Can someone explain why this is happening? Thanks! Personally having used squarespace I'm not a fan of their product, but that's beside the point!
PE realises you can fire most of the team and stop R&D, jack up prices by 50-100% due to lock in, and have something low risk that returns like four times bonds.
Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira
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#12It is interesting how most M&A transactions trend to have a 30% premium above the trading price. I have tried to investigate why but could not find a good explanation to why this number is so prevalent.
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#13It is interesting how most M&A transactions trend to have a 30% premium above the trading price. I have tried to investigate why but could not find a good explanation to why this number is so prevalent.
In many transactions, being like all the other ones is the way to go.
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#14For users, on the other hand, I'll hardly trust a PE firm with a SaaS product. There's just too much incentive to jack up prices to service the debt taken to acquire Squarespace, and cut costs on customer support and building new features.
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#15how odd, all my google domains just transferred to squarespace today. now thru no consent of my own all my domain and payment information are belong to this private equity shop i dont know anything about that is also likely to strip it for parts. idk how to feel about that
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
PE realises you can fire most of the team and stop R&D, jack up prices by 50-100% due to lock in, and have something low risk that returns like four times bonds.
What R&D was Squarespace doing over the last 10 years?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
PE realises you can fire most of the team and stop R&D, jack up prices by 50-100% due to lock in, and have something low risk that returns like four times bonds.
What R&D was Squarespace doing over the last 10 years?
“How do I push this user metric” “How do we increase conversion” “How can we increase conversion for our customers” “Can square space be easier to use”
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#18It is interesting how most M&A transactions trend to have a 30% premium above the trading price. I have tried to investigate why but could not find a good explanation to why this number is so prevalent.
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#19It is interesting how most M&A transactions trend to have a 30% premium above the trading price. I have tried to investigate why but could not find a good explanation to why this number is so prevalent.
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#20It is interesting how most M&A transactions trend to have a 30% premium above the trading price. I have tried to investigate why but could not find a good explanation to why this number is so prevalent.