Why Exit via Acquisition Is Essential to Entrepreneurial Investment

Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, December 22, 2021

In a blog post for Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog, Vice Presidents Devin Reilly and David Toniatti, and Professor D. Daniel Sokol (USC Gould School of Law and Marshall School of Business) describe how the venture capital (VC) ecosystem’s cycle of funding, development, exit, and reinvestment has stimulated entrepreneurship and innovation across many industries. The blog post was based on the authors’ longer white paper, “The Importance of Exit via Acquisition to Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation.”

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Authors

Reilly D, Sokol D, Toniatti D