Startup Acquisition Stories

Acquire.com

Get the inside look at how startup founders and entrepreneurs used Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) to sell their startup or buy an online business. Learn tips on how to vet sellers/buyers, justify valuations, negotiate terms, handle due diligence, asset transfers, escrow, post-acquisition support, and more!

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May 31, 2022 · 27 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with David Horne & Marty Balkema - Co-founders at Calm Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories with David Horne and Marty Balkema - Co-founders + Managing Partners at Calm Capital This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Acquire.com Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. David Horne- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnc/ https://twitter.com/_davidhorne_ https://www.calmcapital.com/ Marty Balkema- https://www.linkedin.com/in/martybalkema/ https://twitter.com/MartyBalkema https://www.calmcapital.com/ Andrew Gazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
May 23, 2022 · 15 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Akeel Jabber - Investment Director at Horizen Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories withAkeel Jabber - Investment Director at Horizen Capital This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Acquire.com Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Akeel Jabber https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber https://www.linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar/ https://horizencapital.com/ Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com
May 16, 2022 · 27 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Greg Lazarus - Managing Director at Polychrome Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories with Greg Lazarus - Managing Director at Polychrome Capital This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Acquire.com Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Greg Lazarus https://twitter.com/greglaz5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/greglazarus/ https://www.polychromecapital.com/ Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com
May 9, 2022 · 14 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kieran Parker - Founder of Heeed
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kieran Parker - Founder of Heeed Kieran found the right buyer for his company Simple Kits through Acquire.com. Hear him share his experience of selling a company on Acquire.com. Kieran Parker https://twitter.com/_kprkr https://simplekits.co/ (Got Acquire'd) Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com
May 2, 2022 · 25 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software
Startup Acquisition Stories with Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Acquire.com Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Conor Chamness https://www.linkedin.com/in/conor-chamness-3b7babb4/ https://www.dura.software/ Andrew Gazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
Apr 25, 2022 · 17 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Frank Kosarek - Head Of Sourcing at OpenStore
Startup Acquisition Stories with Frank Kosarek - Head Of Sourcing at OpenStore This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Frank Kosarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-kosarek-496929b0/ https://twitter.com/KosarekFrank https://open.store/ Andrew Gazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
Apr 19, 2022 · 15 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Dirk Sahlmer - M&A Manager at saas.group
Startup Acquisition Stories withDirk Sahlmer - M&A Manager at saas.group This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Dirk Sahlmer- https://saas.group/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirksahlmer/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
Apr 11, 2022 · 34 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Rick Garcia - Founder and COO of G12 Communications
Startup Acquisition Stories with Rick Garcia - Founder and COO of G12 Communications Rick Garcia (rgarcia@g12com.com) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgarciajr/ https://www.g12com.com/ https://www.engage.co/ (Company Acquire'd) https://monstervoip.com/ (Company Acquire'd) Andrew Gazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com/
Apr 4, 2022 · 27 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with James Crennan - General Partner at Xenon Partners
Startup Acquisition Stories with James Crennan - General Partner at Xenon Partners This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. James Crennan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-crennan-5a26a7114/ https://xenon.io/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com/
Mar 28, 2022 · 26 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage Brian is serial entrepreneur who has founded multiples SaaS startups and have sold five of his businesses in the span of 8 months. With most of them, Brian found the right buyer on MicroAcquire. He's now focused on his main SaaS startup called ZipMessage. Brian Casel https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancasel/ https://twitter.com/CasJam https://briancasel.com/ Andrew Gazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com/
Mar 21, 2022 · 55 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kevin McArdle - CEO of SureSwift Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kevin McArdle - CEO of SureSwift Capital This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale on Acquire.com. Kevin McArdle- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcardle-6bbb296/ https://twitter.com/kevin_mcardle https://www.sureswiftcapital.com Andrew Gazdecki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
