Market Insights

  1. Deferred Revenue

    By: Billy Pritchard What is Deferred Revenue? If a software company offers its customers the ability to prepay on longer-term contracts, Deferred Revenue becomes an important consideration during the transaction process.  Generally, a prepayment from the customer creates a future liability for that company to service the customer over the life or term of the…

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  2. The Highest Offer Doesn’t Always Seal the Deal with Founders

    By: Wesley Legg Cash is king; however, the highest offer doesn’t always seal the deal. This is especially the case when the seller is a founder-based company, i.e., the seller is the founder or an heir of the founder. Most founders, of course, want to maximize value, but that is generally not their sole focus,…

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  3. When Selling a Business, Size Matters

    By: Zane Tarence Companies are generally valued based on their risk adjusted future cash flows. Therefore as cash flows increase (bottom line), the value of the company increases. Normally companies are valued as a multiple of this bottom line, EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). If a company generates $10mm in EBITDA and…

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  4. Founders’ Q1 2022 SaaS Market Update

    Founders’ Q1 2022 SaaS Market Newsletter includes useful tools for SaaS entrepreneurs and investors, highlighting the most recent quarter in which the SaaS industry felt the effects of inflation, a rising interest rate environment, and continued geopolitical uncertainty. Our update includes:  What is deferred revenue and how does it impact an M&A transaction? An assessment for SaaS entrepreneurs designed to…

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  5. Founders Advises Wildbit in its Sale of Postmark and DMARC Digests to ActiveCampaign

    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…

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