

Startup Acquisition Stories
Acquire.com
Get the inside look at how startup founders and entrepreneurs used Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) to sell their startup or buy an online business. Learn tips on how to vet sellers/buyers, justify valuations, negotiate terms, handle due diligence, asset transfers, escrow, post-acquisition support, and more!
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May 9, 2022 • 15min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kieran Parker - Founder of Heeed
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kieran Parker - Founder of Heeed
Kieran found the right buyer for his company Simple Kits through Acquire.com. Hear him share his experience of selling a company on Acquire.com.
Kieran Parker
https://twitter.com/_kprkr
https://simplekits.co/ (Got Acquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://acquire.com

May 2, 2022 • 25min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software
Startup Acquisition Stories with Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Acquire.com Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Conor Chamness
https://www.linkedin.com/in/conor-chamness-3b7babb4/
https://www.dura.software/
Andrew Gazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com

Apr 25, 2022 • 18min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Frank Kosarek - Head Of Sourcing at OpenStore
Startup Acquisition Stories with Frank Kosarek - Head Of Sourcing at OpenStore
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Frank Kosarek
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-kosarek-496929b0/
https://twitter.com/KosarekFrank
https://open.store/
Andrew Gazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com

Apr 19, 2022 • 16min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Dirk Sahlmer - M&A Manager at saas.group
Startup Acquisition Stories withDirk Sahlmer - M&A Manager at saas.group
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Dirk Sahlmer-
https://saas.group/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirksahlmer/
Andrew Gazdecki -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com

Apr 11, 2022 • 35min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Rick Garcia - Founder and COO of G12 Communications
Startup Acquisition Stories with Rick Garcia - Founder and COO of G12 Communications
Rick Garcia (rgarcia@g12com.com)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgarciajr/
https://www.g12com.com/
https://www.engage.co/ (Company Acquire'd)
https://monstervoip.com/ (Company Acquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com/

Apr 4, 2022 • 27min
Startup Acquisition Stories with James Crennan - General Partner at Xenon Partners
Startup Acquisition Stories with James Crennan - General Partner at Xenon Partners
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
James Crennan -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-crennan-5a26a7114/
https://xenon.io/
Andrew Gazdecki -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com/

Mar 28, 2022 • 27min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
Brian is serial entrepreneur who has founded multiples SaaS startups and have sold five of his businesses in the span of 8 months. With most of them, Brian found the right buyer on MicroAcquire. He's now focused on his main SaaS startup called ZipMessage.
Brian Casel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancasel/
https://twitter.com/CasJam
https://briancasel.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com/

Mar 21, 2022 • 56min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kevin McArdle - CEO of SureSwift Capital
Startup Acquisition Stories with Kevin McArdle - CEO of SureSwift Capital
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale on Acquire.com.
Kevin McArdle-
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcardle-6bbb296/
https://twitter.com/kevin_mcardle
https://www.sureswiftcapital.com
Andrew Gazdecki -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com

Mar 14, 2022 • 29min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Sujan Patel - Managing Director at Ramp Ventures
Startup Acquisition Stories with Sujan Patel - Managing Director at Ramp Ventures
This is a mini-series within Startup Acquisition Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Sujan Patel -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujanpatel/
https://twitter.com/sujanpatel
https://sujanpatel.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://acquire.com

Feb 7, 2022 • 15min
Startup Acquisition Stories with Orkhan Hajiyev - Co-founder of Uvodo
Startup Acquisition Stories with Orkhan Hajiyev - Co-founder of Uvodo
Orkhan and his co-founders started a company called Nextsale in 2018. Recently, they were Acquire'd for seven figures. These serial entrepreneurs are already on their new project - Uvodo (learn more below). Listen as Orkhan goes behind the scenes to share his experience listing on Acquire.com.
Orkhan Hajiyev-
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hajiyev-orkhan/
https://twitter.com/orkhanhelp
https://nextsale.io (Got Acquire'd)
https://uvodo.com/ (New company)
orkhan@uvodo.com
Andrew Gazdecki
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://acquire.com
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Uvodo
Orkhan's new project is called Uvodo - a modern eCommerce suite for tech-savvy entrepreneurs.
They are raising a Pre-Seed round with a $3M pre-money valuation and are looking for a $300k ($100k booked) smart money.
They are going to be in competition with big e-commerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and others.
They've built the project with the same team and already sold $800 USD within 6 days.
Business model: They are selling it for a one-time fee now and going to do a SaaS with internal features in the upcoming months. In other words: selling e-cigarette devices now to sell cigarettes later regularly.


