It matters for the s ake of increasing the information available about the market for startups. Granted, startups span a huge space, but there's a real dearth of pricing information overall.

http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~allenf/download/Vita/roleo...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=efficient%20market

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=role%20of%20informa...

None of this matters, the only relevant question is whether it's interesting.