Which Private Investors are Cashing Out?

Every venture capitalist is anxious to use the latest IPO window to get his companies liquid. But some firms are more successful than others. At the top of the list there were few surprises--JP Morgan Partners and Alta Partners, with six biotech IPOs each, and MPM Capital with five. But the next group down contained some newer names.

Every venture capitalist is anxious to use the latest IPO window to get his companies liquid. But some firms are more successful than others.

We reviewed the prospectuses for the 23 biotech companies with IPOs since the window opened—September 2003 through May 2004—to document...

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