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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. There are two main forms of exits for startups: trade sale/M&A or IPO. Many of the companies that went public via SPACs saw their valuations dramatically reduce in the months that followed post IPO.

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409A Valuations

Venture Chronicles

Don Dodge wrote about a very dry but critically important issue facing private companies that issue equity to employees… 409A valuations : IPO bump? – If private investors have already bid up the valuation, will there be an IPO jump in the stock price? This breaks the conventional wisdom about pre-IPO stock options.