Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate of 15 years ago. Going public is an expensive process.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Technical Review 218

Version One Ventures

JUNE 7, 2016

However, in the case of marketplaces, it’s much harder to leverage existing distribution or find synergies between the acquirer and acquired company: A marketplace’s technology/product is often custom and proprietary, making it tough to replace with existing technology and save costs.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

years in 2007- the longest gestation period since 1991: What has driven these changes to the capital markets and are they permanent or temporary? Bubble period IPO’s average 539 per year. iii. Post bubble average IPO’s 129 per year. Less than 20% of IPO’s <$50MM. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 cents or 6.25

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Equity Securities and Exchange Commission IPO Marketing 31