AI craze getting funded by tech giants, distorting traditional VCs

AI craze getting funded by tech giants, distorting traditional VCs

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky speaks with Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei during AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas on Nov. 28, 2023. Noah Berger | Getty Images Almost three years into a largely dormant IPO cycle, venture capitalists are in … Read more

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Pedestrians pass the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley is known for producing tech businesses that start in garages and turn into massive publicly traded companies ubiquitously known across the globe. From Oracle and Microsoft to Google and Facebook, the public … Read more

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq on June 7th, 2024.  CNBC Waystar shares slid about 3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the health-care payment software vendor priced its IPO in the middle of the expected range. The stock opened at $21 per share, below the IPO price of $21.50 per share late … Read more

Morgan Stanley sees 10 to 15 more tech IPOs in 2024, better 2025

Morgan Stanley sees 10 to 15 more tech IPOs in 2024, better 2025

Following a long period of waiting, “the IPO market’s back.” That’s according to Colin Stewart, Morgan Stanley’s global head of technology equity capital markets. In an interview with CNBC’s “TechCheck” on Monday, Stewart said 10 to 15 more tech companies could go public before the end of 2024, with an even “better year” in store … Read more

(RBRK) starts trading on New York Stock Exchange

(RBRK) starts trading on New York Stock Exchange

Bipul Sinha, CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder of Rubrik Inc., the Microsoft backed cybersecurity software startup, rings the opening bell during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Data management software maker Rubrik jumped in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, … Read more

Rubrik prices IPO at $32 per share, above expected range

Rubrik prices IPO at  per share, above expected range

Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of data security software company Rubrik. Sinha previously backed cloud management company Nutanix. Greylock Partners Rubrik, a data management software company backed by Microsoft, priced its IPO at $32 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter. That’s above its expected range. The 10-year-old company had planned to … Read more

Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2 billion across five funds

Andreessen Horowitz raises .2 billion across five funds

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Getty Images Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday that it raised $7.2 billion across five different funds, a sign of optimism in the tech startup world, which has seen a dearth of significant exits over the past two years. “This marks an important milestone for us,” Ben Horowitz, who co-founded the firm … Read more

Wells Fargo kicks off our bank earnings Friday. Rate cuts and dealmaking will be in focus this season

Wells Fargo kicks off our bank earnings Friday. Rate cuts and dealmaking will be in focus this season

What a difference a year makes. Club holding Wells Fargo will post quarterly results on Friday, followed by our other financial holding, Morgan Stanley, on Tuesday. The industry’s first-quarter results will come against a more pleasant backdrop than last year, when the March 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the sector. The … Read more

Venture deals in U.S. fell to lowest level since 2017 in Q1: PitchBook

Venture deals in U.S. fell to lowest level since 2017 in Q1: PitchBook

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) prepares for Reddit’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. The social media platform Reddit priced its IPO in the range of $31 to $34 per share on Wednesday. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Even with hot artificial intelligence startups … Read more

Rubrik files to go public as tech companies see thawing of IPO market

Rubrik files to go public as tech companies see thawing of IPO market

Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of data security software company Rubrik. Sinha previously backed cloud management company Nutanix. Greylock Partners Rubrik, a nine-year-old data security software vendor, filed to go public on Monday, the latest venture-backed company to move toward the public market after an extended lull dating back to late 2021. The Silicon Valley … Read more