I would be very happy to share 15-20% if the value-add is strong enough.
I own a few SaaS sites that I bought (because I don’t have the patience and focus to build one myself) that I then work to increase the value of (based on lessons from a previous SaaS company I worked at), and I’m always interested in private equity arrangements.
Do you mostly try to twist the dials a bit to boost net margins, e.g. increasing automation for a product that is "already written" and can go on maintenance mode, or is it something more nuanced? I'm super interested in this topic as I've been building out 2 pretty neat SaaS products (basically web APIs that solve concrete problems for developers, similar to a Stripe or Twilio model, but for an industry that is not quite as open as telecommunications/payments) and I'd love to hear how investors look at this segment. Thanks in advance!
Even that is achievable on my own if I put some effort into it, but I've been busy with another startup recently that's doing 20x my solo project. Also bootstrapped, but not entirely owned by me.