Venture Capitalists May Be Left Out Of Burdensome Regulations On...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 10/14/2009 - 03:00

Last month, we were a bit worried that an admittedly clueless Congress might lump venture capitalists in with other private equity firms in putting forth new regulations .

Venture capital is quite different from basic private equity, and the proposed regulations would be quite burdensome for VCs without having any benefit.

These "systemic" risk rules don't make sense for VCs who aren't investing in public investment vehicles for short times, but instead do long term strategic investments in private...

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