James Crennan
General Partner, Xenon Partners. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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James Crennan is a General Partner at Xenon Partners, an early micro-private equity firm specializing in B2B SaaS acquisitions. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the no-code platform Adalo.
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Everything James Crennan said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Crennan: Many Solid Software Businesses Fail Under VC Growth Expectations
“We talk to these founders who have built this business that is in all senses, a great business. But when you overlay the venture capital trajectory that needs to happen for businesses to be doing actually great by the label of great in the modern world, then t…”
Xenon's first transaction acquired a side project from Intercom's founder
“So the first transaction that we actually did was working with the founder of intercom to remove his main distraction.”
Crennan: Xenon buys blemished software companies that other acquirers avoid
“Will, we often deal with these companies that, that have this, these marks on their name that I think a lot of others would look at and just say, you know, this, these are smells that we don't want to be involved with. We're very much not like that, and I gues…”
Crennan predicted in April 2022 that tech valuations would contract
“And so I think over the next 12 months or 20, 22, I think we're going to see some really bubbly valuations that we've had start to contract down again.”
Crennan: Xenon Partners has completed 49 founder transactions since 2010
“So we've done 49. Transactions with founders since 2010.”
Crennan: Xenon acquired Scripted without recurring revenue to convert it to SaaS
“There are instances where we've actually done transactions a little bit outside these criteria. So one example would be scripted where it didn't actually have a recurring revenue subscription business, but we immediately saw that the one could be implemented. …”
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 ACQUISITION STORIESLEDGER | General Partner, Xenon Partners | 1 | 6 | 100% 1/1 | full record on Startup Acquisition Stories → |