Mar 14, 2022 · 29 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Sujan Patel - Managing Director at Ramp Ventures
Startup Acquisition Stories with Sujan Patel - Managing Director at Ramp Ventures This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale. Sujan Patel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujanpatel/ https://twitter.com/sujanpatel https://sujanpatel.com/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://acquire.com
Feb 7, 2022 · 14 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Orkhan Hajiyev - Co-founder of Uvodo
Startup Acquisition Stories with Orkhan Hajiyev - Co-founder of Uvodo Orkhan and his co-founders started a company called Nextsale in 2018. Recently, they were Acquire'd for seven figures. These serial entrepreneurs are already on their new project - Uvodo (learn more below). Listen as Orkhan goes behind the scenes to share his experience listing on Acquire.com. Orkhan Hajiyev- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hajiyev-orkhan/ https://twitter.com/orkhanhelp https://nextsale.io (Got Acquire'd) https://uvodo.com/ (New company) orkhan@uvodo.com Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com ================ Uvodo Orkhan's new project is called Uvodo - a modern eCommerce suite for tech-savvy entrepreneurs. They are raising a Pre-Seed round with a $3M pre-money valuation and are looking for a $300k ($100k booked) smart money. They are going to be in competition with big e-commerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and others. They've built the project with the same team and already sold $800 USD within 6 days. Business model: They are selling it for a one-time fee now and going to do a SaaS with internal features in the upcoming months. In other words: selling e-cigarette devices now to sell cigarettes later regularly.
Jan 14, 2022 · 27 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch - Founder of Simple.ink
Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch - Founder of Simple.ink Daniel is a 24 year old entrepreneur with a rich background of founding, building, and growing startups. He recently acquired Emojics.com for five figures on Acquire.com. Listen as he goes behind the scenes to share his experience. Daniel Ch- https://twitter.com/chddaniel https://Simple.ink (Founder) https://www.emojics.com (Company Acquire'd) Andrew Gazdecki- https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/
Dec 6, 2021 · 24 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Aaron Stone (Founder) & Zach Hendershot (Managing Partner) from Crux Digital
Startup Acquisition Stories with Aaron Stone (Founder) & Zach Hendershot (Managing Partner) from Crux Digital. They Acquire'd Toybox on Acquire.com. Listen as they go behind the scenes to share their process. Crux Digital is a digital product agency focused on building customer driven web and mobile applications that are mission critical. Toybox is the fastest way to inspect, collaborate, and manage visual feedback on any web application. Aaron Stone https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronastone/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/cruxdigital https://twitter.com/toyboxsystems Zach Hendershot https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhendershot/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/cruxdigital https://twitter.com/toyboxsystems Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/
Nov 16, 2021 · 26 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Homann Co-founder of Workshop
Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Homann Co-founder of Workshop Derek Homann: https://twitter.com/dhomann https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhomann/ https://www.hellomedian.com/ (Got Acquire'd) https://useworkshop.com/ (new company) Andrew Gazdecki: https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/
Nov 16, 2021 · 13 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Trevor Hatfield GP at Inturact Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories with Trevor Hatfield GP at Inturact Capital. Trevor Hatfield: https://twitter.com/trevorhatfield https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhatfield https://capital.inturact.com/ Andrew Gazdecki: https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com
Nov 15, 2021 · 14 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Roman Lytvynenko Founder of Pur Ninja
Startup Acquisition Stories with Roman Lytvynenko Founder of Pur Ninja. Roman Lytvynenko: https://twitter.com/romalyt https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-lytvynenko-00523b103 https://pur.ninja/en Andrew Gazdecki: https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com
Nov 15, 2021 · 20 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Jakaitis Founder of Chatkick
Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Jakaitis Founder of Chatkick. Daniel Jakaitis: https://twitter.com/DanJakaitis https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-j-b7037747 https://chatkick.com/ (parent company) https://trinsly.com/ (company Acquire'd) Andrew Gazdecki: https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/
Nov 15, 2021 · 29 min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Landon Bennett Founder of Userfeed
Startup Acquisition Stories with Landon Bennett Founder of Userfeed. Landon Bennett: https://twitter.com/LandonB32 https://www.linkedin.com/in/landon-bennett-02285620 https://www.userfeed.io/ (Got Acquire'd) Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/