Observed Signal · Sep 23, 2026 · Market Signal · Source: Haatch · Impact: 4/5
Haatch exits Trigify to HubSpot at up to 3.53x
We are delighted to announce the successful exit of our full position in Trigify following its acquisition by HubSpot, the agentic customer platform for scaling businesses. The all-cash transaction delivered up to 3.53x for our investors. This exit represents Haatch’s 6th profitable exit in the last 18 months.
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The AI apocalypse is happening upstairs. We work downstairs.
Haatch, a UK-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm, published an opinion piece on November 6, 2026, arguing that the AI market's volatility, exemplified by a $2.5 trillion Nasdaq sell-off on November 5, 2026, is confined to the 'upstairs' world of listed tech and infrastructure, while the 'downstairs' world of early-stage software startups remains resilient. The article, authored by Partner Jonathan Keeling, draws on Partner Jeremy Luzinda's presentation at Haatch's Annual Investor Summit in October 2026, emphasizing that Haatch invests in small, outcome-based software companies that benefit from falling AI inference costs and are insulated from public market swings. It cites the September 2026 acquisition of Haatch portfolio company Trigify by HubSpot, which delivered a 3.53x return, as evidence of strategic buyer demand. The piece concludes that the 'SaaS apocalypse' is a pricing model issue, not a software demand problem, and that the UK remains a strong market for AI startups, with $17bn raised in H1 2026.
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