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foobarqux on Jan 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: VMware Buys AirWatch for $1.54 Billion

That's not how VC/PE typically works. Exit capital is returned, not reinvested.

icewalker on Jan 23, 2014 [–]

Sorry I wasn't clear with my pronouns (?) - "they" referred to the LPs, not Insight. Meaning that now the LPs (not Insight) have to figure out how to reinvest the capital that was returned.

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