Social Media, ecommerce, mobile & other areas has resulted in many startups going for IPO. Facebook, twitter & others are some of the noteworthy startups who have gone for IPO. Many of the startups are now valued at $1 billion or more. Facebook purchased startups like Instagram & Whatsapp, Yahoo purchased tumblr & others. These startups have been valued at billions & millions of dollars.
Xiaomi from China and Dropbox from the US are at the very top of the list followed by palantir, jingdong & others. Startups from US, EUrope & China are in the top 10 list. With the increase in the values of these startups, VC’s make a good ROI when the stakes are sold or the company gets listed.
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