20 companies have raised financing at a billion dollar plus valuation in 2014 while only 7 have gone public for more than $1 billion. With money abundant in the private markets, why go public?
Based on CB Insights data, in 2014, there have been nearly 3 times as many startups garnering new $1B+ valuations in private financings as there have been VC-backed billion-dollar tech IPOs.
