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The historical archive was researched September 14, 2026. The launch research collection was reviewed September 15. Every record carries its own source receipt. Undisclosed dates and amounts remain unknown; seller and marketplace statements are not independently audited financial records.
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- Acquire.com · Acquisition multiples report — January 2026 ↗Updated September 1, 2026. Selected confirmed SaaS transactions, predominantly below $10m EV; anonymized customer-supplied financials. Not a new-business valuation guarantee. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns · Recently sold micro-businesses ↗Reported exits. Closing dates and most buyer identities are not disclosed; homepage and detail-page metric labels sometimes conflict. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / seller · N8N Chat Widget Builder listing ↗Reported exit comes from sold homepage. Detail contains one-time licenses and prepaid credits; do not treat its ARR label as clean recurring revenue. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / seller · AI Math Helper iOS listing ↗Revenue labels conflict with narrative total Apple proceeds. Downloads are not paying customers. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / seller · Shopify home-decor visualization listing ↗Different revenue figures use unaligned periods. No defensible normalized financial multiple. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / founder · Picyard founder exit interview ↗Publication date is not the closing date. Lifetime-deal narrative conflicts with ARR label. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / founder · ColdDM founder exit interview ↗Historical case; launch in 2022. Four days on market is not four days from idea. Extra freelance income was separate. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns · eSign micro-app acquisition ↗Title reports $50k; body gives 70 paying customers, TTM revenue and 30-day sale process. Exact close date not supplied. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns / buyer · First Shopify AI acquisition for €2,300 ↗Buyer reports February 2026 purchase. $90/month revenue and nine paying customers describe AFTER purchase, not acquisition-date economics. EUR is not converted. Checked 2026-09-14.
- No-Code Exits · Promptmonitor exit account ↗Secondary account; no purchase agreement or independent financial verification. Earlier $500 MRR plateau was not MRR at exit. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Flippa · Digital M&A market report — Q2 2026 ↗Broker-reported closed Q2 cases, often anonymized. Selected successes, not a representative return distribution; exact closing days undisclosed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- They Got Acquired / founder · Visual Quiz Builder acquired by Alleyway Capital ↗Historical 2022 transaction. Reported $1m; founder interview, not disclosed purchase agreement. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Semrush / SEC · Semrush FY2025 acquisitions note ↗Filed figures are in USD thousands; values here converted to dollars. Brand24 is the initial 58% stake, not a 100% business sale. Checked 2026-09-14.
- HubSpot / SEC · HubSpot FY2025 Form 10-K — acquisitions ↗Net-of-acquired-cash prices. Post-combination employment compensation is separate from purchase consideration. Target revenue not disclosed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- HubSpot · HubSpot Q3 2025 filing — acquisition details ↗Frame and Dashworks purchase prices; XFunnel preliminary agreement differs from final acquisition accounting. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Flippa · Educational SaaS sold for $8.5m ↗Article update date only; exact close date not supplied. Five years of building; two weeks to offer is not two weeks to build or close. Checked 2026-09-14.
- F5 / SEC · F5 June 2026 Form 10-Q — acquisitions ↗SurePath and Calypso closed transaction amounts. Do not substitute the earlier Calypso $180m announcement for the $145.2m filed cash acquisition amount. Checked 2026-09-14.
- F5 · F5 announced acquisition of CalypsoAI ↗Original $180m headline; use later filing for closed cash figure. Source also describes technology, customers and seven-year company history. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Wix · Wix acquisition of Base44 ↗Approximately $80m initial consideration includes roughly $25m retention bonuses; additional performance earnouts through 2029. Not solo founder take-home. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Dropbox · Dropbox acquisition of FormSwift ↗Historical. $95m announcement subject to adjustments; closed December 15, 2022. Not target ARR. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Dropbox / SEC · Dropbox FY2022 earnings transaction terms ↗Reports $25.7m of the $95m subject to ongoing service; headline cash is not all unrestricted seller proceeds. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Rokt via PR Newswire · Rokt / AfterSell announcement ↗At-time combined SMB portfolio exceeds 20,000; do not attribute the combined count solely to AfterSell. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Rokt · Rokt company acquisition history ↗Confirms February 2024 acquisition, cash and equity, undisclosed valuation. Current brand count is not at-sale count. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Awesome Motive · Awesome Motive acquisition of Thrive Themes ↗Historical strategic portfolio comp; price undisclosed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Acquire.com / seller · PageCrafter: seven-day sale with no earnout ↗Price undisclosed. Sale-process example, not evidence of a seven-day-old company. Checked 2026-09-14.
- WordPress.org / users · YITH Request a Quote: listing and reviews ↗10,000+ active installations, mixed reviews including 2026 reports. Complaints are individual accounts, not independently reproduced defects. Checked 2026-09-14.
- QuotWay · Existing Shopify quoting product and pricing ↗Vendor already offers negotiation, approvals and draft orders. Evidence against building a generic quote app; not proof of any acquisition intent. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Loopio · Loopio proposal-software pricing ↗Pricing begins at $20,000/year; category willingness-to-pay signal, not proof that MSP customers will buy a new lightweight product. Checked 2026-09-14.
- CompanyCam · CompanyCam plans explained ↗Paid field-work documentation category. Product-specific demand for a new app remains unvalidated. Checked 2026-09-14.
