November 19, 2015
An Insider’s Perspective: What Square’s IPO Really Means
There has been plenty of controversy over Square and its valuation, particularly after it priced its IPO at $9 a share — about half the valuation it had at its...
November 19, 2015
Square’s Market Value Continues To Shrink
Square set its IPO price at $9 per share on Wednesday, Nov. 18, which was below the expected price range.
November 18, 2015
For Square, IPO Looms Against Negative Backdrop
Tech’s fabled unicorns have had a rough go of it recently, and Square looks poised to join their trouble lot, amid muted expectations for its IPO and still-lofty valuations.
November 11, 2015
Fidelity Marks Snapchat Stake Down 25 Percent
The financial and entrepreneurial tech worlds aren’t often given to folksy platitudes, but when it comes to Fidelity’s adjustment of its stake in Snapchat, the appropriate saying might be “Don’t...
November 11, 2015
The Changing Face Of Early Round Funding
Much focus has been spent (and column space been given) to the ever-expanding valuations handed off to maturing — or nearly mature —startups as part of their supercharged late funding...
November 09, 2015
Expectations Edition: Visa Meets, Jobs Beat And Square Manages
Life was famously compared to a box of chocolates 21 years ago on the grounds that one “never knows what they’re gonna get.” Which, as it turns out, is almost a perfectly...
November 06, 2015
Square’s IPO Price: Conservative Or Realistic?
Square is looking to grab a valuation of as much as $4.2 billion through its IPO, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s a far cry...
November 04, 2015
Angel Investors To Take Wing From The Masses?
While investing in startup firms has been somewhat restricted to institutional investors and the extremely affluent, 2015 has seen the marketplace open up some for involvement for middle-class investors looking...
October 27, 2015
Square’s Back To Losing Money In Q3
It looks like Square slipped into the red last quarter. And that is not theory — that data comes from Square itself and its internal measure of adjusted earnings before...