Venture owns ~50%. Venture and other major investors own on median 54% and on average 51% of the businesses that exit by going public.
Strategics don’t matter. Of the 131 tech companies that have gone public, only 30 had a strategic investor. That’s only 17% or less than 1 in 5.
sammy@blossomstreetventures.com
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