Comments on: The J Curve http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/03/12/the-j-curve-2/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anshu Sharma http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/03/12/the-j-curve-2/comment-page-1/#comment-89566 Anshu Sharma Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:50:25 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/03/12/the-j-curve-2/#comment-89566 The data looks good but I doubt VCs and their investors would be investing large sums if the returns were that low. One point that may be missing is the post-IPO returns. For example, Google exit is not worth $5bn but actually $20bn for its VC investors. Also true for Salesforce.com and other IPOs (and some acquisitions). I have a somewhat detailed response on my blog. The data looks good but I doubt VCs and their investors would be investing large sums if the returns were that low. One point that may be missing is the post-IPO returns. For example, Google exit is not worth $5bn but actually $20bn for its VC investors. Also true for Salesforce.com and other IPOs (and some acquisitions).

I have a somewhat detailed response on my blog.

]]>