Déjà Vu All Over Again in the IPO Market?
It's long been said that IPO market is a leading indicator for the stock market. When demand for initial public offerings is weak, it suggests that investors are not all that interested in equities, and vice versa. Paradoxically, when interest and activity in the new...
Pre-IPOs: Square Slips Through a Growing Hole
Sighs of relief could be heard across Wall Street late last week following Square's initial public offering, which was priced on Wednesday. After a stream of reports that called into question the valuations assigned to the digital-payments start-up and other pre-IPO...
The best Tech VC funds and how to rank them
Usual ranking methods Traditional ranking methods in Private Equity and therefore in VC funds usually involve return performance metrics such as Internal Rate of Return (IRR) or multiples of committed capital. Some ranking lists have the VC firms in order of Capital...
The Ins and Outs of Peer-to-Peer Investing
When it comes to investing, the smart money looks at the stock market – as well as outside of it. There is big money in alternative investments, like venture capital or other types of private equity. Alternative investments come with their own risks and requirements,...
Introduction to VC Funds and investing in start-ups
The Venture Capital Concept The idea behind VC is to invest in Entrepreneurs and their companies that are in the early stages of their life cycle, often to get a product beta produced or to continue its development. In Some cases the business is still simply an idea...
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