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Nope. Just trying to help people distinguish the two businesses. PE companies acquire private companies and run them. VC companies invest in founders and they r
by spullara 7y ago
Nope. 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.