This thesis generalizes the incentives to affect deal structures and six aspects to discuss deal structures including purchase price, capital structure, buyout structure, board, business organizations, and exist. Based on these six aspects, this thesis discusses four different types of investment including start-up, late stage, leveraged buyout, and roll-up. From this thesis, readers can understand incentives to different deal structures and why shareholders choose specific deal structure. Through analyzing different deal structures, readers can understand more comprehesnsively about which deal structure investors can choose and how different deal structures influence shareholders.