Re:Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. ...
by mistermann on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:20AM
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> YC, for all it’s prestige, has only had one startup actually IPO, and only recently.
That may be perfectly consistent with my point - VC's typically provide multiple large rounds of financing, something that formerly would have required going to the public markets, and this can delay IPO's until companies are heavyweights and most of the big gains are in the bag.
Re:Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. ...
by maxxxxx on Sunday April 15, 2018 @09:58PM
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An IPO is not the only way for VCs to make money. When a company raises money there is often a chance for the earlier investors to sell their shares to new investors. At the time time of the IPO they have already made a lot of money.
Re:Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. ...
by nathan_f77 on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:21AM
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There's only been one IPO, but there's been ~83 exits: http://yclist.com
(Only select the "Show Exited" checkbox.)
If you gave an average investor the kind of deal flow that big name VCs have access to you’d fry their central nervous system.
YC, for all it’s prestige, has only had one startup actually IPO, and only recently. Can an average investor survive this kind of torture? Never knowing if maybe one day all the money they put down will actually net some return? Knowing that they will have to continue investing or else hang all their hope on what they’ve invested in so far?
There’s plenty of sure money to be made buying post IPO, be content with that.