The Principals of Founders Investment Banking recently advised the shareholders of TicketBiscuit in its growth equity investment from Ballast Point Ventures. TicketBiscuit is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides ticketing solutions across multiple verticals. The company’s scalable software enables its clients to ticket events from 10 to 10,000+ people, providing world-class support for both event promoters…
By: Chris Weingartner One of the most common questions we get asked is how to value software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses. Often times these companies are not currently in a phase in their life cycle where they’re generating significant cash flow and can be valued based on traditional multiple (EBITDA, Price/Earnings) methodologies. These companies generally are investing…
By: Wesley Legg Have you ever visited a friend or family member who lives in a city with major traffic congestion? I live in a smaller city and when hunger strikes my wife and I, and there is no desirable food in the pantry, we get in our car and we go out to eat….
The Founders team enjoyed attending John Maxwell Live at the Church of the Highlands Grants Mill Campus earlier this week, where Maxwell shared content from his book, The 5 Levels of Leadership; over 2000 business owners and community leaders were in attendance. Founders was a Level 5 Leader Sponsor of the event, and Duane Donner…
By: Zane Tarence In this edition of the SaaS Market Newsletter, we discuss hiring best practices as our Quarterly Tip. At Founders’ fourth annual SaaS & Internet Summit, one of the mentors, Matt Picciano of Alpine Investors, shared hiring best practices based on research he and his team have compiled. We go over these research…
Founders has advised several consumer-focused companies recently and is in process with and outdoor/household product and food and beverage company. There are many recurring themes within the industry that business owners should take into consideration as they think about growing and expanding their business. Founders’ Consumer Update details the landscape of public consumer companies including…