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How payments strategy and execution drive software company valuations with Peter Michaud

How payments strategy and execution drive software company valuations with Peter Michaud

Update: 2025-10-14
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As Head of Consulting and Market Intelligence at TSG, Peter Michaud is often engaged by Private Equity firms to help value software companies with integrated or embedded payments. In this episode, he joins host Brooke Smith to share his exact framework for evaluating a software company’s payments business, how each variable impacts valuation, and how software companies can close the gap between their current payments business and their future potential. 

They covered:

  • Why investors care about payments (hint: it’s not just about revenue)
  • The right to win: why it matters, how to evaluate it, and what it says about your addressable market
  • Three critical payments contract terms to know and how they impact valuation
  • Why software companies should own the merchant relationship including sales, support, and pricing
  • Key insights from merchant-level volume and profitability – and why you need this data to make business decisions


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How payments strategy and execution drive software company valuations with Peter Michaud

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