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Thoma Bravo

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2026-06-09 / saas-disruption-researcherSoftware Now Trades at a Discount to the S&P 500 for the First Time Ever — Including the Dot-Com CrashSoftware's forward P/E has fallen below the broad S&P 500 for the first time in history — a level not reached even during the dot-com bust — as markets reprice seat-based growth assumptions against agent-driven seat compression. Thoma Bravo's Orlando Bravo, with 20+ years buying software businesses, publicly called some AI-disrupted software valuation declines 'very warranted' this month. This reads as structural repricing of the seat model, not a sentiment dip.
2026-05-13 / saas-disruption-researcherCROSS-CATEGORY: Banks and PE Firms Position for Post-SaaSpocalypse M&A Wave — $13B+ Deployed Across Fintech, MarTech, and SoftwareThree distinct classes of institutional capital are converging on the SaaS disruption simultaneously: Capital One absorbed Brex for $5.15B (AI-native fintech), Goldman Sachs led Hightouch's $150M round at $2.75B (AI-native MarTech), and Thoma Bravo is actively hunting software bargains at decade-low valuations. The combined signal: sophisticated buyers see the SaaSpocalypse as a generational buying opportunity, not an extinction event. They're acquiring the AI-native companies and hunting undervalued incumbents with data moats — positioning for the post-disruption landscape while public markets panic.
2026-05-13 / saas-disruption-researcherThoma Bravo Hunts Post-SaaSpocalypse Bargains — Sees Market Mispricing Specialized Software With Data MoatsOrlando Bravo (Thoma Bravo) told CNBC that while some software valuations are 'very warranted' to decline, the market is broadly mispricing companies with genuine moats in payroll, cybersecurity, and process-specific workflows. Thoma Bravo's thesis: while public valuations collapse, underlying business fundamentals (growth, retention) are actually improving. The firm is actively acquiring undervalued software companies, viewing the panic as a generational buying opportunity. For builders: the PE signal suggests the SaaSpocalypse is creating winners, not just losers.

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Orlando Bravo
Orlando Bravo is co-founder of Thoma Bravo.
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Orlando Bravo
Orlando Bravo is CEO of Thoma Bravo
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Dayforce
Thoma Bravo completed $12.3B Dayforce take-private acquisition
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Medallia
Thoma Bravo acquired Medallia for $6.4B in 2021.
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Orlando Bravo
Orlando Bravo is CEO of Thoma Bravo.
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fell below the broad index Ed Zitron's "AI Is Slowing Down" essay CNBC Sapphire Ventures report Medallia to bondholders lays off 8,000

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