Growth stake in a consulting firm for SME security assessments.
Software base with source code, app prototype and documentation.
App prototype with source code for club management, scheduling and communication.
Shift planning software with licence model, existing clients and documented source code.
Growing SaaS platform for construction administration seeking capital and sales access.
Existing appointment booking app for practices and studios with codebase, user logic and first paying customers.
Established IT provider with maintenance contracts, SME customers and recurring service revenue.
Stake in an established B2B software provider with existing clients, project pipeline and growth potential.
A useful first comparison of an IT or software business should connect the asking price with operating evidence, contractual rights and a workable transfer. Key-developer dependency, weak documentation, insecure systems and customer contracts that can terminate on a control change may destroy expected recurring value.
Examine annual recurring revenue, churn, contracted support, utilisation, gross margin, hosting cost, customer concentration and development work needed to maintain the product.
Review repositories, contributor agreements, open-source obligations, licences, hosting, backups, incidents, privacy controls, technical debt and administrator access.
Sequence repositories, cloud accounts, credentials, monitoring, support queues, release plans and key-person knowledge, with tested access before completion.
Keep the search broad enough to find adjacent opportunities, then compare the same evidence across each listing. Continue with Software company or Retail & e-commerce, or return to all companies for sale.
Examine annual recurring revenue, churn, contracted support, utilisation, gross margin, hosting cost, customer concentration and development work needed to maintain the product.
Review repositories, contributor agreements, open-source obligations, licences, hosting, backups, incidents, privacy controls, technical debt and administrator access.
Key-developer dependency, weak documentation, insecure systems and customer contracts that can terminate on a control change may destroy expected recurring value.
Sequence repositories, cloud accounts, credentials, monitoring, support queues, release plans and key-person knowledge, with tested access before completion.
