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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. (If And on many occasions I have passed on deals where it was clear that the founding team was over-optimizing the deal structure to focus on a quick exit.