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What are typical acquisition multiples for indie SaaS projects?

...just curious 👀

James Brooks
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Klaas Foppen
@klaaz0r

3x seems common now, but honestly, it depends soooo much on the niche

don't count yourself rich early

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Dmytro Krasun
@krasun

Also, it depends on who buys.

E.g. your competitor or somebody who acquires your SaaS for strategic reasons might pay much more than somebody who just wants "passive income".

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Interesting. So 3x yearly revenue?

...and how long a period does that revenue need to have been seen to be coming in for?

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