VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

There are two main forms of exits for startups: trade sale/M&A or IPO. 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. Israeli tech companies using billboards in busy roads to attract tech talent.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. ” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company.

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

Even before that, we all knew that it was among the most rapidly growing SaaS companies in recent years and a product used (and loved) by millions of people. But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. Slack dropped their S-1 a couple weeks ago.

Lock-up Period 168

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 168

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

Even before that, we all knew that it was among the most rapidly growing SaaS companies in recent years and a product used (and loved) by millions of people. But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. This post also appears on NextView’s blog.

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Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 100