SaaS Valuations and The Rule of 40

A primer on SaaS valuations and the Rule of 40. How investors and buyers look at your revenue growth rate and EBITDA or profitability to determine valuation. Private equity and strategic buyers use this metric to make investment decisions often.

Solganick & Co. advises Viridian Sciences in its sale to Akerna

Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN) (“Akerna” or the “Company”), an enterprise software company, leading compliance technology provider, and developer of the cannabis industry’s first seed-to-sale enterprise resource planning (ERP) software technology (MJ Platform®), announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Viridian Sciences, a cannabis business management software system built on SAP Business One. This announcement comes on the heels of Akerna’s MJ Platform, achieving SAP® certification as integrated with SAP NetWeaver®, last month.

Solganick & Co. issues its latest Software M&A Update for Q3 2020

Solganick & Co. Software M&A Update Q3 2020 November 30, 2020 – Solganick & Co. has issued its latest software M&A update for Q3 2020. The report highlights current trends and transactions within the software sector. You can download the complete report here: Solganick & Co. – Software M&A Update Q3 2020   As of […]

Solganick & Co. Named A Top Software M&A Advisor by Axial

June 1, 2020 – Solganick & Co. was named a top lower middle market software M&A advisor by Axial.  Solganick was ranked number 2 for sell-side software investment bankers on Axial’s latest ranking. See the full article by Axial here: https://www.axial.net/forum/the-top-50-lower-middle-market-software-firms/#The_Axial_Top_50_Software_Members Software entrepreneurs have a plethora of options in the lower middle market capital arena, […]

Application Software M&A: 2019 Recap and 2020 Forecast

January 8, 2020 – Solganick & Co. is active in Application Software M&A and provides investment banking advisory services to buyers and sellers in the sector. The following summarizes the key trends facing 2020 as well as a recap of 2019. According to 451 Research’s M&A KnowledgeBase, acquirers in 2019 bought a record 1,296 application […]

Solganick & Co. – Software M&A Update Q1 2019

May 2, 2019 – Solganick & Co. has issued its latest software Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) update for Q1 2019. The following summarizes the report: The M&A value for software in Q1, 2019 was $73.75 bn and the number of deals closed was 552. Software accounted for 43% of the total M&A transactions in Q1 […]