Good exits don’t just happen in the Bay:
An expansion-stage exit typically happens at a company that goes beyond the startup stage and shifts into its growth phase. This sort of liquidity exit could be an IPO, acquisition or majority-stakeholder buyout, for example.
“In Dallas-Fort Worth, a small number of very large transactions had an outsized impact, showing investors’ interest in companies operating in attractive long-term areas such as industrials, energy and power infrastructure, fintech and life sciences,” Will Braeutigam, U.S. capital markets transactions leader and accounting advisory offering leader at Deloitte, told Dallas Innovates.