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Are you here to argue that PE people are somehow more ethical or better at business than VC people? That's going to be a laugh line for anyone who has ever been
by jessaustin 7y ago
Are you here to argue that PE people are somehow more ethical or better at business than VC people? That's going to be a laugh line for anyone who has ever been exposed to them.
- spullara 7y agoNope. Just trying to help people distinguish the two businesses. PE companies acquire private companies and run them. VC companies invest in founders and they run the company.
- jessaustin 7y agoSince we're striving for accuracy here, usually they acquire public firms and "take them private".
- QuesnayJr 7y agoThere are a lot of purely private transactions now -- they've already taken everybody private who wants to go private.