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Re:Airbnb Raises $1.5B in One of Largest Private Placements by chowwesley on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:09PM (#9788951)
Employee option grants don't count. However, if they exercise and tern them into actual stock units, I believe they do count.
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Re:Airbnb Raises $1.5B in One of Largest Private Placements by arkem on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:22PM (#9788974)
Turns out the JOBS Act specifically exempts employee stock plan recipients from the 500 (or 2000) shareholder count.
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