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Lucas and Luna examine the mechanics of startup liquidity events—IPOs, SPAC mergers, direct listings, and acquisitions—through the lens of recent filings, valuation history, and founder outcomes. Each episode starts with a specific deal: the pricing decision at an IPO roadshow, the negotiation dynamics of a term sheet, or the lockup expiration that defines a founder's final payout. They track the numbers that matter: share dilution, insider participation, valuation step-ups, and the real multiples that investors demand at each stage. Lucas brings the journalistic rigor—company filings, SEC comments, historical precedents—while Luna focuses on the founder's perspective: how much control they retain, how they time their exit, and what liquidity actually means for their personal balance sheet. Together, they avoid the cheerleading common in startup media and instead ask hard questions: Did this deal serve the founders or the VCs? What does the secondary market tell us about the company's
Fexingo hosts The Startup Exit Podcast with Fexingo: IPOs, Acquisitions, and Founder Liquidity Events, a business show with 105 episodes published.
In Episode 131 of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how founders are using structured secondary sales to get early liquidity without triggering an exit. They examine a specific case: a late-stage SaaS star
Most founders think their only liquidity event is the IPO itself. But a growing number are using private tender offers — structured processes where employees and early investors sell shares to institutional buyers before
When a startup goes public, the final IPO price is not just set by bankers—founders have more leverage than they think. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the mechanics of the IPO bookbuilding process, the role o
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how founders are using private secondary sales to get liquidity years before an M&A or IPO event. With the IPO market still quiet in mid-2026, many pre-
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down how founders and early employees access liquidity before an IPO or acquisition using structured secondary transactions — a strategy gaining traction
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the mechanics of SPAC exits for founders, using the recent Sila $300 million raise and broader market signals from July 2026. They dig into why SPACs fe
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how founders are using structured secondary sales to get liquidity before an IPO without sending a negative signal to the market. They break down a real 2026 case: a founder at a l
Lucas and Luna explore how founders are increasingly using second-lien loans to access cash before selling their companies, without triggering a taxable event or diluting their equity. They walk through a real-world scen
Lucas and Luna break down Netflix's $587 million acquisition of AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck. They explore why Netflix paid a premium for a company with no revenue, how the deal structure protects Netflix
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore tender offers as a liquidity tool for pre-IPO founders and employees. They examine a recent case where a late-stage fintech unicorn allowed early shareh
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a creative liquidity strategy that’s gaining traction among late-stage founders: the secondary direct listing. Unlike a traditional IPO or direct listin
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the creative use of phantom stock to provide pre-IPO liquidity for employees without diluting equity. They break down how Databricks recently used a pha
Databricks just hit a $188 billion valuation — and that single number is reshaping how founders of capital-intensive AI startups think about their exit timeline. Lucas walks through the specific arithmetic: if you own 5%
Episode 118 of The Startup Exit Podcast explores how founders use tender offers to cash out before an IPO, without waiting for lockup expirations. Lucas and Luna break down a real-world case: a private cybersecurity comp
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how founders are using structured secondary sales before an IPO to lock in early liquidity without tanking the valuation. They break down the mechanics
Uber's $14.8B acquisition of Delivery Hero is the biggest platform M&A this year, but for founders watching from the sidelines, the real lesson is in the deal structure. Lucas and Luna unpack how Uber used a stock-and-ca
In this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the reverse merger as an alternative path to going public. They break down how a private company can acquire a public shell to bypass the traditional IP
When a startup gets acquired, a chunk of the purchase price usually goes into an escrow account to cover any post-closing liabilities. But founders have more control over that escrow than they realise. In this episode, L
In episode 113 of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into the world of structured earnouts—a mechanism that bridges valuation gaps between buyers and sellers in M&A. They examine a recent example where a $2 bi
On this episode of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore contingent value rights (CVRs) — a little-known but powerful tool for bridging valuation gaps in M&A. They examine the $1.5 billion CVR structure in Cel
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