Plenary Session – The Golden Ticket: Looking for Liquidity via IPOs, M&As, Direct Offerings, Secondary Market & PE

As of August 2018, there were 138 U.S. unicorns with an aggregate post-money valuation of nearly $500B. This trend coupled with record amounts of capital flowing to VC-backed companies over the past five years means exits are top of mind for VCs and their LPs. Learn how VCs view the exit environment for the expanding range of liquidity opportunities ranging from an opening of the IPO window to PE firms becoming increasingly active in this space.

 

Session Material:

• 3 Things founders & VCs should know about building billion-dollar startups during market uncertainty
• Why companies like Lyft and Uber are going public without having profits
• The rise of unicorn startups
• Dual-Track Processes: How to Turbocharge Your Exit
• Private Company Secondary Market 2018 Retrospective