Startup Exit Strategies: 4 Ways to Leave a Startup

This visual illustrates four primary types of exit strategies for startups: going public, external sale/merger, internal transfer, and shutting down.

Startup Exit Strategies: 4 Ways to Leave a Startup

This visual illustrates four primary types of exit strategies for startups: going public, external sale/merger, internal transfer, and shutting down. Founders can use this to understand potential pathways for their company's future and plan accordingly from the outset.

Startup Exit Strategies: 4 Ways to Leave a Startup is a diagram in the startups section of the StartupFundraising visual library, covering exit strategies, going public, mergers acquisitions, internal transfer, startup shutdown, founder options. Founders use it inside pitch decks, board updates and investor follow-ups; it is free to download and adapt to your own numbers.

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