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Wolfe: Denying Early Liquidity to CTRL-Labs Founders Was a Colossal Mistake
“What I realized was what I should have done, which was a colossal and historic mistake, was make sure that we gave some interim liquidity. Because if we had put a few million dollars in that founder's pocket early on, the ability to stay the course would have …”
Josh Wolfe Feb 21, 2022 ▶ 24:26 Josh Wolfe – Caution and Innovation at Lux Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 8 (Capital Allocators, EP.236)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wolfe: Facebook Nearly Tripled Its Initial Acquisition Offer for CTRL-Labs
“Facebook made an initial entreaty. We rejected it. They effectively nearly tripled their offer. It became more financially attractive”
Josh Wolfe Feb 21, 2022 ▶ 23:26 Josh Wolfe – Caution and Innovation at Lux Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 8 (Capital Allocators, EP.236)
Assertion Supported
Wolfe: Meta acquired CTRL-labs for slightly under $1 billion
“Coincidentally, Meta bought that for a little under a billion dollars, started by this guy Reardon.”
Josh Wolfe Dec 8, 2025 ▶ 48:09 Josh Wolfe & Brett McGurk – Venture, Geopolitics, and the Next Frontier (EP.476)
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