“What’s the service?” You have a SaaS company, they have money, there’s plausibly some price at which you both gain from trade. Historically venture-funded startups and their capital stack have been deeply skeptical of PE acquisitions as an outcome. That may be changing.
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(It is changing at least in part because if you raise a Series B then a $50 million sale is probably a failure case but if you got there on a $1 million seed round then all stakeholders plausibly say “Umm well that certainly achieved most of my objectives for last 5 years.”)
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I'd imagine that Silverlake should be on this list too
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Battery ventures, summit partners, bregal sagemount, AKKR, Accel, TCV, silversmith Capital to name a few more. Though most will want to take control from founders
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At my last startup (A-funded), PE felt like a dirty word. It basically meant we were giving up hope in a big exit, which is probably true. None of us was getting a big payday being acquired by a PE firm. Guess it depends on what your goal is.
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