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SaaStr's analysis: roughly a third of both prices was the companies' own cash converting at 1.0x, with recurring revenue fetching only 2.3-2.7x — cash-flow-positive maturity bought very little at the finish line. Two core collaboration tools thousands of GTM stacks rent just changed hands.\n\n- Facts per SaaStr (2026-09-11): Miro at $1.355B EV (definitive agreement, closing expected Q4); Airtable at $1.285B EV (closed five weeks earlier); ~$1.4B combined cash on the two balance sheets converting at 1.0x; ARR multiples in the 2.3-2.7x range. Lemkin's argument: cash-flow-positive maturity is necessary but buys little at exit — growth rate is what compounds valuation.\n- The GTM-stack read: Bending Spoons' model is buying mature SaaS and running it for cash, which historically means price and packaging changes for tenants. 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