Volset: Value PE firms max out at 3.5x ARR for SaaS platforms
Einar Volset · Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works · Jun 10, 2020 · at 58:41
Einar Volset, partner at TinySeed and founder of Discretion Capital, discusses SaaS buyout valuation multiples with Nathan Latka.
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“The highest bid I've ever seen from any of them is like, at least for those type of operations is like three, three and a half times revenue.”
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