VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Both employees and investors typically have a 6 month lock up period (exceptions apply of course) so this can have devastating effects on liquidity and retruns. Global tech correction.

Israel 158

Israel Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Kodorra

JANUARY 4, 2019

The difficulty to set up an ICO project is rather low where companies with only an idea (inked on a whitepaper), a website and a star-studded team and advisors could raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Due to its simplicity to set up, the cost is obviously lower than IEO and STO. But countries such as the U.S

Securities and Exchange Commission 40

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Lock-up Period Accredited Investor 40

Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 31, 2010

You may recall that back in the 1999-2001 timeframe it was popular practice for option holders who were in a lock-up period following an IPO to use a short process to borrow their company’s stock from other investors and sell it with the promise that they would forfeit their locked up stock when the lock up expired.

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Valuation Stock Options Lock-up Period IPO 42