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These Founders, Investors, And Employees Got Rich Without Having To IPO Or SellPascal-Emmanuel Gobry, provided by Thursday, December 30, 2010 More From Business Insider
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Some people are speculating that 2011 will be the year of the tech IPO. But maybe it will be the year of the late-stage funding. The new type of late-stage funding has given startups all the advantages of going public -- access to capital, founder liquidity -- without the drawbacks -- regulatory hassles, transparency. More and more of the world's biggest private tech companies, which would be expected to go public, are instead doing these types of deals. They've sometimes been called "DST deals" after the Russian firm that pioneered them -- but they're really the New IPO. Click here to see the founders and investors cashing in on the New IPO ?Join the conversation about this story » See Also: 
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