Newsletter about interesting open-source software projects, started by Jackson Kelley during the pandemic in 2020. Sold in 2022 for five figures, with the founder confirming the cash from the sale had landed in his bank account.
This database tracks 68 Newsletter exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $5,500. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
From founding to sale took 2.0 years. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more Newsletter exits.