With the markets pushing toward new highs nearly every week, investors wonder how long the bull will keep running. The answer is simple: The bull will run for as long as fresh cash keeps feeding it.
And judging by the way the 2015 IPOs are shaping up, it's safe to say you should look for the bull to keep running through most of the year.
And right now all eyes are on Etsy (Nasdaq: ETSY), the Brooklyn-based e-commerce website set to go public on April 16. With a price range of $14 to $16 per share, the company is expected to raise at least $250 million. Following the IPO, Etsy will boast a valuation of $1.8 billion.
And as exciting as those 2015 IPOs are, the best is yet to come.
According Business Wire, in a recent survey of investment bank executives, fully 78% are forecasting that IPO activity in 2015 will either match 2014 (35%) or exceed 2014 (43%). The report added:
"In terms of how individual industries will fair in 2015, close to three quarters (73%) of those in the investment banking community are predicting an increase in offerings from the technology industry and better than two-thirds are forecasting an increase in IPOs in biotech (69%)."
Merely equaling last year's performance would still make 2015 a benchmark season for tech IPOs. After all, 2014 saw more IPOs than any year since the height of the dot-com era in 2000.
Leading the 2015 tech IPO pack is Uber Inc. The company has seen an annual growth rate of 145%. Since 2009, Uber has raised $2.8 billion in funding. It's currently valued at $40 billion.
Also on deck for 2015 tech IPOs are the following companies...
2015 IPOs to Watch, No. 2: Dropbox, a file hosting service that offers online cloud storage software. After raising $350 million in its January funding round, Dropbox is reportedly valued at $10 billion.
2015 IPOs to Watch, No. 3: Valued at $6 billion, Square Inc. offers mobile payment readers that allow anyone to accept credit cards on their Apple or Android devices.
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