VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

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. Given that some of these new stocks have low trading volume, in practice the lock up period can be longer. Global tech correction.

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Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Initial Public Offering (IPO): This exit strategy is not suited to most small businesses, primarily because it means convincing both investors and Wall Street analysts that stock in your business will be worth something to the general public. They will know the ins and outs and be able to better prepare you for the process.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

Kodorra

JANUARY 4, 2019

Simply put, it’s a process of tokenizing securities (company stocks, bonds or assets like real estate). Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a lock-up period in their Regulation S where investors are unable to cash out their investment for up to one year. Some regulators, such as U.S

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

A couple of tech giants throw millions around in either cash (for which they have hoards) or part with some publicly traded stock. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. (If And who cares, right?

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Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 31, 2010

– 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. Companies are required to price their employee stock options close to the “market valuation&#.

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Valuation Stock Options Lock-up Period IPO 42