Check out inspiring examples of African startup exits. Who could acquire the startup you’re building?When investing in a startup,investors expects to get the return on their investment at the moment of ‘exit, when the startup gets acquired. Investor Keet van Zyl already commented in an earlier article on the VC4Africa blog: “Trade sales to strategic buyers have been the most meaningful exit route in Africa, and accounting for over half of all exits,followed by secondary buy-outs. Because African Stock Exchanges are relatively illiquid, exits via IPO are scarce.”A startup could for example be sold to a bigger local company or to a bigger foreign/international company. At that moment the company’s founders, or investors and other shareholders all get their share.
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Source: vc4africa.biz