Founder to Founder: The Unfiltered Truth About Early-Stage M&A — Real Lessons from Someone Who Actually Sold Their Startup

​When, Why, and How Should You Sell Your Seed-Stage SaaS Startup? A Practical Workshop for Founders Navigating Early-Stage M&A

​Agenda:

• ​Deconstructing the Myths: What selling your startup really means at seed stage

• ​The “Why” Behind the Sale: Reasons founders choose to exit early—and why that’s okay

• ​Meet the Buyers: Who acquires seed-stage SaaS companies and what they’re really looking for

• ​The Right Time to Start: How to think about timing—whether proactive or reactive

• ​Approaching the Process: Tactical steps, positioning, and packaging your company

• ​Navigating Offers & Negotiations: What matters beyond the number on the term sheet

• ​Life After the Sale: What to expect emotionally, financially, and professionally

• ​AMA with Founders Who’ve Been There: Candid stories and lessons from the field

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​Speaker Bio:

​Divyansh Saini is the co-founder of Houseware, a seed-stage SaaS startup recently acquired by LaunchDarkly. Over the last 3 years, he’s lived the founder journey—building in public, pivoting through product-market discovery, and ultimately navigating a strategic acquisition. He now leads product efforts at LaunchDarkly while advising early-stage founders on go-to-market, storytelling, and exit readiness.

Host Bio:

Oana Olteanu is an ML engineer who built enterprise software at SAP and then invested from Seed to Series B, at Scale VP and most recently as a Partner at SignalFire.