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Tim Schumacher

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
233 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

That would be a search fund or something where people have to go out to get funding.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

But we always have the money ready in the bank.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

The initial two acquisitions were 100 percent my own cash.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

Um, uh, and then we actually started to tap into financing sources, but it was always super important for us to have the financing lined up before the deal, because you don't want to have a deal jeopardize or the financing jeopardize a deal.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

Um, it just makes you look like a fool.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

So SaaS basically has two sources or three sources of financing now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

First one was debt.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

We actually struck some favorable deals with debt providers who've basically given us a carte blanche, so a line of credit to tap into acquisitions as long as they're in a certain area.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

So SaaS and some certain metrics.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

then we basically just need to issue a capital call.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

So they don't need to be approved.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

That's number one.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

Number two is operating cash flow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

SaaS Group is very profitable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

We strive to run profitable businesses.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

We love the bootstrap at DNA, being super frugal, being profitable, but still growing a little bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

That's kind of what most companies are like at SaaS Group.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

So there's cash inflow that piles up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

We use that for other acquisition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Micro PE Playbook: They Bought 20 SaaS Companies, $60m ARR, 300 people

And then last but not least, we did do an equity round earlier this year.