Comments on: InsideVenture Banks on New, Hybrid IPO Model

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[...] NeXt Up’s research report is offered to users of SharesPost, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based private online exchange that allows the sale of shares of private companies to willing buyers. Most of their concern is coming from the lack of revenues and worries that any diversification [...]

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By: bob

bob — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:40:22 +0000

A hybrid makes very little sense why will companies register to do this? They will go to existing secondary buyers before a “hybrid offering”. I don’t think they have even done a deal in the direct market, so what makes inside ventures think this will work.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:04:30 +0000

Alex, correct to some extend but OffRoad tried to create a new security instead of going with the traditional common stock offering if I recall properly; hence not really clearing the complexity of private company cap tables and preferrences.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:17:47 +0000

Pretty cool. Many similarities to OffRoad Capital back in 2000. OffRoad had the right concept, but like the Apple Newton ahead of its time.