires Jun 13
- The IPO Door is Swinging Open Jun 06
- A Banner Year for M&A only Five Months In May 28
- Tokenization as a SaaS Liquidity Option Apr 23
- The Great Liquidity Shift Mar 28
- The Implications of the Wiz/Google Deal Mar 18
- The Mirage in the Software Clouds Mar 14
2024
- How M&A Fosters Innovation Oct 08
- Will We See a Better Exit Market Next Year? Sep 20
- Massive Acquisitions in Software Startups Apr 29
- The Fastest Growing Software Sectors in 2024 Jan 29
- Make Hay When the Sun Shines : Liquidity in Startup Exits Jan 07
2023
- Why Startup M&A in 2024 Will Rebound Dec 20
- The Impact of Anti-trust on M&A in Startupland Oct 31
- What Loom & Klaviyo Indicate about Exit Valuations Oct 15
- Cisco & Splunk Continue the Trend of SaaS Take Privates Sep 21
- How Will a Venture Capital Recovery Feel? Observations from 2008 Aug 07
- What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS Jul 31
- How Markets Value Software Companies in 2023 Jul 05
- High-Flying SaaS Startups' Surge Won't Change the Valuations in Ventureland May 22
- The Implications of Increased Regulatory Scrutiny for Startup Acquisitions Feb 26
- The Most Acquisitive Acquihirers in Software Jan 16
- The Startup M&A Market Fell 94% Year over Year - But One Segment Thrives Jan 05
2022
- What the $6B Coupa Acquisition Means for Software Startups Dec 12
- How Low Could Valuations Go? Oct 13
- Figma's 50x ARR Multiple & What it Means for Startup Fundraising Sep 15
- Growth is No Longer the Best Predictor of a Software Company's Value Aug 10
- Do PE Acquisitions of Public Startups Imply We've Hit a Pricing Bottom? Aug 08
- PE in VC in 22 Jul 19
- 10 Lessons Learned after $5B of M&A Feb 17
2021
- The Velocity of Money in Startupland Jul 30
- The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 3-5 Years Jun 06
- The Missing Insight Around Software Multiples for Valuing Companies Jan 11
2020
2019
- The State of the Startup IPO Market Sep 30
- The SaaS Correction of Late 2019 Sep 16
- Private Equity as an Exit Option for SaaS Startups Jul 16
- Setting the Salesforce/Tableau Acquisition in Context Jun 11
- What a Valuation Implies About a Business May 06
- Viewing Valuation as a Discount of Future Value Apr 04
2018
- Just Where Are SaaS Companies Priced After the 2018 Correction? Dec 26
- SAP Buys Qualtrics; 2018 Catapulted to $65B in $1B+ M&A Volume Nov 11
- Red Hat's Acquisition - A Triumph of Open Source Oct 28
- Three Observations About the Adobe/Marketo Acquisition Sep 24
- Does Winner Take Most in SaaS? Jul 08
- The Blockbuster Software M&A Market of 2018 Jun 12
- Seven Strategic Rationales for the Microsoft/Github Acquisition Jun 10
- The 5 Forces Driving Startup Valuations Today Jun 03
- The Salesforce/Mulesoft Acquisition is a Bellwether for the 2018 M&A Market Mar 20
- Where are We in the SaaS Valuation Cycle? Mar 18
2017
- The Latent Purchasing Power in the SaaS Acquisition Market Nov 08
- Patterns in Startup M&A Processes Jul 07
- Why Amazon's Acquisition of Whole Foods Matters for Startupland Jun 19
- The Bustling IPO Market of 2017 May 05
- A Tale of Two Go To Market Strategies Apr 24
- When Should You Sell Your Startup? Mar 23
- The Narrowing of SaaS Valuations Mar 01
- The Biggest M&A Multiple in Software History Jan 24
2016
- What is Your SaaS Startup Worth in an Acquisition? Dec 07
- How Big is a Typical Software Company Acquisition? Oct 17
- The Quirky M&A Environment for SaaS Companies in 2016 Jul 29
- How Healthy is the SaaS IPO Market? Jul 01
- The Impact to Startups of the LinkedIn Acquisition Jun 13
- The Beginning of Consolidation in SaaS Jun 02
2015
- The Biggest Buyers of Software Companies in 2016 Nov 30
- 2015 Software Startup IPOs and M&A - What Does the Data Imply for 2016? Nov 09
- At Some Point, You Have to Move Out of Your Parent's Basement Jul 15
- The Most Successful SaaS Sectors Jul 08
- Trends In Startup Acquisition Market in 2015 Jun 30
- The Early Winners in the Consumer Hardware Wave Jun 18
- The Health of the SaaS IPO Market May 28
- Should You Take Cash or Stock to Sell Your Startup? May 27
- What an Acquisition of Salesforce Means for Startups Apr 30
- How Many Unicorns Sell Each Year? Apr 14
- Are SaaS Startups Today Worth More than Ten Years Ago? Apr 05
- Trends in the Startup Acquihire Market Mar 05
2014
- The Concur Acquisition in Context: A SaaS MegaExit Dec 14
- Benchmarking Box's Updated S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up Dec 11
- The Acquisition Environment for Startups in 2015 Dec 10
- Benchmarking New Relic's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up Nov 17
- The Four Key Trends of the Startup Acquisition Market Oct 14
- Benchmarking Zendesk's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up Sep 03
- Benchmarking Hubspot's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up Aug 27
- The Impact of a Startup's Location on its Acquisition Potential Aug 25
- Are Tech IPOs Dying? Aug 15
- How Much is Your Business Worth? Jul 24
- Trends in the Startup Acquisition Market Jul 10
- Why There's Never Been a Better Time to Found a SaaS Startup Mar 11
- Which Acquirer Pays the Most for Startups? Feb 26
- Three Important Trends in the Startup Exit Market Jan 20
- The Average Value of a Tech Company is Decreasing Jan 16
- How Healthy is the Public Technology Market? Jan 06
2013
- How Much Does It Cost to Take Your Startup Public? Dec 10
- The Typical Billion Dollar Startup Acquisition Dec 09
- How Much Cash Does Your Startup Need To Go Public? Nov 18
- The Single Biggest Determinant of Startup Valuations at IPO Nov 05
- The Relationship Between Margins and Acquisition Prices Feb 26