Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

SEG’s 2023 Annual SaaS Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the public SaaS market’s performance and M&A activity in the software industry. Our report provides context for private companies to better understand factors influencing their valuations and evaluate how they can position themselves within a changing marketplace.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This sector is the most different in terms of valuation and technical analysis because of nuances around licensing, player salaries, and different revenue streams. Be prepared to discuss a recent sports deal (ideally involving a team or league) and have a rough idea of the trends, drivers, and valuation differences (see below).

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

Uplift had raised nearly $700 million in equity and debt, securing $123 million at a reported $195 million valuation in its Series C round alone. Klarna , once Europe’s most valuable VC-backed company, suffered an 85% valuation cut, from $45.6 Upgrade arguably got Uplift for a song. billion to just $6.7

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The difference pays off in higher valuations: Companies that can retain and grow within their customer bases, particularly in the face of a recession, are rewarded with higher multiples. These factors make high-NRR companies attractive to investors and buyers, often resulting in higher valuation multiples. EV/TTM revenue multiple.

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Wizenius

APRIL 8, 2023

The discounting factor would be typically more compared to the one used in publicly traded firms. This discounting factor is targeted rate of return of the VC investor and is set high enough to capture the foreseen/perceived risk of operating the business and chances of its survival.

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Solganick & Co.

JUNE 2, 2024

It covers the latest M&A transactions, provides a data analytics market map, updates on industry size and growth data, and publicly traded companies and valuations in the sector. has advised on the sale of 6 data analytics software and services firms. June 2, 2024 – Solganick & Co. Solganick & Co. until 2030.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

What is Valuation? Valuation can be simply defined as the process of assigning an estimated dollar amount or range to the worth of an item, good, or service. During preliminary due diligence, the view of valuation is often heavily contingent on the financial information provided by the seller.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

Publicly-traded companies must prepare financial statements like P&L statements and file the same with the U.S. It also demonstrates the company’s ability to increase sales and profits by controlling its debts and costs. One can calculate the company’s overall profit by utilizing its sales and deducting its expenses.

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Solganick & Co.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Buyers continue to seek companies with a strong relationship with their partners, often placing a premium valuation for investment opportunities involving a differentiated service offering and profile. One of them was AWS Premier Partner, Nextira (formally Six Nines IT), in its sale to Accenture.

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Viking Mergers & Acquisitions

APRIL 17, 2023

He worked with large publicly traded engineering and technology companies, small privately owned businesses, and several government entities. In addition, Jimmy worked closely with clients to streamline workflows, boost sales volume through channel development, and increase revenue while reducing operating costs.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned. Companies that can demonstrate strong ESG programs are more likely to command greater valuations when it comes to a sale.

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Sun Acquisitions

JULY 21, 2023

It involves analyzing market trends, customer behavior, sales and marketing strategies, and potential growth and expansion. Valuation and Pricing: Due diligence plays a critical role in determining a target company’s value and appropriate pricing.

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A thorough exit strategy planning process will help you understand your options, define your objectives, get the right metrics and documents in order, and identify areas for improvement that could help you attract a buyer and increase your valuation in an M&A exit. Consider the value of an M&A advisor.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

During the transition, I remained the VP of Marketing while a new leadership team, including a CEO, CTO, CFO, and VP of Sales, were brought on board. Many marketing departments work in silos – I encouraged cross-functional collaboration with sales, product development, and customer success.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

Top Product Categories by Deal Volume With 306 deals, Sales and Marketing was the most active category in 2022—and in 2021 and 2020 as well. Strategic buyers are publicly traded or privately owned software companies. Particularly notable is the significant decline in public strategic deals, which fell from 35% to 25% from 2021 to 2022.

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Here are the highlights of the report: Transaction volume and valuation multiples for technology services companies has remained solid during the first quarter of 2024, continuing to exceed pre-pandemic levels in aggregate. Managed Services Providers (MSPs) The managed services provider (MSP) industry saw strong M&A activity in Q1 2024.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Given that a SPAC is an alternative means to going public, a significant portion of the webinar was dedicated to discussing some of the key differences—and similarities—between a SPAC and a traditional IPO. Valuation Certainty. Competition / Variation. Another feature of SPAC 3.0 is the competition among SPACs for potential targets.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

In the Delaware appraisal decisions that have followed, the court has consistently found deal price (minus synergies) to be the most reliable indicator of fair value, so long as there was a sufficiently robust sales process that bore “objective indicia” of reliability. Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V.

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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering. Investment Banks help businesses with valuations, deal negotiations, and more. How do they do this? Let’s understand with an example.

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

To get the best results, you need to go into the process knowing what your goals are for a sale. It’s important to understand the different types of buyers before you begin the sales process so you can have a better foundation for evaluating offers. What are existing shareholders seeking from a sale?

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

billion; Audentes Therapeutics’ sale to Astellas for $3 billion; Ra Pharmaceuticals’ pending sale to UCB for $2.5 billion; and Synthorx’s sale to Sanofi $2.5 billion acquisition of The Medicines Company. Other notable deals that passed the $1 billion mark in 2019 included Vitrolife’s acquisition of Parallabs for £1.9

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 18, 2024

Software Equity Group’s expertise becomes invaluable for those whose exit strategy involves seeking majority investment or strategic sale. The SEG SaaS Index helps users conduct their own research on over 100 publicly traded SaaS companies.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. For example, the sale of Horizon Therapeutics to Amgen for approximately $28 billion was the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Midsize pharmaceutical buyers pursuing opportunistic acquisition strategies, with robust capital markets and high valuations having limited the pool of attractive assets available in recent years. These players have looked further afield to add new capabilities and pipeline assets. DeSPAC transactions also hit an all?

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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