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Silicon Valley’s tech IPO drought is about to end

SANA.RC

The 2020 tech IPO drought in Silicon Valley is about to end after a wave of filings on Monday brought 13 new companies into the IPO pipeline. Now,...read more

The 2019 IPO market's most active venture capital firms

OrbiMed

87 venture-backed companies IPO'd in 2019, in line with 2018. These companies raised $26.3 billion in the IPO market, a more than $11 billion increase over the previous year. Driven by strong biotech activity and a rising number of large tech unicorns, OrbiMed topped the most active venture firms in the 2019 IPO market, along with other healthcare VCs. ...read more

Renaissance Capital's 2019 US IPO Market Review

UBER

2019 IPO Market: Better Than the Headlines The long-awaited debuts of mega unicorns Uber and Lyft were mega busts, capped off by WeWork’s kamikaze IPO attempt in September. But beyond these headline-grabbing disappointments, the IPO market had a mostly good year. Returns averaged 20%, with 159 IPOs raising $46...read more

Challenging IPO market causes October deals to price down

ZM

Disappointing returns have made investors especially sensitive to the valuations of new IPOs. Along with a broad contraction in high-flying growth stocks (e.g. ZM, PD), many of the year's most high-profile, highly-valued growth IPOs have lost 20% or more since listing (UBER, LYFT, WORK, SDC, PTON). In October, 6 out of the 17 IPOs have priced below the range, or...read more