As startups look for corporate suitors, we predict a record 3,000 M&As in Q2
Alex Wilhelm
Anna Heim
8 hours
The startup exit market has seen better days. Heck, the startup market has seen better days.
After a turbulent and ultimately aggressive 2020 in venture capital terms, startups rolled into 2021 more than hot. Last year saw record-breaking totals of venture capital pumped into upstart tech companies around the world, with some startups raising two or even three times in a single 12-month period if they were particularly in demand.
It wasn’t merely traditional venture firms that were busy last year – corporate venture players (CVC funds) were gunning capital into the market as well.
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As The Exchange explored last August, the value of deals involving CVCs was rising both in dollar and deal terms; corporates were not immune to the bull-rush into startup equity that captured the minds and wallets of i …
