Episode 123 of Tech M&A with Fexingo drills into a specific angle: how acquisition buyers are now pricing target companies' security compliance posture. Lucas and Luna discuss why a single SOC 2 report is no longer enough, how buyers are hiring third-party security engineers to audit codebases before signing, and what the rise of 'security-adjusted EBITDA' means for sellers. They anchor the conversation in real market context: ServiceNow's flat stock despite a strong quarter signals investors are wary of compliance risk spend, while Adobe's 6% five-day gain shows the market rewarding companies with clean audit trails. The episode also touches on how the SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rules are reshaping deal timelines and earnout structures. For founders considering an exit, this episode offers a practical look at why security hygiene is becoming a valuation multiple killer or booster.

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Episode 122 of Tech M&A with Fexingo dives into a fast-growing deal variable: customer data residency. Lucas and Luna explore how buyers now discount valuations when a target's data is stored in jurisdictions with uncertain regulatory futures, using the recent Netflix-Ben Affleck AI startup acquisition and Adobe's single-digit stock move as anchor points. They unpack a real 2026 mid-cap SaaS deal where a European data center requirement shaved 11% off the purchase price, and discuss why the traditional 'host anywhere' cloud model is creating a new due diligence line item. The episode closes with a subtle nod to listener support on buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo.

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In this episode of Tech M&A with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how acquirers are increasingly pricing customer data ownership into deal valuations. They examine why buyers are now demanding granular data provenance audits—tracking where every data point originates and who can claim ownership—and how this shifts risk from the buyer to the seller. With a reference to Oracle's recent acquisition strategy and Adobe's strong week in the market, the hosts discuss how data ownership clauses have become a new negotiation leverage point, often pushing deal prices down by 500 basis points or more. The conversation also touches on how companies like Snowflake and Databricks are reshaping data portability expectations, and why sellers need to clean up data licensing before even entering a deal. A timely look at the intersection of data rights and M&A economics.

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In this episode of Tech M&A with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a hidden deal-breaker in software acquisitions: customer data migration costs. When a strategic buyer like an enterprise software company acquires a SaaS platform, integrating the customer data into the buyer's existing infrastructure can cost millions and delay revenue recognition. Lucas breaks down a real-world example: a mid-market CRM acquisition where migration costs wiped out 18 months of projected synergies. Luna challenges whether buyers are overcorrecting, pointing to a recent ServiceNow acquisition where the acquirer paid a premium specifically because the target's data schema was compatible. They discuss how deal lawyers now structure indemnification around data migration timelines, and what that means for founders planning an exit. Anchored to current market data, the conversation touches on how declining cloud storage costs (down 12% year-over-year) are shifting migration math. A focused, numbers-driven look at a risk most entrepreneurs don't see coming.

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Episode 119 of Tech M&A with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna examine how acquirers are weighting customer deployment latency — the time between contract signing and first live usage — as a valuation metric. They break down why a 45-day deployment gap can shave 1.5x off a SaaS multiple, using data from recent mid-market deals. Lucas cites a binder from the Q1 2026 AcmeCRM acquisition where the buyer carved 12% off the headline price after finding average deployment took 68 days versus the seller's claimed 30. Luna brings in the recent ServiceNow (ticker N-O-W) dip — down 7.2% in five days — and questions whether the market is now punishing companies with long implementation cycles. They explore how deployment speed signals integration risk, customer commitment, and revenue recognition timing. No general M&A theory — just one metric, one binder, one live market signal.

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In this episode of Tech M&A with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into a due diligence factor that's quietly reshaping deal terms in 2026: how aggressively a target's customers upgrade their APIs. With Databricks hitting a $188 billion valuation and Snowflake's stock flat, buyers are now scrutinizing API versioning risk as a key churn metric. Lucas walks through a recent mid-market SaaS deal where the buyer slashed the earnout by 12% after discovering 40% of customers were still on a deprecated API version. They discuss why sticky-but-stale customer bases can actually signal hidden technical debt, how to price the risk of a forced migration, and why acquirers are now hiring API audit firms alongside traditional due diligence teams. If you're advising or selling a B2B SaaS company, this is the pricing detail your buyer is already running numbers on.

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Episode 117 of Tech M&A with Fexingo dives into a new frontier in software deal pricing: developer adoption risk. Lucas and Luna explore why acquirers are increasingly discounting targets whose tools have high user stickiness but low developer love — citing the recent pullback in ServiceNow's valuation as a case study. They unpack how GitHub stars, Stack Overflow mentions, and API-first design are turning into line items on valuation models. If you're selling a dev tool or buying one, this episode maps the new due diligence priority. Data anchors include ServiceNow's 7.2% weekly drop and Adobe's 2.9% gain as contrasting signals in how the market prices ecosystem depth versus developer goodwill.

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Episode 116 of Tech M&A with Fexingo examines a quietly transformative factor in software deal pricing: the degree to which a target company has automated its customer support. Using ServiceNow's recent dip (down 3.4% this week) and Salesforce's jump (up 5.7%) as context, Lucas and Luna dive into how acquirers now model support cost savings and response-time SLAs as part of valuation. They break down a typical 100-person SaaS target: manual support costing $2.4 million annually vs. an AI-automated setup at $800,000, and how those savings flow into deal multiples. They also discuss how support automation data—ticket deflection rates, first-response time, customer satisfaction scores—is now a standard due diligence line item, sometimes triggering earnout adjustments. A concrete look at how a back-office function became a front-line valuation driver.

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In this episode of Tech M&A with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into a growing diligence headache: API versioning risk. When a target company's product depends on third-party APIs, a simple version deprecation can crater revenue. They walk through a real recent case—a B2B SaaS analytics platform that lost 30% of its customer base overnight after a major vendor sunsets an API version. Lucas explains how buyers now model API version dependency trees, demand roadmaps for API migrations, and adjust valuations based on the number of external API endpoints. They also touch on how this trend is reshaping earnout structures and indemnification clauses. With Oracle down 11.7% this week and ServiceNow off 3.4%, the hosts consider whether the market is starting to price in API concentration risk. A must-listen for founders, acquirers, and anyone in tech M&A.

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In this episode of Tech M&A with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how software buyers are now pricing customer AI readiness into acquisition valuations. Using the recent $30 million Series A from Lululemon-backed Syntetica as a springboard, they discuss why acquirers are willing to pay premiums for startups with customers actively deploying AI, and discount targets whose customers are AI-resistant. They reference Microsoft's reported push to diminish OpenAI and Anthropic in sales conversations, and pull data from the current market: ServiceNow down 3.8%, Palantir up 3.7%. The conversation covers how due diligence now includes coding challenge-style tests of AI adoption, and why a startup's customer AI maturity can swing valuation by 10 to 15 percent. They also explore the risk of 'AI theater'—where customers claim usage but aren't integrating deeply. Closed with a brief listener-support segment tied to the episode's theme.

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