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The dry IPO market is creating demand for alternate liquidity » VentureBeat
This is just a sample of the content found on this website. Please visit the website to read the entire page. "VentureBeat RSS Subscribe By Email Main DigitalMedia LifeScience CleanTech Mobile/Comm « Mobile-only social network MocoSpace ... Main Microsoft to buy semantic ... » The dry IPO market is creating demand for alternate liquidity Dean Takahashi June 26th, 2008 1f59 The second quarter, closing Monday, is expected to be the worst in recent history for initial public offerings, as the stock market continues to face stormy conditions . An estimated 44 IPOs were pulled during the year due to lousy market conditions. And that has shareholders, including venture capital funds, looking for alternative sources of liquidity. Among the stops for anyone who needs to turn shares into cash are secondary funds such as Industry Ventures in San Francisco. Hans Swildens, principal and founder, said that he’s getting a lot more queries from shareholders who are thinking about selling their shares in venture-backed companies. “They want to know what kind of price they can get,” Swildens said. “There are more people selling too. It’s what you would expect in this environment. If they can afford to wait a short time, they will. But they don’t want to wait for years.” Swildens’ firm has $400 million under management and it owns interests in 50 venture funds and 75 companies as a result of purchasing stakes in venture funds or directly buying out the shares of company founders, senior managers, or venture fund investments in companies. Typical transactions range from $1 million to $50 million, so Industry Vent" .... read entire page
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