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Will 2014 bring sustained momentum for venture-backed IPOs? Introduction Initial public offerings continued their rapid rise in 2013, aided by the strong performance of the U.S. public equity markets. Last year, 222 companies successfully completed their IPOs. Those IPOs included 82 venture-backed companies, such as the blockbuster debut of Twitter in November, and comprised the…
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David York interviews Stephen Pagliuca of Bain Capital at SuperInvestor U.S. 2013 in San Francisco. Stephen Pagliuca (Managing Director, Bain Capital) interviewed by David A. York (CEO and Managing Director, Top Tier Capital Partners) at SuperInvestor U.S. 2013 in San Francisco. The U.S. is just coming out of a recession and but bright spots are…
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Top Tier Capital Partners is a proud sponsor of Something Ventured, a documentary film investigating the emergence of the venture capital industry. Something Ventured is a documentary film about the original venture capitalists and the companies they helped to start and grow–like Apple, Intel, Genentech, Cisco, Tandem and Atari.
This article first featured in Preqin’s Private Equity Spotlight – March 2012 The days of the dot-com boom are now a distant memory to venture capitalists and the industry has been forced to evolve in the face of reduced performance. David York, CEO and Managing Director of Top Tier Capital Partners, looks at the current…
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