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Not really. The company went bankrupt and it’s an unsecured debt. It would have been a good play if it was collateralized or the company actually succeeded.

• abraae 7y ago
  Yes, that seems the opposite of the kind of deal you'd want to make with a hotly burning startup.
• subpixel 7y ago
  Ah, I assumed the deal was independent of WebVan's fate. I acknowledge that makes little sense. I must have been captivated by the vision of that check in the mail.