Tableau stock down almost 50%

Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by bkeroack on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:29PM (#11042965)

> Linkedin is down 38%. Tesla is down quite a bit. My guess is that some VCs were leveraged and had to liquidate positions.

You're not a VC if your money is in publicly-traded firms.

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by pbreit on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:34PM (#11043019)

VCs do not liquidate immediately at the IPO or even upon lock-up expiration. But I would agree that this downward pressure is not VC-driven.

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by headgasket on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:35PM (#11043025)

Did you think that as soon as a company goes public, VCs get to sell all their stocks?

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by jonknee on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:46PM (#11043119)

Tesla and LinkedIn had their IPOs 5-6 years ago, they aren't being held by VC funds. Tableau's major holders also don't include any VC funds:

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by mattzito on Friday February 05, 2016 @02:10PM (#11043805)

Typically VCs have to sell their shares 6-ish months after there's a liquidity event and return the proceeds to their LPs.

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by Kluny on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:35PM (#11043023)

Or maybe, this is a crazy idea, some VCs have diversified portfolios that include public stocks.

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Re:Tableau stock down almost 50% by jonknee on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:40PM (#11043071)

Personally I'm sure, but that's not how VC funds work. You raise a fund with the understanding it will be invested in new ventures.

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