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The metrics that matter for a successful exit

Insight Partners

startups founded in 2018 that used Carta for cap table management: 49% have shut down, 5% were acquired, and just 0.2% only four made it to a public listing. At Insight, weve found that successful companies plan for every stage of their journey, all the way through to exit. Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition?

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Transcript: Matt Levine

The Big Picture

Matt Levine : 00:05:09 There’s some of that, but like, you have to like, like yeah, you’re like writing merger agreements and then the other side is marking up the merger agreement and like you’re arguing over commas and stuff. This is how remedies work and merger disputes, right? And I love that.

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Transcript: Mike Freno, Barings Chairman and CEO

The Big Picture

But it did have a good, a fortunate opportunity to go really work at a startup hedge fund. And then as as companies grow and, and you’re only five people, you tend to start to wear a lot of hats. And, and what was interesting is, is Babson itself had been a series of acquisitions as well. It was relatively small.

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AI economics, market forces, emerging roles, founder advice: 13 investors share predictions for 2025

Insight Partners

This year, we saw significant experimentation on the economic model for AI applications, as the ecosystem worked on addressing some major questions: How do you correlate the economic value generated or costs saved with pricing strategies for incumbents and startups? ” Does this mean: We are so back ?