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2016 IPO Prospects: SurveyMonkey Will Likely Wait
According to IBISWorld, the US market research industry experienced a slow but steady annual growth of 0.4% over the past five years to reach $20 billion in 2016. It expects growth to accelerate in the next five years, driven by changes in media consumption and the growing use of social media. SurveyMonkey is an IPO-ready
Should Verizon Buy Yahoo?
After multiple failed efforts to resurrect Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), it appears that the company has finally hit absolute bottom. Markets reports continue to be dismal. An eMarketer report estimates that Yahoo will account for 1.5% of the global market for online ads compared with 2.4% share in 2015. As the company continues to flounder through
Netflix Faces Formidable Amazon
Video streaming service provider Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) continues to be failing at adding subscribers at the rate that the market will like it to. Not only has international expansion failed to meet market expectations, but the domestic market is also facing severe headwind as Amazon continues to play a bigger role in the streaming market.
2016 IPO Prospects: Skyscanner Bootstraps First from Scotland, Raises Money Later from Sequoia
According to the AAA, nearly 180 million people visited online travel sites per month in 2015, recording a 27% growth over the year. Researchers believe that most of the online growth in the coming years will be driven from Italy, Spain, Germany, Mexico, China, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Norway, and India as the markets
2016 IPO Prospects: Qualtrics Bootstrapped First, Raised Money Later
According to an IBISWorld research report, the US market research market is estimated to be a $20 billion industry this year, having reported a modest 0.4% annual growth since 2011. The future of the industry is expected to be driven by the growing use of social media that will revolutionize traditional methods of conducting market
Billion Dollar Unicorns: ShopClues Joins the Club
According to Morgan Stanley, by the year 2020 the total Indian Internet market is expected to reach $159 billion while the e-commerce market is expected to reach $119 billion. About $6.6 billion funds were pumped into the market in 2015, an increase of 50% over 2014. While Flipkart and Snapdeal hold 45% and 26% of the
2016 IPO Prospects: Is Stripe Lining up Next?
According to a recent Accenture survey report, 18% of North Americans use mobile payments technology on a regular basis. It is a much higher percentage for millennials and higher-income households, of which 23% and 38%, respectively, use contactless payments at least once a week. But the market is a fast growing one. eMarketer forecasts the total
2016 IPO Prospects: HelloFresh Puts its IPO Plans on Hold
According to market research firm Technomic Inc, the global market size for home delivered fresh meal kits is estimated to be a billion dollars. The US meal kit market alone is expected to grow to be worth $3 billion-$5 billion in the next 10 years.