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> potential partners and acquirers might deal with you as if Microsoft has a first-refusal right for your company. Would they be correct? ie. does accepting co
by napoleond 13y ago
> potential partners and acquirers might deal with you as if Microsoft has a first-refusal right for your company.
Would they be correct? ie. does accepting corporate VC investment usually require relinquishing certain rights to the parent company? It seems like a reasonable assumption but a cursory Googling didn't turn up anything meaningful.
- tptacek 13y agoIt depends on the corporation investing, I suppose. I brought it up because I saw it happen, but the corporation in question was active in M&A, too.
- nlwhittemore 13y agoThis is definitely a concern. In the case of Google Ventures, there have been 4 acquisitions by Google of GV portfolio companies since 2009 and the partners of GV recuse themselves from those convos: http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/double-google-all-the-way/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/double-google-all-the-way/