At age 21, Victor Nihoul and Wesley Wasielewski built a cybersecurity app for users of the no-code platform Bubble. Less than 18 months later, Bubble approached with an offer.
Surfer SEO began as a side project. In less than a decade, with little marketing, it grew into a global brand. Its 2025 acquisition indicates a broader market trend.
The founders of simulated car racing community platform Grid Finder were surprised when one of their investors, a real-world motorsports club, proposed acquisition.
For 8+years, Clu Connors grew Radius, an insurance CRM, while working in corporate America. After coming to a fork in the road, he left his full-time gig — and it paid off.
When Antoine Paré joined DashThis in 2015, the company was fast growing but chaotic. Buying out the previous CEO and steadying the ship led to a successful sale.
After a decade running their campus safety app, an interested buyer offered these brothers $20 million for their campus safety app. They declined. Here’s what happened next.
