Foreign and joint-venture sales account for up to 80% of the market in some of China's larger cities.

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This also takes into account that many venture investors do not (or are not allowed to) sell most of their shares in a company for at least six months after the IPO.

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Is my deal one of the 15 that will account for 96% of all venture returns?

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Even today, every dollar of venture capital Tableau has raised is in its bank account, says Chabot.

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The venture delivered about a 35 percent return for his self-directed account.

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