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[Posted on June 28, 2006 - 2:36 PM]

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My latest Silicon Valley Special column in The Deal magazine profiles Bart Schachter's investment strategy at Blueprint Ventures. The firm focuses exclusively on corporate spinouts and scored its biggest exit ever when Landesk was purchased by Avocent for $416 million. It's the largest VC-backed trade sale so far in 2006.

Former Intel Capital exec Schachter said the reason more venture capitalists don't invest in corporate spinouts is because the deals take a long time to negotiate because there are two parties to reach agreement with; the corporation and the founding team being spun out of the corporation.

He said, "That's why a lot of VCs don't look at these deals. Life is too short."

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