These 68 companies buy early stage software businesses (under $1M ARR)
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Fork Equity
Micro private equity firm that specializes in buying, growing, and selling small B2B SaaS businesses, providing 'painless exits for bootstrapped founders'.
Tyler Technologies Inc.
Provider of proprietary software to the United States public sector, offering integrated software and technology services for local governments, courts, schools, and other government entities.
VitalHub
Public healthcare software company providing solutions for health and human services providers, focused on patient flow management, EHR systems, and workforce automation.
First Principles
Venture holding company that starts, acquires, and advises B2B SaaS companies. Focuses on building and scaling businesses in Martech, Fintech, and HR space with goal to create $100M in enterprise value annually.
MRI Software
Leading global provider of real estate software solutions for commercial and residential property management, investment management, and PropTech. The largest real estate software company in the world with 6+ million users.
Cache Ventures
Venture studio that builds, advises, and invests in companies. Focus on acquiring and managing assets across multiple verticals with indefinite time horizon.
Staytuned
E-commerce software company building the 'Salesforce suite for e-commerce' by acquiring and developing Shopify apps that drive merchant growth and ROI.
Alpine Software Group
Vertical SaaS acquirer and operator helping industry-specific software businesses become market-leading platforms. Branch of Alpine Investors with 50+ acquisitions since 2016.
Turn/River Capital
Software investment firm that partners with B2B software companies, providing data-driven methods, hands-on operational support, and flexible capital.
Threecolts
E-commerce software company that acquires and operates tools for businesses selling on marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, and eBay. Built through 14+ strategic acquisitions since 2021.
EXA Capital
Strategic operators and investors in growing vertical market software companies. Buy-and-hold forever model focused on preserving founder legacies while enabling growth.
Genesys
Leading AI-powered customer experience and contact center technology company that acquires CX, AI, and customer engagement platforms to enhance experience orchestration capabilities.
Awesome Motive
Software holding company that creates tools and training to help small businesses grow & compete with the big guys. Over 30 million websites use their software.
Alicorn Venture Partners
European venture capital firm specializing in growth-stage frontier technology companies through secondaries and bespoke primary transactions, with strong focus on Israel and UK markets.
Big Band Software
B2B SaaS software holding company committed to harmonizing capital, culture and teams. Buys companies to run long-term without pressure to quickly extract or flip. Focuses on growing and profitable B2B SaaS businesses that serve other businesses.
Balio
Team of ex-SaaS founders, operators, and investors who acquire and scale B2B software companies while preserving founder legacy.
Medallia
Enterprise experience management SaaS platform that captures and analyzes real-time customer and employee feedback, offering AI-powered insights for customer communication and engagement.
XO Capital
Micro private equity firm founded by experienced operators who buy small, profitable B2B SaaS businesses. Founded by Andrew Pierno, Danny Chu, and Henry Armistead who collectively raised over $20M and sold 3 companies before starting XO.
Volaris Group
Buy-and-hold acquirer of software businesses focused on long-term success, operating as part of Constellation Software Inc. Provides permanent home for companies with autonomy to operate and access to learning community. Has never sold a business after acquisition.
Vitec Software Group
Leading provider of vertical software solutions that develops and delivers standardized software for various industry niches, growing primarily through acquisitions of well-managed software companies
Software Combined
Australia-based holding company focused on acquiring profitable B2B industry-specific software businesses with recurring revenue, backed by Navis Capital Partners.
Ramp Ventures
Growth-focused company that invests in and grows SaaS companies through revenue growth consulting, product management, and operational support services
Noosa Labs
Serial acquirer of profitable small SaaS products helping SMBs and prosumers run their business efficiently. They operate and improve products for long-term customer benefit, focusing on businesses with strong organic growth, high profitability, and stable codebase.
Vela Software Group
Subsidiary of Constellation Software that acquires, manages and builds industry-specific software businesses globally. Provides vertical market software expertise, operational support and capital to help businesses grow organically and through acquisitions.