View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. My interest in digging through Slack’s filing was to better understand the business. So the things I was trying to broadly analyze include: What are the current and future growth prospects for Slack?

Lock-up Period 169

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 169

Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. Caveat: The market could not be kind to some of these companies — What will investors think of Uber losing billions of dollars per quarter?

Lock-up Period 103

Lock-up Period IPO New York Warrant 103

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Most founders stick around for their lock-up period (1-2 years) before going on to found their next company. .” Mark – doesn’t the acquiring company mostly care about the super innovative founders? Those 1-3 you’re talking about? If they do then they’re naive. And most buyers aren’t.

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. My interest in digging through Slack’s filing was to better understand the business. So the things I was trying to broadly analyze include: What are the current and future growth prospects for Slack?

Lock-up Period 100

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 100

Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 31, 2010

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.

Valuation 42

Valuation Stock Options Lock-up Period IPO 42

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Dont miss Plan - This may seem obvious, but Ive seen a number of CEOs shot for missing the first quarters numbers after going public, which is a great way to shrink your market cap well before the lock-up period is up. Same principle here. Prospective investors have a free look to see how you execute under the gun.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Or, the burgeoning private markets, which now fuel private companies with so much cash there’s been a new push to go for “Direct Listings” as companies become publicly-traded, allowing more shareholders to trade freely quicker without traditional lock-up periods? Or, it’s perhaps the conundrum of the U.S.

China 146

China Startup Lock-up Period Cap Table 146