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wantsanagent wrote: post #2

6 figures seems like a low ARR multiple, but maybe my perspective is skewed from very large acquisitions. What is a common multiple at this size?

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Post by ezekg » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

wantsanagent wrote: post #2

6 figures seems like a low ARR multiple, but maybe my perspective is skewed from very large acquisitions. What is a common multiple at this size?

For small acquisitions like that, I've seen rough multiples of 4–8x ARR.

So 6 figures makes sense for $5k MRR.

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Post by pfoof » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:15 PM UTC

Can you tell some more details? What was this API, how long did it take, what tech did you use, how much experience do you have?

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Post by raptor556 » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

mddanishyusuf wrote: post #4

newobj wrote: post #3

How/where did you sell your projects?

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How did buyers perform due diligence?

I have surface level experience in the private equity industry and was surprised that there seems to be very, very little due diligence performed on sales through microacquire, so I'm building a due diligence platform for buyers and sellers doing those sorts of deals.

I'm curious about how your buyers performed due diligence.

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Post by verdverm » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

Now that it has been acquired, is the purchaser planning to continue building it?

Did you have to enter a support agreement given you were a solo founder?

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Post by mddanishyusuf » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

verdverm wrote: post #9

Now that it has been acquired, is the purchaser planning to continue building it? Did you have to enter a support agreement given you were a solo founder?

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