Venture Capital: "The Runaway Train of Late Stage Fundraising"
From Tom Tunguz:
Every morning, it seems like a startup raises a massive growth round.
In fact, the data proves the point. In 2014, there were 251 working
days and 249 $40M+ growth rounds - just about one per day.
In contrast to the frenetic private market, there were 15 US IT
venture-backed IPOs with offerings greater than $40M last year, slightly
more one IPO per month in 2014. Private market rounds were 16x as
common as IPOs in 2014, compared to the 2004-2007 era, when IPOs were
about as equally common as large private financings. As Bill Gurley wrote, “These large, high-priced private financings are the defining characteristic of this particular technology cycle.”...
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