There Aren't Many Venture Backed IPOs

Re:There Aren't Many Venture Backed IPOs by alex_martin on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:16AM (#2687928)

I really like Fred Wilson's blog. But I'm wondering - he reckons there's a bubble in startups at the moment, should he be trying to exit USV investments [1]? I understand his complaints from a series-A investor perspective, but many of their portfolio companies are well established (Twitter, Meetup, Covestor etc.), why aren't they making a move for an exit?

[1] http://www.usv.com/investments/

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Re:There Aren't Many Venture Backed IPOs by suking on Thursday June 23, 2011 @11:20AM (#2688157)

I'm pretty sure he hasn't denied exiting Twitter via SecondMarket.

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Re:There Aren't Many Venture Backed IPOs by yakto on Thursday June 23, 2011 @03:21PM (#2689416)

I'm pretty sure he has: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2650977

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Re:There Aren't Many Venture Backed IPOs by suking on Friday June 24, 2011 @11:00AM (#2692461)

That only denies SecondMarket - I think what he is saying is they might have sold to later stage VC/PE firms in an organized round and doesn't appear to be denying that he somehow exited. Honestly, don't blame him for at least cashing some out on 20X+ home run.

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