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If you get funding from investors most of them will want their money back plus returns. That’s why they invest after all. The exit is how the investors get thei
by mikkelam 8y ago
If you get funding from investors most of them will want their money back plus returns. That’s why they invest after all. The exit is how the investors get their money back
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- k__ 8y agoIPO and buyback is also a way.
- stefano 8y agoThey could get their money back by (gasp) getting their share of the company profits. Which is actually how it usually works outside of SV-like investments.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> getting their share of the company profits Early-stage investors and dividend-collecting investors are not the same. They might be different parts of a single portfolio, but they're separate strategies. Switching from one mode to the other is something public markets are very good at. If a company wants to pay dividends instead of getting acquired, it should go public and start paying dividends.