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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

It will be a continued series of wins and IPOs to build confidence that the talent pool is deep here, so we can generate more capital and funds from institutional investors into the ecosystem.”. Having seen the talent Australia has produced so far, I’m inclined to agree with him.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. And in the last decade, we have had the dot.com bust and the housing bubble. This tech bubble is unfolding just like all the other bubbles before it.

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What type of entity should I form?

Startup Company Lawyer

Most venture and institutional investors favor C corps because they may have separate classes of stock, allowing for the creation of various levels of preferences, protections, and share valuations. A C corp is also the easiest type of entity to take public in an initial public offering. Fundraising.

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

At this point, you will be ready for institutional investors who can provide funding to scale or rapidly grow your business. Stage #3: Early Stage Investment (Series A & B) "Series A" is the term used to describe the first round of institutional funding for a venture.

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IPO Task Force Leader: JOBS Act a Wake-up Call for Startups

ReadWriteStart

Their task was to draft a set of recommendations for how the nation's "IPO crisis," as some call it, could be resolved - a post-bubble lull in the number of startup companies in all sectors that proceed to the initial public offering stage and go public.

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VC Governance FAQ: (2) Especially now, when transparency is so important, why is limited financial information available from a private company?

Pascal's View

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: At a time when transparency is so important to institutional investors, how can fiduciaries reconcile that there is limited information available with a private company?

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Barron’s Article on Tech IPO’s Misses the Importance of the Extinct Sub-$50 million IPO

Pascal's View

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. Share and Enjoy:

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