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With a background in project management, this couple built and sold a portfolio of Jira apps

These life partners lamented boring project management apps, so they built their own. One Jira app turned into six — and a team of 11 contractors — before they decided to sell.

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Cron and Notion’s founders used each other’s products before joining forces in this strategic deal

An investor connected the founder of calendar app Cron with productivity platform Notion, leading to a sale and integration of their complementary products.

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How a small Polish martech startup attracted U.S. buyer Semrush

Polish PR gem Prowly worked hard to catch the attention of the U.S. martech market – and got Semrush to look their way and eventually acquire them.

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The buyer of this SaaS app got a great multiple by offering 7% of future resale value

MicroAngel Fund founder Eyal Toledano had a detailed playbook to triple his investment. Buying Postcode Shipping fit his plan.

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He built a SaaS for Notion in public and sold for $300K

The SaaS business Potion, which builds websites connected to the project management tool Notion, sold for $300K after its founder built the product in public on Twitter.

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Newsletter growth SaaS SparkLoop sold to one of its early partners, ConvertKit

SparkLoop proves that not every acquisition is an exit — and that some deals can be in the making from the very start.

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WordPress theme creator stayed ‘purposefully small’ and sold to WP Engine

Mike McAlister, the founder of Array Themes, rejected acquisition offers until leading WordPress platform WP Engine came calling.

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How this founder built his SaaS integration tool and landed a match with Notion

The deal with the San Francisco-based giant offered Automate.io greater customer impact and gave Notion access to integration tools and Indian tech talent.