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Jack of All Trades, Master of None: The SaaS Breadth vs. Depth Diligence Dilemma

By Hailey Messenger

What do you want to be when you grow up? This classic question isn’t often examined when it comes to tech (and SaaS) companies seeking growth equity capital.
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How to Diligence the Risks of SaaS Scope Creep

By Hailey Messenger, Kerri Evans

GRAPH has diligenced many SaaS companies, and as we all witness there is a particular trend towards software companies seeking to build a “complete platform” stemming from an original best-in-breed point solution. In the quest to grow revenues, increase stickiness, drive value, and attract investment, companies are expanding their feature-sets. This scope-creep poses a very real risk of…
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Value Gen: Transitioning the Core Business

By Jeff Merkle

In search of higher multiples, investors and their advisors are increasingly pressuring companies to transition their core business to match “themes” that earn higher valuations. For instance, businesses that would rightly be described as professional services with just a hint of a technology base – such as a staffing service with a proprietary database – become “technology enabled…

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