Four offers, up to $300K per company
A startup's code and communications after its team was hired away (Warmly)
Dated 13 Aug 2026Source checked 14 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“it received multiple offers to buy its codebase and employee communication records for as much as $300,000.”
Where it was read
The Information, via FNNews, checked 14 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- Protege: transaction volume, 2026 (CEO outlook, Aug 2026)
- Protege: transaction volume, FY2025
- multiple unnamed buyers and Warmly (spelled 'Wormly' in this source), acquired by HubSpot: transaction, source code and employee communications
- Protege: intermediary, licensed training data (mixed; Protege's catalog is mainly clinical and media)
- Protege's CEO says its total transaction volume rose from $30 million last year to at least $100 million this year.
- Not needing to sell is leverage
What it is about
Figures it counts in
- $74,000 to $590,000The valuation tool's range for its starting company's records
- 0%How much the valuation tool raises a company's records when the work is traceable end to end
- 0%How much the valuation tool raises a company's records in a specialised trade
- 81%How much the valuation tool lowers a company's records when the company is closed and its files loose
- $74,000 to $590,000The valuation tool's range for its starting company in a specialised trade
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