IPO Check-up: New York

Yesterday, inspired by Bill Gurley’s piece looking at the IPO market in Silicon Valley, I took a closer look at the Massachusetts IPO scene. Now, let’s look at New York. Unlike MA’s robust public company ecosystem, where I counted 33 public companies with greater than $1 billion in market capitalization, I was shocked to discover how very few similarly situated public companies in the Innovation Economy that exist in NY. If you restrict the geography to 30-45 minutes driving distance and part of the New York City “scene” (which encourages mingling and productive talent and idea sharing), you have to eliminate CA, IBM and Priceline.

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