I was a lead at a startup that was acquired and the acquisition process would have probably sunk us if the acquisition had not gone through.
We were in the middle of raising our next round when the offer came through. The founders and the board decided to accept the offer but it was still contingent on due diligence. While going through the due diligence process all funding conversations had to stop. Luckily we were small so the due diligence process only took 2 months but we had to tighten our belts. If the acquisition had fallen through, we would’ve been in real trouble because we burned 2 months of cash and would have needed to line up funding quickly.
We were in the middle of raising our next round when the offer came through. The founders and the board decided to accept the offer but it was still contingent on due diligence. While going through the due diligence process all funding conversations had to stop. Luckily we were small so the due diligence process only took 2 months but we had to tighten our belts. If the acquisition had fallen through, we would’ve been in real trouble because we burned 2 months of cash and would have needed to line up funding quickly.