Directory site pairing early-stage startups and SaaS products with early adopters and investors through categorised, filterable listings, monetised via featured placements, ads and affiliate links. Sold on Microns for $1,700.
Priced against revenue rather than profit, Startups & SaaS Directory Platform sold at 3.6× annual revenue, above the 2.4× median across the 239 deals with a disclosed revenue multiple. Revenue multiples run higher than profit multiples because they ignore the cost of running the business, so they are only comparable between businesses with similar margins.
The $1,700 sale price puts it in the bottom quarter of the 547 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $21,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 57 Marketplace exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $19,150. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
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Acquirer renegotiations are common at the finish line. Co-founded by Jake Singer & Jake Schonberger (launched 2021). At $25K MRR / $300K ARR with 4 employees; beehiiv adjusted the original offer downw
Lifetime deal marketplace for SaaS products
Online marketplace for college student artists and makers built while the founder was still an undergraduate at Colby College. Sold to an outside buyer via Acquire.com.