liquidity event

English

Noun

liquidity event (plural liquidity events)

1. (finance) A transaction that enables the owners of a company to realize the value of their investment, such as a merger, acquisition, or initial public offering.
   • 2016, Katherine Hague, Funded: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round‎^[1], O'Reilly, →ISBN:

     A liquidity event is something that converts an investor's equity in your company into cash. The most common liquidity event is an acquisition, where a company is acquired by another company or private equity firm.

Further reading

• liquidity event on Wikipedia.Wikipedia