Hedge Funds Consider Going Public

Years ago I was a big fan of the meVC concept, a venture capital fund that was publicly traded allowing small investors to own shares in order to hopefully participate in some of the big returns venture capital firms often see. It didn\’t work, but now it appears that some hedge funds are considering going public as well.

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Dudu Mimran says:

March 28, 2005 at 12:03 pm

Why meVC didn’t work out?

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