IPOs

Why IPOs Are Not Attractive For Startup Owners Now

By at September 12, 2013 | 8:13 am | 0 Comment

Why IPOs Are Not Attractive For Startup Owners Now

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy more...

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China-based companies with venture backing raised $3.2 billion through 145 deals

By at August 2, 2011 | 6:32 pm | 0 Comment

China-based companies with venture backing raised $3.2 billion through 145 deals

In the first haif of 2011,China-based companies with venture backing raised $3.2 billion through 145 deals, a 1% decline in deal activity and 2% decline in capital invested over the same period in 2010, according to venture capital industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Initial public offerings (IPOs) of venture-backed companies were similarly in line with the more...

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