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Inflectra would consider strategic acquisition offers between $50 million and $100 million

Adam Sandman · He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team · Jun 28, 2022 · at 12:38

Adam Sandman, founder and CEO of Inflectra, discusses the valuation and partner profile required to make an acquisition worth pursuing.

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“I think at this point, probably 50 to a hundred million, something that, you know, we'd, we'd want to be the point where this was going to be, they're going to help take us to the next level as a company that we can't do ourselves.”

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