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Equity Securities, Time to Liquidity

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Value of input used to measure investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123874694&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Value of input used to measure investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Investments and Fair Value Measurement - Summary of Unobservable Inputs (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Estimated time to liquidity		1 year 9 months
Option Pricing Model
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Estimated time to liquidity	2 years
Relative weighting
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input		1
Transaction price per share
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input		6.16
Market adjustment \| Common Stock Equivalent
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input	(0.20)
Market adjustment \| Option Pricing Model
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input	(0.40)
Volatility
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input		0.53
Volatility \| Option Pricing Model
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.39