Around 2006 there was a sudden increase in so-called "partial liquidations," where entrepreneurs could take some money off the table during a mid-stage funding round. Considered unheard of at the time, now they're the norm for companies doing well. Then in 2009, we saw the rise of secondary markets, which allowed early stage investors and employees to take some money off the table at more frequent intervals. That's still controversial in some quarters, but becoming the norm for hot companies-- and at huge sums. And now, Dow Jones VentureSource has been tracking a new trend in the same vein: An increase in private equity money not just cashing out some founder or early investor shares, but buying the whole company as a way for everyone to exit and still keep the company private. 
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