The world of venture capital is rich with tales of colossal payoffs. The partners at Benchmark Capital invested $6.7 million in eBay in 1997—and saw their stake mushroom to $400 million when the company went public one year later. Sequoia Capital and Kle

Facebook is always going to be thought of in Boston as "the other one that got away." Both companies, of course, left Massachusetts, creating jobs and enormous wealth in Seattle and Palo Alto, respectively. On the verge of the Facebook's long-anticipated

By Pui-Wing Tam And Shayndi Raice Facebook Inc. is set to unleash massive paydays in the venture-capital industry—including a potential record-breaking $9 billion jackpot for one venture firm.Facebook is expected to file to go public soon, raising as muc

LinkedIn’s (LNKD) recent secondary offering didn’t look promising as many insiders cashed out. LinkedIn’s Director David Sze, Greylock ventures, and Deer VI & Co.’s have sold close to 4 million shares in total. Compounded with LinkedIn’s recent 3rd quart

At the $71 asking price, that would bring more than $90 mil