7 Tech Companies That Will Possibly Go Public In 2015


BANGALORE: After Facebook and Twitter, it was the Chinese e-commerce giant “Alibaba” who made headlines in 2014 by raising $25 billion in the world’s largest public offering.

CB Insights, a venture capital database, put out its annual Tech IPO report, which listed nearly 600 private companies that now have valuations of $100 million or more and would likely go public down the road. So if you’re wondering, which tech company will make it big in 2015, here is a list of few tech companies that reportedly are considering IPOs this year, as reported by Mashable.

Box

It’s already been a while since Box, the California based cloud storage and collaboration startup, filed to go public. But the company had to hold back its plan after cloud computing shares experienced a massive drop in April and May. However, again new rumors have surfaced where even after filing a $169 million loss on revenue of $124 million in the year ending January 31; the company is set to take on another sizable round of funding from private equity investors and is expected to go public in 2015.

Aaron Levie, cofounder and CEO of Box, said, "It was unfortunately just too many difficult things to surmount. He further added, “I think in a more stable market with clearer understanding of the trajectory, we would have had a very different kind of conversation."

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