Spin-outs Dominate Lagging IPO Market
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Risk-wary investors seem to be favoring the financings of firms backed by a larger corporate partner to those going it alone: spin-out related deals have accounted for 82% of 2002's IPO totals to date.
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