- n8n · n8n license use-case guidance ↗Client-owned instances, hosting client credentials, and embedding have different licensing needs. Confirm the proposed architecture with vendor. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Maple Media · Maple Media acquisition criteria ↗Six months or more store history with stable users/revenue. Historical activity is not an offer for a new app. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Microns · Microns seller eligibility ↗Minimum five months age and paying customers. A newly created company cannot meet this within 90 days. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Acquire.com · Acquire pre-revenue listing eligibility ↗Functional differentiated transferable SaaS/AI selectively accepted; successful pre-revenue asks often below $25k. Acceptance not guaranteed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Flippa · Flippa listing sale pricing ↗Starter/new/non-revenue asset category capped at $9,999 ask/reserve under this policy. Do not apply to all profitable listings. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Apple · Apple App Store Review Guidelines ↗Original utility, no copycat or spam reskins; review remains a dependency. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Apple · Apple app transfer criteria ↗App/account eligibility and service-specific transfer work must be checked. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Google Chrome · Chrome Web Store policy ↗Limited Use and acquisition-related user data consent; no hidden browsing-data monetization. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Google Chrome · Chrome Web Store API scope ↗Publisher API, not a public full-market research feed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- WordPress · WordPress.org API ↗Public metadata. Install counts do not reveal paid revenue. Checked 2026-09-14.
- Apple · iTunes software search API ↗Archived official metadata documentation; no competitor revenue feed. Checked 2026-09-14.
- BizBuySell · BizBuySell Q2 2026 Insight Report ↗Broker-reported closed transactions and survey results. Main Street, not an AI-company valuation benchmark. Checked 2026-09-15.
- TrustMRR · TrustMRR verification FAQ ↗Vendor describes provider-connected aggregate revenue verification; not a complete acquisition diligence opinion. Checked 2026-09-15.
- They Got Acquired · They Got Acquired resources ↗Existing exit stories, learning resources and advisor matching; competitor positioning observed today. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Axial · Buy-side network ↗Buyer network and transaction-led business model; not a confirmed partner. Checked 2026-09-15.
- DueDilio · Diligence provider marketplace ↗Public service directory; provider quality has not been independently reviewed here. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Google Search Central · Guidance on generative AI content ↗Useful original content is the goal; bulk pages without added value can violate spam policies. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Federal Trade Commission · CAN-SPAM compliance guide ↗US commercial-email rules, including business-to-business messages; obtain legal advice for other jurisdictions. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Intuit · QuickBooks Online Accounting API ↗Standard accounting OAuth scope has broad accounting access; the application must separately constrain its behavior. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Foley Hoag · The M&A broker exemption ↗Law-firm analysis, not individualized advice. Federal exemption conditions and state requirements need counsel review. Checked 2026-09-15.
- NASAA · Model rule amendments ↗Model rules do not establish universal state adoption or registration exemptions. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Stanford HAI · AI Index 2025: research and development ↗Historical inference-cost evidence; not a prediction that complete software businesses cost nothing to run. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Escrow.com · Digital asset transaction services ↗Public service description; not an endorsement, integration or partnership. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Apple · App Review Guidelines ↗Copycats and spam are distribution risks; store approval and transfer rights need separate review. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Google Chrome · Chrome Web Store program policies ↗Review data consent, purpose, permissions and acquisition-related transfer constraints. Checked 2026-09-15.
- n8n · Sustainable Use License ↗Architecture-specific license review is needed before reselling or embedding a workflow service. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Small Business Administration · 7(a) program overview ↗Individual loan ceiling and permitted uses; lender eligibility remains separate. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Small Business Administration · Cumulative 7(a) and 504 financing announcement ↗Published May 18; states effective July 4, 2026. Not a $10m individual 7(a) loan. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Small Business Administration · SOP 50 10 edition register ↗Version 8.1 effective October 1, 2026. Full 8.1 rules not incorporated into this calculator. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Small Business Administration · 504 program overview ↗Fixed-asset uses; working capital is excluded. Exact eligibility requires CDC review. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Census Bureau · County Business Patterns API ↗Aggregate establishment/employment/payroll context; key required. Preserve data vintage, not website update date. Checked 2026-09-15.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages ↗Aggregate industry/geographic labor context; not individual target finances. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Federal Trade Commission · Commercial email compliance guide ↗Primary-purpose rules; B2B commercial email is not categorically exempt. No personal legal advice. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Datasite · Datasite acquires Valu8 ↗Buyer announcement: private-market financial data, ownership visibility and integration. Consideration undisclosed. Checked 2026-09-15.
- 1EdTech · Open Badges: criteria, recipient, evidence and issuer ↗Credential architecture reference; no certification is claimed. Checked 2026-09-15.
- W3C · Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0 ↗Integrity and privacy architecture; images are not signed credentials. Checked 2026-09-15.
- LinkedIn · Prohibited software and extensions ↗A profile URL does not authorize automated scraping. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Federal Trade Commission · Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule: Q&A ↗No purchased positive reviews or concealed commercial endorsements. Checked 2026-09-15.
- TrustMRR · FAQ ↗Payment-connected revenue verification differs from individual role attribution. Checked 2026-09-15.
- Acquire · Subscription terms ↗Primary-source marketplace context, not current buyer intent. Checked 2026-09-15.