Community Exits

Promotion and community layer for crowdfunding launches: crowdrush.co gave campaigns extra exposure and handed its members bonus perks. Sold through the Transferslot marketplace; price undisclosed.

A "Product Hunt for no-code" community and launch platform for no-code makers, built by Joe Brown; acquired (price undisclosed).

A leadership community pairing a 400,000-member LinkedIn group with a congruent 20,000-subscriber newsletter; sold by its founder at a six-figure price point.

Membership website packaging table tennis video tutorials behind a subscription, built into a five-figure recurring revenue stream over eight years. Sold quickly by its owner, who prioritised speed and ease of transaction over maximising the price.

Build-in-public site and community documenting the making of independent SaaS businesses. Marked as sold on its maker's public project ledger.

A life-goal sharing site built in Django as a solo side project by Scot Hacker around 2010. After maintaining it himself for a couple of years he sold it to a group of private investors who kept it running; the price was never disclosed.

Community website and news hub for the Upstate New York software industry. Sold before it officially launched.

Invite-only Slack community of roughly 500 vetted B2B sales and go-to-market professionals in Spain, grown out of a WhatsApp group with zero paid marketing. Nova Talent acquired it in 2026 in its first acquisition; terms were not disclosed.

Community platform for no-code founders with 34,000 members, generating around $10k/month before being acquired, with founder Joshua Tiernan staying on to run it.

Social space apps for iOS and Android that allow cocktail enthusiasts to explore and share recipes. Sold on the Microns marketplace for $8,000 on $2,709 annual revenue.

A paid global community for bootstrapped startup founders (Slack group, in-person meetups, memberships). Founder Anthony Castrio sold it to Ramen Club (Charlie Ward) in April 2024 for roughly 1x annual revenue, a five-figure deal.

One of the oldest discussion forums for domain-name investors, running since 2001. Domain Summit organiser Helmuts Meskonis acquired it from Ryan De Corsie Ewen in April 2023 for a reported five-figure GBP sum.

Virtual body-confidence conference and 20,000-member online community; founders Emily Ward and Jess Hunichen sold it to Trafilea for six figures in March 2023.

Online community platform where members mapped professional and personal milestones. Raised $1.5M but distressed asset-sale to Teal in June 2023 when runway ran out; had ~200 paid subscribers at $10/mo.

A digital course and membership community teaching small businesses how to launch, manage and grow a podcast. Founder Hailey Ellis-Kelley exited for $30k in 2023.

Freelance-writer community and newsletter with 3,000+ paid subscribers; acquired by freelancer-payments platform OutVoice in 2023 for six figures.

Toronto-based gender-equity community and events business founded in 1994; owners Stephania Varalli and Alicia Skalin sold it to Dr. Rumeet Billan in a six-figure deal in December 2022.

Training course and community teaching service-business owners how to turn custom client work into a repeatable productized service. Brian Casel sold the Productize brand in 2022 alongside his other businesses.

Makerlog was a public to-do list and progress-tracking app that helped indie makers log and share their daily work; original founder Sergio sold it to developer Josh Manders in April 2022 for an undisclosed amount.

Reddit community for SaaS growth hacking. Sold on the Microns marketplace for $2,000 on $120 annual revenue.