IPOs are back in the reckoning. And this time it’s none other but Uncle Sam that’s the epicenter and the boys raising the bars are from the dot-com business. With most of them having or claiming to have gained the critical mass (for the much abused “network effect”), it’s not a surprise that the valuations are simply going through the roof. The four of the biggest newsmakers are Facebook, twitter, Linkedin and Groupon. Though likes of Skype, Zynga, Yandex (Russian search engine), Pandora (music streaming company) etc. have been in the news as well.
So, what’s the fuss all about? For that let’s have a look at the user base, revenue and the predicted valuation for some of these tech firms.
Firm
|
User Base
|
Revenue
|
Profit/Loss
|
Valuations
|
90 m
|
$51m
|
-$6.8m
|
$4.2bn
| |
100 m
|
$243m
|
$15m
|
$8.9bn
| |
279 m
|
$942m
|
$47.2m
|
$15-20bn
| |
700 m
|
$4bn
|
-
|
$100+bn
| |
300 m
|
$100m
|
-
|
$7.7bn
| |
83 m
|
$713.4m
|
-$389.6m
|
$20bn
|
