By: William Short When working with SaaS business owners, we are often asked which churn metric is most important and what should be considered when evaluating churn. When analyzing the stickiness of a SaaS product, there are various metrics that can be looked at, and it is important that SaaS business operators are aware of…
In this edition of Founder’s Managed IT Services 2022 Year In Review, our team provides keen insights from the marketplace based off of the past year. Overall, despite headwinds facing the broader economy and M&A activity, MSP and IT Services M&A remained strong during 2022. Over 800 M&A transactions closed in the U.S., around 45%…
In volatile markets, investors place more emphasis on profitability. In recent conversations with buyers, this is absolutely the case, as companies on a “path to profitability” are finding it much harder to raise capital. Investor appetite for software and SaaS companies remains high, but companies with consistent and growing EBITDA margins receive special attention. It…
Our Q2 2022 SaaS Market Newsletter includes useful tools for SaaS entrepreneurs and investors, highlighting the most recent quarter in which public company SaaS valuations fell but private company transaction volume remained strong. Our update includes: Understanding Addbacks to Maximize Enterprise Valuation An assessment for SaaS entrepreneurs designed to generate actionable insights to increase enterprise value…
BIRMINGHAM, AL. (May 10, 2022) – Founders Advisors (“Founders”) is pleased to announce that ActiveCampaign, a leader in Customer Experience Automation (CXA), has acquired the Postmark and DMARC Digests products from Wildbit, LLC (“Wildbit”). Founded in 2000 by Chris and Natalie Nagele, Wildbit has been developing innovative software products through a dedicated focus on cultivating…
By: Billy Pritchard & Tate Fowler Once full-year data is officially aggregated and reported, it will be no surprise that 2022 will be viewed as a down year for M&A activity across all industries, with private software transactions declining significantly. During the first three quarters of 2022 756 SaaS M&A transactions closed, a ~17% reduction…