Private equity's PIK time bomb: $5B Medallia wipeout exposes SaaS debt trap

Private equity's PIK time bomb: $5B Medallia wipeout exposes SaaS debt trap

21h ago
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The Gist

  • Thoma Bravo lost $5.1B on Medallia as $300M debt service crushed $200M earnings
  • PIK (payment-in-kind) debt masks cash flow problems until catastrophic collapse
  • 12+ PE-backed software firms face similar debt service time bombs from 2021-2022 deals

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SaaS Hoarders buying growth with debt will face reckoning when PIK deferrals end, forcing fire sales of bloated tech stacks.

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