By Andrew Shafer | Inc – Thu, Dec 8, 2011 12:00 AM ESTMore companies have filed for an initial public offering, but have not yet gone public this year than in more than a decade.
IPOs
211: The number of companies that, as of October, had filed for an initial public offering but had not yet gone public, the most in more than a decade
Portion of venture capital–backed companies that went public within five years of receiving funding...
From 1991 to 2000: 18%
From 2001 to 2010: 1%
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