The IPO hype cycle returns

Illustrated by Liverpool-based designer Stephen Chan, the Feb. 1, 2016, cover of Fortune warned of a fast-approaching reckoning for the tech sector’s billion-dollar unicorn IPOs. The illustration depicts a stampede of unicorns racing for the exit, while the cover line warns of a broken IPO market. Among the cautionary tales in the feature are Lending Club, whose IPO was 20-times oversubscribed but saw its price fall by 50% from its high within the first year of trading, and GoPro, which reached its peak of $94 per share shortly after listing—it now trades at $0.68. This year has been billed as the year of the trillion-dollar IPO.........

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