Apart from getting a global backing, the start-up that is bought out gets financial benefits as acqui-hiring serves as a good alternative for liquidation. “Investors benefit from such exits. There are teams who develop new products/technologies and an acqui-hire enables them to cash out over a period of time and move on to their next big idea. This is particularly common among tech founders,” says Sushanto Mitra, CEO of Lead Angels, an angel network.