https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/13223-62#stock Interesting numbers here re: revenue.
TBH I am a bit surprised Kier never sold. Still a chance haha, despite the claims to the contrary, it seems to make a lot of sense for both businesses in some situations. I mean I appreciate XenForo for doing what they are doing, I think keeping XenForo smaller and private helps keep the forum space (in some respects the open internet) democratic. I have to imagine they were given a reasonable offer at some point. If both parties are happy, ie just a license, I think that might be a win for everyone, us included. Most woulda sold, so there is a lot of honor in that for all who are trying to hold their own on their corner of the internet.
There are good folks that work at VS too to be clear, but something about a large forum software market share being owned by a large publicly traded ad company, I dont know.