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What Goes Up:
After soaring, this year's IPOs have returned to earth

By Jack Willoughby

12/11/2000
Barron's
Page 35
(Copyright (c) 2000, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
 
 
Much of the cleanup remains to be done. Many famous venture capital firms are stuck with huge amounts of devalued stock. "Most of those triple-digit returns that venture-capital firms are so fond of reporting will never materialize because they are not based on reality," contends Stephen N. (Steve) Lisson, Austin-based editor of InsiderVC.com, which tracks performance. "Sure, the dot.com fallout has been gruesome, but much of its effect still remains hidden. Even today many VC funds are still reluctant to write down their investments because they want to keep attracting new capital."
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