Intel has it under control. Spinning Mobile as a public company was good news for the tech outlet. But a once-successful corporate spin-off isn’t a sign that public-market tech startups are back.
Indeed, with news that Instacart is now pushing for a 2023 IPO , the upcoming calendar for tech exits (aside from M&A) is more than bleak. It is morbid.
That’s why the Twitter-Musk saga — the anti-IPO we’re seeing as the social media company goes private — is consuming so much oxygen: When it comes to dramatic exits, there’s not that much else. Well, user testing sales aside, I guess.
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Our concern is to understand when IPOs will return, as they may provide another means by which late-stage startups can raise capital. currently, There is a threat. Some unicorns do not invest and therefore die. More capital for the pool of billion-dollar startups could ease some of the pressure, without helping justify the new price chart for startup stocks.
