Pre-IPO

Stripe is looking to raise money again.  After the company admitted to becoming bloated and laid of 14% of its workforce in late 2022, it is now working to raise another round of funding at a valuation of $55 billion. The company was valued at $95 billion in 2021 during the peak of venture...

“Money is not bad, money is a sign of energy. Where there is a lot of money, there is a lot of energy. The money for itself is only energy, we trade only energy. The people, what they are doing with that… That’s the important thing.” —Thomas Gütermann. Last...

Initial Public Offerings used to represent a unique risk-reward scenario for investors looking to get in on a company's high growth potential once it made its way to major markets. However, nowadays companies are remaining private longer in hopes of avoiding the potential pitfalls of being in the...