The Economist

This disruption to the conventional IPO market is risky but welcome. However, in the long run these newcomers won’t be able to escape ruthless outside scrutiny of their business models. The decline of IPOs is striking. On average in the 25 years to 2000, 282 firms staged one each year, but since 2001 the figure has fallen to 115. ................
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