As companies stay private longer, VC firms, like Spark, Gigafund, and Greenoaks, are investing in companies later on and buying stakes without seeking influence (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: As companies stay private longer, VC firms, like Spark, Gigafund, and Greenoaks, are investing in companies later on and buying stakes without seeking influence — How venture-capital firms are rewriting the rules in a once-in-a-lifetime IPO boom — Yasmin Razavi holds an unusual position …