liquidity
Startups
The Exit Window in 2026: IPOs, Big Tech Acquisitions, and What Founders Should Expect
ALGERIATECH Editorial
February 23, 2026
For three years, the startup exit market was frozen. The IPO window that had flooded venture portfolios with liquidity in 2020 and 2021 slammed shut as interest rates rose, public market multiples compressed, and institutional investors grew wary of growth-at-any-cost narratives.
