Assertion: venture capitalist's company | /r/CapableOf | become public
Facets:
value: over the past four decades
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the u.s.
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Even though it is such a small industry, of the 1,300 or so companies that became public in the U.S. over the past four decades, 40% were backed by venture capital and they accounted for 82% of the research and development expenditures by all those 1,300 firms.