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Definitely true, and many times there are clauses preventing you from selling to a 3rd party before IPO anyway.

• rb2k_ 11y ago
  Usually those providers don't "buy" it from you. They do fun things like giving you a loan with the options as a collateral. You would then default on the loan at the point of IPO. So theoretically you don't sell them anything.
  • wdewind 11y ago
    Interesting, I had never heard of that.