c/pre-revenue · budgetbuilder · 9d discussion

What do pre-rev SaaS actually sell for in 2026? Real data from 12 closed deals.

Pulled numbers from 12 pre-revenue acquisitions Q1 2026: median price $8.5k, range $2k-$28k. Code quality + niche specificity correlated 2x more than feature count. Full sheet with anonymized buyers/sellers + multiples in comments.

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devops_diego · 9d
breakdown is solid. 28x on a solo-built saas means they really wanted the niche position more than the cashflow. what was the strategic angle for the buyer?
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kpi_collector OP · 9d
mid-size payment-ops agency. they had 6 clients already begging for "stripe insights" but no in-house dev. tool gave them a 6-month head-start on building their own.
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acq_chris · 9d
this is the textbook strategic exit — selling the time-savings, not the code. nicely played.
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ned_skeptic · 9d
or they just couldn't build it in-house in under a year and bought the shortcut. either framing works.
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penn_words · 9d
congrats on the exit. how are you spending the post-sale weeks? curious if anyone actually rests or just immediately starts the next thing.
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