ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the opportunities for acquisitions and mergers in the green business space and offers details about just what it takes to go public or be acquired these days. As green businesses continue to grow from the niche categories into multimillion dollar revenue companies, certain greentrepreneurs will need to consider the possibility of future exits, fundraising, and growth. For certain companies taking funds from institutional investors, the concept of a liquidity or exit event will be important. For most new companies, predicting a future event such as an initial public offering on a US or foreign market or a future merger or acquisition event is simply impossible. One of the reasons that venture capitalists have been willing to make clean technology the largest investment sector has been the fairly robust market for initial public offerings and merger and acquisition activity within the green business space.
