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Share options are key to Valley culture; the UK is getting close, but not there yet

The Equity Kicker

Many of those newly minted millionaires go on to invest in startups themselves, which fuels the ecosystem and makes them role models for the next generation of startup employees that are hoping for a big payday from their options. Here in the UK the ecosystem is young and hence not yet so well developed.

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

VC Cafe

The Israeli innovation authority deems the sector suffers from ‘ chronic employee shortage’ The battle for talent has meant that companies had to lure potential employees with billboards, influencer videos, referral schemes, etc. I commented on this to Israel21c in the early days of the tre nd.

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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? Good deal for employees and a good deal for investors.