No tech company from California’s famed startup basin, Silicon Valley, has gone public since last year. That could be because some high-profile 2019 Silicon Valley IPOs like Uber and Lyft flopped. But investors have short memories, and this week a half-dozen startups from the Valley filed to go public. About another half-dozen tech startups from other regions also announced their IPO plans this week.
Here are some key statistics and pros and cons investors may want to weigh vis-à-vis Palantir, Asana, Snowflake, and the rest of the upcoming class of late 2020 tech IPOs. Each company’s description includes a link to its S-1 filing. All financial data is from 2019 unless otherwise indicated.
Palantir Technologies
Symbol: PLTR
2019 revenue: $743 million
Revenue growth: 25%
Gross margin: 67%
Net loss: $580 million
Founded in 2003, Palantir created software to help defense and intelligence analysts sort through massive amounts of information … Read More