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Market Stats

Aggregated from 423 documented exits. Updated in real time.

2.8×
Median Profit Multiple
423
Total Exits
$25,441,562
Total Volume
38 months
Avg Time to Exit

Median Profit Multiple by Year

2012
0.0×
1 exits
2013
0.0×
1 exits
2014
0.0×
1 exits
2015
1.3×
2 exits
2016
0.0×
1 exits
2017
20.0×
3 exits
2018
2.8×
4 exits
2019
0.0×
5 exits
2020
2.6×
11 exits
2021
2.0×
33 exits
2022
3.0×
56 exits
2023
2.8×
85 exits
2024
2.7×
49 exits
2025
1.2×
48 exits
2026
0.0×
16 exits

Exits by Category

SaaS
150 (35%)
AI/ML
68 (16%)
Developer Tools
34 (8%)
Newsletter
32 (8%)
Other
31 (7%)
Content/Media
28 (7%)

Exits by Platform

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