Inside Shop Circle | 🔄 M&A • 🤖 AI • 🚀 Building a New B2B Software Powerhouse with Luca Cartechini What happens when a company launches in stealth, raises $250M, and acquires 16 B2B software products in just a few years? That’s the story of Shop Circle, and how it's becoming a new kind of SaaS powerhouse. In the latest episode of ARRtist on Air, host Matthias Ernst speaks with co-founder Luca Cartechini about: 🔹 Launching in stealth mode 🔹 Scaling through M&A and a decentralized platform model 🔹 Using AI to drive efficiency and product innovation 🔹 Accelerating growth for acquired companies 🔹 Building a global, high-performance team 🔹 Choosing London as a strategic HQ A must-listen for SaaS founders thinking about scale, M&A, and how to operationalize AI. Our Ecosystem Partner: Float -http://gofloat.io 🎧 Episode 261 — https://lnkd.in/dehGEFyq #ARRtistOnAir #SaaS #B2B #AI #M&A #StartupGrowth #ShopCircle #SaaSFounders
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1wShop Circle attended the ARRtist summit last year and was listed among top 100 SaaS companies in Europe. So I wanted to learn more about the story. Turns out it’s quite different to what I initially thought and the name might suggest. It’s a really fascitnating buy and build strategy Luca and the team are putting in place. Details in the episode… or in person at this years summit