Venture-backed 2021-vintage SaaS companies are in a worse position than PE-owned ones because no shareholder has enough control to act. Listen
Ganesan said PE owners at least have majority control and can restructure. Venture-backed SaaS companies that raised at high multiples have become 'zombies' that nobody owns enough of to fix. For that class, he said the best outcome is being bought by Bending Spoons ('getting spooned', which means getting capital back) and the worst is zero.
“You have a lot of zombie SaaS companies where nobody owns enough to be able to do anything.”
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