US AI player OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an IPO that could value the company at as much as $1 trillion. This would make it the largest IPO ever, bigger than those of Saudi Aramco and Alibaba. According to Reuters, OpenAI is exploring the possibility of filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) […]| Techzine Global
For decades, investors have had to play by Wall Street’s rules. Markets open and close at fixed hours. Settlement takes days. Access to certain funds is restricted to the few […]| Refresh Miami
Classifieds were among the first real use cases for the internet: a digital bulletin board where you could buy, sell, and trade without the hassle of newspaper ads or physical marketplaces. Over two decades later, they are still relevant, with Dubizzle, formerly Emerging Markets Property Group, listing this week. The company has a pretty interesting history and is one of the largest in its category by geographic coverage, which at one point stretched from Mexico to Southeast Asia. However, ...| Insights by Data Darbar
In total, investors put just over $3.3 billion globally into seed- through growth-stage rounds for cybersecurity-focused companies, per Crunchbase data. That’s about a third lower than the prior quarter.| Crunchbase News
A total of 26 companies joined the The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in September, the largest new monthly cohort in three years, Crunchbase data shows. The surge in new unicorns follows on the heels of a very slow August, when only four companies joined the board.| Crunchbase News
ICOs, also known as Initial Coin Offerings, are the new buzz word in the tech and finance world. Through ICOs, startups are able to raise funds by selling cryptocurrency tokens to investors. This year, more than $3bn has been raised through ICOs (Source: CoinSchedule). To put this in context, according to CoinDesk data, funding for The article The ICO Dilemma: Understanding Both Sides of the Same Coin appeared first on Enric Durany.| Enric Durany
Poslovna klima u Hrvatskoj je dobra i nije iznimka od ukupne poslovne klime u Europi, a uz optimizam, i dalje planiramo nove investicije, rekao je partner fonda Enterprise Investors (EI) za Adriatic regiju Michal Kedzia na zajedničkoj konferenciji s AmChamom. Na konferenciji “Izgradnja održivih poduzeća u Hrvatskoj” (Building Enduring Businesses in Croatia), Kedzia je izjavio da svi u Europi prolaze “trnovit put” posljednjih godina zbog geopolitičkih razloga, ali i da u cijeloj Eu...| Poslovni dnevnik
Chinese solar PV inverter and energy storage provider Sungrow has announced plans for a Hong Kong IPO as it reports half-year results.| Energy-Storage.News
How to prepare for your company's IPO regarding handling taxes and, more importantly, what you want your LIFE to look like.| Flow Financial Planning, LLC
The fast-fashion company has struggled to find a sound landing place for an IPO. Bloomberg reported that a move back to China could be an answer.| Sourcing Journal
M&A and IPOs got off to a quick start in 2025 only to crash into a wall of policy challenges. Upfront payment for licensing transactions, however, grew as pharmas looked for less-risky deals.| BioSpace
Biotech was starting to show signs of recovery after years of investor pullback—until new tariffs and economic uncertainty sent fresh shockwaves through an already fragile market.| BioSpace
Fast-growing Figma's internet software has more than 13 million users, and the customer list includes Google, Microsoft and Netflix.| CNBC
Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the widely used USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, is preparing to go public through an initial public offering (IPO). The| FinanceFeeds
Marketing an IPO goes beyond numbers. Learn how Walker Sands helps brands prepare for an IPO through strategic storytelling and positioning.| Walker Sands
In the tradition of previous quick S-1 teardowns (Snowflake, Palantir, Confluent, Klaviyo, Cerebras, etc), some quick notes on the CoreWeave S-1 from my colleague Aman Kabeer and I. As in prior efforts, this is not meant to be 100% comprehensive (and it’s certainly not investment advice!). The C| Matt Turck
All the bankers we know are incredibly busy, but they do not have much to show for it. The capital markets are log-jammed and it is not clear what it will take to free them.| Digits to Dollars
Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's… an IPO. The Cerebras S-1 filing is interesting in many ways, but certainly one is that, well, it is an (upcoming) IPO in the first place. In a context where tech IPOs have been at an all time low, with a very modest uptick in 2024 (Reddit, Rubrik| Matt Turck
In last week's post I shared some thoughts about Dropbox and why, although Dropbox is unquestionably one of the most amazing SaaS companies ever built, I am a tad less confident in the company's long-term future than I am in other SaaS leaders such as Salesforce.com, Zendesk, or Shopify.| The Angel VC
I’m late to the party here, I know. Dropbox went public a bit more than a month ago and I’ve finally had a chance to take a close look at the company’s S1. I’ll be sharing a few specific observations from the S1 review, but let’s start with some more general thoughts about the company.| The Angel VC
A couple of years ago, Latin America was the fastest-growing region in the world for startup investment. Hot companies from Brazil to Mexico were securing large, later-stage rounds to scale up in sectors like real estate, deliveries and e-commerce. Not anymore.| Crunchbase News
Is this it? Are we back? Everyone in the startup and venture world has been waiting for months for the re-opening of the IPO window. After a record breaking 2021 (1035 IPOs, beating the previous record of 480 in 2020), 2022 saw a dramatic decline (181 IPOs) and 2023 so far has not been much better.| Matt Turck
