The technology IPO market is clearly on the rebound now – and there are strong odds that it will strengthen. With luck, this will help to begin reversing troublesome trends in the venture capital ecosystem and give more worthy entrepreneurs at shot at securing financing from those companies. This would be a huge benefit to the still-struggling U.S. economy.Photo credit of Refracted Moments
According to Renaissance Capital IPO Home, there have been more than 19 U.S. technology IPOs this year – the most of any sector. This is in addition to the more than $94 billion in U.S. technology M&A deals, already the highest total since 2000, according to Dealogic. (That’s up from $71B for all of 2010 and $40B in 2009, by the way.)
This is the first extended period since the 2008 financial crisis in which there have been a sizable number of significant technology liquidity events. The latest wave is highly concentrated among select social networking and other relatively high-profile companies, but it may spread to other technology companies and, eventually, perhaps even to more main street firms and brick-and-mortar entrepreneurs.
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Author:Robert R. Ackerman Jr.
