Financial investors on the other hand invest to make multiple times returns on their money. They play an active role in helping the funded company find more investors and exit opportunities, but they rarely participate in the management of the business. Financial investors have a simple, single-point agenda—to make the maximum money possible and get out. Strategic investors on the other hand gradually acquire the company they invest in (if things go as per plan) or lose interest in the company if plans don’t work out.
