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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

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government dataset compiled by the U.S. Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. government policy ‘thenext big thing will not be invented here.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

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Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. Second, emerging growth companies lose negotiating leverage in acquisitions when they have no other viable liquidity alternatives.

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