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

VC Cafe

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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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. It was May.

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Difference Between ICO, IEO and STO

Kodorra

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. STO (Security Token Offering).