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App sale prices, valuations and funding

Sale prices, valuations and funding amounts guests stated. Deal terms are often only partly disclosed.

37 figures · updated 2026-09-17

Sale prices

Median $180K across 5 figures, from $18K to $475M.

WhoMetricValueContextSaid in
App Steve Young bought for $18,000 that floppedexit priceUSD 18K/one-timeprice App Masters paid; the app floppedThe Superwall Podcast
2026-07-22
41:46
Runifyexit priceUSD 100K/one-time
approximate
Episode title figure ('$100k exit')The Superwall Podcast
2026-03-17
0:00
Runifyexit priceUSD 180K/one-time
estimate
Host's computed valuation (5x ARR on $3K MRR)The Superwall Podcast
2026-03-17
48:00
Brazilian solo founder's app acquired by BlueThroneexit priceUSD 4M/one-time
approximate
'over $4 million', bootstrapped, paid straight to the founderSub Club by RevenueCat
2025-10-15
MyFitnessPalexit priceUSD 475MUnder Armour acquisitionThe Superwall Podcast
2026-07-10
43:46

Valuations

Median $3,000M across 8 figures, from $15M to $11,000M.

WhoMetricValueContextSaid in
Savvy NavvyvaluationUSD 15M
approximate
Valuation of the latest crowdfunding round (host says dollars)Sub Club by RevenueCat
2026-08-05
FlovaluationUSD 1,000M
approximate
$1B+; first women's health unicornThe Superwall Podcast
2026-07-10
10:13
Life360valuationUSD 1,800MMarket cap on NASDAQ and ASX, checked by host the morning of recordingSub Club by RevenueCat
2025-05-14
1:34
GammavaluationUSD 2,000M
estimate
Series B from Andreessen Horowitz; 'north of' $2BSub Club by RevenueCat
2026-04-15
DuolingovaluationUSD 4,000M–5,000M
estimate
Market cap guess; Jacob first guessed 'single low double digit billions', David said four to five (billion)Sub Club by RevenueCat
2026-07-08
Life360valuationUSD 4,000M
approximate
Market cap in USD, listed on Australian market; 'almost'Sub Club by RevenueCat
2026-05-13
LovablevaluationUSD 6,000M
approximate
Starter Story
2026-05-28
4:18
Bending SpoonsvaluationUSD 11,000M
approximate
Sub Club by RevenueCat
2025-11-12

Money raised

Median $2.5M across 24 figures, from $0 to $200M.

WhoMetricValueContextSaid in
Practice by Numbersfunding raisedUSD 0Top Founders with Nathan Latka
2026-08-11
11:52
Coconotefunding raisedUSD 10Kper founder /one-time
approximate
Founders' own money put in upfront, not outside fundingSub Club by RevenueCat
2026-03-18
Fittedfunding raisedUSD 10K
approximate
Raised from a friend to fly the team to a Palm Springs build weekThe Superwall Podcast
2025-12-23
3:54
Visiblefunding raisedUSD 50K/one-time
approximate
first angel round target to cover founders' rent for 12 monthsSub Club by RevenueCat
2026-08-19
Rashid's college fintech investment appfunding raisedUSD 100K/one-timefriends and family roundStarter Story
2026-08-23
4:42
Sunflowerfunding raisedUSD 100K/one-time
approximate
founder's own money put in before the first outside roundThe Superwall Podcast
2026-04-03
39:53
Sunflowerfunding raisedUSD 350K/one-time
approximate
first small round from people the founder had made rich at RupaThe Superwall Podcast
2026-04-03
40:26
Swipe.byfunding raisedUSD 450K/one-timeNon-dilutive capital from Founderpath, fixed monthly paymentsTop Founders with Nathan Latka
2026-09-01
7:43
BoldVoicefunding raisedUSD 500K/one-time
approximate
First term sheet (pre-YC), obtained after the manual concierge pilotSub Club by RevenueCat
2026-09-16
Sociaaalfunding raisedUSD 1M
approximate
pre-seed equity; no equity sinceThe Superwall Podcast
2026-07-30
3:44
Doublespeedfunding raisedUSD 1M/one-timea16z Speedrun investmentThe Superwall Podcast
2025-11-11
27:31
Ad Hoc Labsfunding raisedUSD 2M
approximate
VC round raised within about a year of launchSub Club by RevenueCat
2025-12-10
Guest's original startup employer that raised $3M after her launch videofunding raisedUSD 3M/one-timeRound Eunice says her viral cinematic launch video helped raiseThe Superwall Podcast
2025-10-21
6:17
Massivefunding raisedUSD 3MRaised from VCs for the pre-pivot productThe Superwall Podcast
2025-10-03
2:00
Sunflowerfunding raisedUSD 6.5M
approximate
YC, a16z Speedrun, Flybridge-led seed, angelsThe Superwall Podcast
2026-04-03
38:29
Portolafunding raisedUSD 10MSeed round including the earlier pre-seed plus the lead investor's follow-onSub Club by RevenueCat
2025-04-02
8:49
StudyFetchfunding raisedUSD 11.5M/one-timeSeries A from Owl Ventures and the College BoardThe Superwall Podcast
2026-05-26
7:46
Reframefunding raisedUSD 24M
approximate
The Superwall Podcast
2026-03-17
55:09
guest's prior file-sharing companyfunding raisedUSD 26M
approximate
App Masters
2026-09-12
47:59
Centsfunding raisedUSD 30M/one-timeEmployee tender (secondary liquidity) within the Series CTop Founders with Nathan Latka
2026-09-17
12:07
Centsfunding raisedUSD 110M/one-timeSeries C close, including some secondariesTop Founders with Nathan Latka
2026-09-17
12:07
Centsfunding raisedUSD 140M/one-timeSeries C total including employee tenderTop Founders with Nathan Latka
2026-09-17
10:21
Flofunding raisedUSD 200M/one-time
approximate
200M+ from General AtlanticThe Superwall Podcast
2026-07-10
10:13
German scale-up the guest worked atfunding raisedUSD 200M
approximate
'From a 40 million Series B to 200 million Series C'; unclear whether round size or valuation; currency not statedStarter Story
2026-06-21
2:49

Figures are as stated in each interview and aren't independently verified. Goals, projections, illustrative numbers and before/after changes are left out. Ranges count as their midpoint in the median.

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