Bain Capital Ventures To Exit LinkedIn

Bain Capital Ventures is selling its entire holding in business networking site LinkedIn for about $284 million.

Bain Capital Ventures is selling its entire holding in business networking site LinkedIn for about $284 million, AltAssets reports. The early-stage growth division of international buy-out major Bain Capital has informed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about the sale in a filing.

Bain Capital Ventures, which put money into LinkedIn in 2008, held 3.71 million shares of the company. The business-related social networking site raised $300 million through an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in May this year.

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