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Figma: “We’d Been Talking to Adobe Since 2012”

SaaStr

CNBC had a good write-up of how the Figma acquisition got done. One of the many things that stuck out to me was just how long the $20B acquisition was in the making. A decade: Adobe first reaches out after launch in 2012. You never know where it could go. And if often takes a long time to go somewhere really great.

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Power Laws: A Look Back To Where 20 SaaS Break-Out Companies from 2012 Are Today

SaaStr

The second SaaStr post ever, way back in late 2012, was “ Everybody Lies: SaaS Revenues in the Inc. Very fast-growing companies had great exits, but the “fairly fast ones” had even bigger exits than the very fastest-growing in the class of 2012! Where it Went: $1B acquisition by Vista in 2019. generation.

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Setting the Salesforce/Tableau Acquisition in Context

Tom Tunguz

Let’s put this acquisition in context. First, it’s the third business intelligence related acquisition in the past month. Google announced the Looker acquisition last week. in acquisitions suggests that 2019 will be similarly active as 2018, which saw $66B of acquisitions. in revenue, growing at 29%.

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The Salesforce/Mulesoft Acquisition is a Bellwether for the 2018 M&A Market

Tom Tunguz

Year of Acquisition. If we compare this acquisition on other dimensions, we see that Mulesoft is the second fastest growing at the time of acquisition, next to SuccessFactors in 2011. In the first three months of 2018, we’ve witnessed two multibillion dollar software acquisitions. Gross Margin. Enterprise Value.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Best Sales Opportunity You (Probably) Haven’t Thought About

Sales Hacker

If you know what to look for, acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures can represent that unique opportunity to make the sale of a lifetime. Why Mergers and Acquisitions Offer a Great Opportunity. The 3 Keys to Taking Advantage of Mergers and Acquisitions. Capitalized acquisition funds. Well, good news — there is.

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How SaaStr Built the World’s Largest Community for Business Software with Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

When put front and center, a community can be a great acquisition channel, product feedback mechanism, brand differentiator, retention lever, and growth moat. In a world where traditional marketing is losing its edge and products are struggling to stand out, a thriving community is your biggest asset.

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Trends in the Startup Acquisition Market

Tom Tunguz

See an updated version of this post: Trends in the Startup Acquisition Market in 2015. I was curious how the strength of the IPO market has impacted the acquisition market. In particular, how the number and value of startup acquisitions has changed, and more specifically, whether there are any trends in the sizes of acquisitions.