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The problem with secondary offerings is that it means that someone in the private markets winds up holding the bag. It is in the best interests of insiders to
by deepwoods 4d ago
The problem with secondary offerings is that it means that someone in the private markets winds up holding the bag. It is in the best interests of insiders to have the public holding the bag if and when things go south. Even if you don't believe it will ever go south, the profits OAI would need to generate to justify the investment the private markets have flooded into OAI are absolutely gargantuan, and they are generally not built to sit around for multiple years collecting distributions. They need to return money to their LPs, and soon.
- nrmitchi 4d agoThe "private market" at this point is so huge though that you'll have an "insiders" private market, and an "outsiders" public market to dump the bag on that the insiders don't care about.
- deepwoods 4d agoThat's fair, but there is clearly agitation from some corners to IPO at some point.