WebMerge
👤 Jeremy Clarke (He worked at Formstack, saw forms had no document output, and built the one missing piece — then sold it back to them.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
The most buyable asset is a boring, high-margin utility that plugs into bigger platforms and runs on almost nobody.
Will it work? · our read
Buyable by design. A one-person, high-margin utility wired into bigger platforms is the cleanest thing to sell: low risk, low support, and a buyer who already needs what it does.
01How the money moves
Plug into apps' add-on marketplaces
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Users subscribe to auto-generate PDFs and Word docs
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Recurring 95%-margin cash, then a $100M exit
02The numbers
$5M+ ARRStatedARR at sale · one employee
2019
Founder's stated figures (Practical Founders); the deal price was private. Formstack press
Sold to Formstack in 2019 for $100M — $30M up front, $70M after.
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Practical Founders #8 — Jeremy Clarke of WebMerge ($5M+ ARR, $100M exit)Formstack press — acquires WebMerge (Apr 16, 2019; 3,000 customers, 80 countries)Indianapolis Business Journal — Formstack acquires WebMergeRose-Hulman — Jeremy Clarke, WebMerge founder background
The $5M+ ARR and $100M price are Jeremy Clarke's own figures, stated on the Practical Founders podcast (episode #8) — first-party but not audited; the deal was private, so no filing carries these numbers (sourced=STATED). The $30M up-front / $70M later split and the one-employee claim are the founder's account on that same page. Formstack's April 16, 2019 press release independently confirms the acquisition and 'more than 3,000 customers in 80 countries.' Margins (about 95%) are inferred from a one-person, pure-software operation, not a disclosed accounting figure. We never score you.