“Out of these deals that we have seen this year, 80% are coming from, uh, our way of doing stuff, 20% are brokers and auctions”
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Giuseppe Balzano
Buyers and Builders ·
MicroConf On Air · MicroConf Tactics: What SaaS Buyers Actually Want in 2026
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Brokered the sale of an AI voice-agent SaaS (Zyra Talk) to a Fortune-500 strategic buyer after a high-interest auction
22-23 management meetings, 0 LOIs from private equity
“Out of these deals that we have seen this year, 80% are coming from, uh, our way of doing stuff, 20% are brokers and auctions”
“I don't have a very bright… way of seeing how SaaS tools can compete long term with AI… these are the last few years where these SaaS tools will be useful”
“AI is so good at gathering and organizing information, which allows the agent or broker to really spend more time talking about risk characteristics”
“I said, okay, let's try… the experience was pretty straightforward… brokers seemed like old real-estate firms… Acquired.com matches buyers and sellers on the same multiple”
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