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Are You Selling Your Company? Be Careful with Financial Buyers!

Scott Edward Walker

I’ve been doing M&A transactions for 25+ years (including nearly eight years at two major New York City law firms), and I wanted to briefly discuss an important issue for founders interested in selling their company: the distinction between strategic and financial buyers. How Is the Deal Structure Different with a Financial Buyer?

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Acquihires 101: Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

We had a busy 2018, including closing several significant M&A transactions and financings. An acquihire is essentially the acquisition of a startup for its talent/team (rather than for its products or services). The acquirer is typically a large successful company, and the target is typically a failing early-stage startup.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. VII: Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability. —– Indie.vc

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