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by brianbreslin 5071 days ago
Is this an exchange of stock primarily? i.e. airbnb gives the original investors $20M in stock or something, and cashes the founders a bit of $? I'm curious how this would work as well.
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typically the original investors get their cash back (no more, no less). there's no reason an acquiring company would want their stock in the hands of random investors they have no prior relationship with.