TWTW Social: Winklevoss Twins Become Venture Capitalists

Winklevoss Twins in The SImpsons

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The Winklevoss twins – best known for their long, fraught legal battle over Facebook’s inception – are to enter the world of venture capitalism.

Appearing on CNBC’s Squark Box on Friday, the “Winklevi” announced that they have a started the investment company with the look to “focus on early-stage, disruptive startups”.

Squark Box anchor, Andre Ross Sorkin touches on the question on everybody’s lips – ‘Is the money behind the company coming from the twins equity stake in Facebook?’ With Facebook’s upcoming IPO, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss could stand to make a pretty penny from their combined 1.2million shares in the company.

See the full interview here:

http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/3000086832/code/cnbcplayershare

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