Christian Hassold & Ayelet Shipley

Inorganic Podcast

Business EN ↓ 79 episodes

Ayelet Shipley and Christian Hassold host the Inorganic Podcast. Ayelet and Christian have combined 20 years of experience helping venture and private equity sponsors execute mergers and acquisitions in SaaS and digital agencies in the U.S. and Europe. On this podcast, Ayelet and Christian discuss M&A strategy, sourcing tactics, and other dynamics around mergers and acquisitions. They also report on market activity, emphasizing larger companies buying smaller SaaS or agencies and discussing the rationale behind the deals and economics. We sometimes invite guests to join our discussion, buildin...

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Christian Hassold & Ayelet Shipley

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E3: Expanding from Europe to the U.S. with Marcel Hollerbach of Productsup 23.10.2023 28:57

When is the right time to expand internationally? What are the moving parts of growing a SaaS company in a foreign territory that operates at a different timezone when you don't have market proof or boots on the ground?  In today's episode, Marcel Hollerbach visits us to talk about how it is to land in the U.S. market from the other side of the pond. Marcel is the Chief Innovation Officer and...

E2: Anatomy of a Sell Side Banker with Juan Mejia of Bright Tower 09.10.2023 32:38

As a SaaS or startup founder, aren't you curious about how it is on the other side of an M&A?  Today, in our first episode together, I'm joined by Juan Mejia , Managing Director at BrightTower, to explore the sell side of an M&A, unpack a banker's role in it, and analyze the relational component of these operations. Juan started his journey as an IT guy, went in and out of business sc...

E1: Art of the M&A Funnel with Erik Morton of CommerceHub 03.10.2023 39:28

Building a great M&A funnel starts with top of the funnel. Just as it is in sales, you need to cast a wide net at the top and make sure you advance both the right companies and relationships from top to bottom. Not all opportunities are are equal, some are sourced organically and some through banker led inbounds. Some have time urgency and some may require a long time to develop. What are othe...

E0: The "Why" on The Launch of this Podcast and What to Expect 03.10.2023 6:36

In venture-backed SaaS companies that are (generally) under $200M in revenue, it is a luxury to have someone dedicated to corporate development. When it becomes a need the c-suite often reaches for someone with subject matter expertise on the business and good business acumen, but limited experience in running an M&A function. Even if you have some experience with M&A, running it inside a...