Jay Turo says deal-making activity is booming, so why are there so many doomsdayers out there
Jay Turo says deal-making activity is booming, so why are there so many doomsdayers out there? Try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from the first quarter of 2014. 1) IPO's: 72 companies went public in the US, the largest number of new issuers since 2000, raising a total of 11.1 billion. As of Monday 54 of the 72 of them were trading above their IPO price. 2) M&A: Global mergers & acquisition activity totalled $710 billion, up 54% from last year. 3) Private Equity: PE firms did 850 deals, representing investments of greater than $152 billion, up 11%. Venture Capital. 1,348 companies raised more than $15 billion from venture capitalists, up 36%. They also raised $10.3 billion for 578 funds in the 1st Quarter, up 51% from last year.
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