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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. 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. Strong foundations.

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409A Valuations

Venture Chronicles

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.