Please note that what gets the media attention are the odd exceptions, not the median cases – as the median cases are boring.
Many entrepreneurs dream about an exit - in reality exits (any kind, even small) are rare and on average much smaller than people usually think.
Only a part of exits are disclosed (ie. amount becomes public, latest at buyer’s annual report) and as a rule, non-disclosed exits are smaller (typically <10m€) than the disclosed ones. In Nordics a median for a disclosed exit for a technology company is 12-15m€ , for non-disclosed less than that. Typical US technology exit is estimated to be around 5m$.
