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Spotify is targeting revenue growth of 25% to 35%, compared to 39% last year when it reached €4.1 billion ($5 billion) in sales. Photo: Reuters

Spotify to list stock on 3 April, projecting path to profit

2 min read . 16 Mar 2018

Univision considered and rejected a $13 billion plus merger offer from Discovery Communications Inc. last year. Photo: iStockphoto

Univision scraps IPO, leaving billionaires without exit plan

2 min read . 07 Mar 2018

Dell has about $46 billion of debt. That includes about $3 billion of bonds maturing in 2018 and $4.35 billion due next year while the firm also has loans outstanding. Photo: Bloomberg

Dell Technologies is said to be considering IPO, other options

1 min read . 26 Jan 2018

Apollo will own about 85% of ADT after the IPO, according to the company’s regulatory filing. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Apollo-backed ADT raises $1.47 billion, pricing IPO below range

1 min read . 19 Jan 2018

After its founding in 2007, Dropbox gained a loyal following from people looking to store photos and other files in the cloud. Photo: Bloomberg

Dropbox expected to hire Goldman for IPO plans: report

1 min read . 28 Jul 2017

Cable operator Altice USA raised $1.9 billion through initial public offering, which will be used for acquisitions. Photo: Reuters

Altice raises $1.9 billion in year’s second-biggest US IPO

2 min read . 22 Jun 2017

Slack raised $200 million in its latest funding round in 2016, valuing it at $3.8 billion. Photo: Preetha K./Mint

Amazon said to be interested in buying Slack

1 min read . 16 Jun 2017

SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund rankles venture capital firms

5 min read . 24 May 2017

A file photo of a Google self-driving car. Photo: AP

Austin Russell: The 22 year-old at the wheel of the self-driving car craze

7 min read . 01 Apr 2017

The Snap IPO raised $3.4 billion for the Snapchat maker, in the biggest social media IPO since Twitter more than three years ago. Photo: Reuters

Snap Inc. jumps in Wall Street debut after first US tech IPO of 2017

4 min read . 03 Mar 2017

The maker of disappearing photo app Snapchat, based in Los Angeles, is the first technology or communications company to go public in the US in 2017. Photo: Reuters

Snap raises $3.4 billion, pricing shares in IPO above range

1 min read . 02 Mar 2017

If Instagram’s stories feature does prevent Snapchat from building its audience, Snap will need a more significant explanation than Android product problems when it starts to give quarterly earnings presentations after the IPO. Photo: Bloomberg

Snap roadshow questions focus on growth amid Facebook rivalry

2 min read . 22 Feb 2017

Snap is the first US social-media company to go public since Twitter Inc. debuted more than three years ago. Photo: Reuters

Snapchat said to set IPO valuation at as much as $22.2 billion

1 min read . 16 Feb 2017

Snapchat’s net loss widened to $515 million in 2016, on revenue of $404 million, according to the prospectus filed on Thursday. Photo: Bloomberg

Snapchat files for $3 billion IPO as era of secrecy ends

2 min read . 03 Feb 2017

Graphic: Sarvesh Sharma/Mint

Cisco’s AppDynamics deal may pave way for unicorns

2 min read . 27 Jan 2017

The scarcity of blockbuster technology deals in 2016 has dragged on everything from investor morale to private funding and companies’ business strategies. Photo: AFP

Silicon Valley needs 2017 to be a blockbuster year for IPOs

5 min read . 14 Dec 2016

Snapchat is preparing filings for a listing and aims to sell shares in the first quarter of next year. Photo: Bloomberg

Snapchat said to seek to raise as much as $4 billion in IPO

2 min read . 27 Oct 2016

Snapchat known for its disappearing texts and photos could fetch a market value of at least $25 billion. Photo: Reuters

Snapchat said to prepare documents for IPO as soon as March

1 min read . 07 Oct 2016

Uber and Didi Chuxing are bleeding cash in China as they fight for dominance in the world’s most populous country. Photo: Reuters

Uber backers push for Didi Chuxing deal in China

4 min read . 22 Jul 2016

Airbnb also has more than $2 billion in cash and more than $2 billion in customer deposits from booking payments people make to the company, which it passes on to hosts later, a person familiar with the matter said. Photo: Bloomberg

Airbnb said to get $1 billion debt facility from big US banks

2 min read . 16 Jun 2016