How Do I Sell My Software Company?

Considering selling your software or SaaS company? Synergy Business Brokers helps owners assess their options, position their businesses for sale, and connect with qualified buyers. We have experience selling a wide variety of software and SaaS companies across multiple industries.

We guide you through valuation, confidential marketing, buyer screening, negotiations, due diligence, and closing. Our 15-step sales process usually reaches step 9, introducing qualified buyers, within 1 to 8 weeks. Timing depends on your business and the information available.

What Do I Need to Know to Sell My Software Company?  

The first thing you need to know when selling a SaaS or software company is how to price it. Many software business owners may not be experienced in selling a business and may not know how to value their business.

This results in potential buyers controlling how the price is set, and you get the short end of the offer. Instead, hire a professional to give you a reliable estimate of the value of your software or SaaS business.

The second thing you need to know is your financial information must be transparent. A Software Business Broker can help you with this. You don’t want buyers questioning the validity of your income when you’re trying to extract maximum value.

And you have to know who the right buyers are. The software world is a big one, and not every investor is looking for the same thing. You need to market to the strategic buyers who want just what you’re selling.

Finally, you need an M&A Software Advisory firm to guide you through the entire process, including due diligence and the closing. After all, if you have a rapidly growing company, you want to take advantage of the right timing to sell when your company is at its best.

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Software and SaaS Companies We Have Sold

Our Sold Businesses page includes these examples:

  • TSAAdvet: This Pennsylvania document-management software company served Fortune 1000 customers. Synergy generated five qualified offers and helped resolve a deferred-revenue issue during due diligence. More than 90% of the purchase price was paid at closing.
  • Sigmund Software: This electronic health records company generated over $3 million in annual revenue. Competing bids from software companies and private equity groups led to a sale to a Canadian software company at the full asking price.
  • Media Database Solutions: This SaaS business provided royalty-calculation software to broadband and television companies. Synergy generated more than 15 offers and completed the sale to a specialized SaaS investor.

Finding the Right Buyer for Your Software Company

A buyer needs to understand your product, customers, and business model. We help present the strengths of your company and identify buyers whose acquisition goals fit your business. Our experience with technology companies and software mergers and acquisitions helps us manage discussions from the initial introduction through closing.

Software Sectors We Have Experience Selling

If your software company operates with a distributed team, you can also read about selling a remote or virtual business, including the systems and transition arrangements buyers will want to understand.

Our experience includes companies in the following software and related technology sectors:

See our Sold Businesses for examples of completed transactions. If you are considering a sale, email info@synergybb.com or call 888-750-5950 to discuss your company.

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A Software Seller’s Experience

“John guided us through every step of the process of selling our 40-year-old software business with professionalism, patience, and expertise.”

Andrew Synnott, Software Business Seller

Read the full testimonial and more seller reviews.

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Discuss Selling Your Software or SaaS Company

Speak with Synergy about your software company, your goals, and the next steps in a potential sale. Start with a confidential consultation.

Discuss Selling Your Software Company

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