Curated growth-marketing email newsletter launched in 2017 on a documented $99 total startup budget. Founder Miles Burke sold it at the start of 2018, less than 13 months in, for a little more than a 1,600% return on that outlay; the dollar figure was not disclosed.
This database tracks 68 Newsletter exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $5,500. 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.
From founding to sale took 1.1 years. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more Newsletter exits.