This is the 7th annual edition of the CB Insights Tech IPO Pipeline Report. This year’s Tech IPO Pipeline features 286 of the most promising and highly valued private venture and private equity-backed technology companies in the United States.
The analysis finds that while tech IPO activity did not see a major spike in 2018, investment to potential candidates continues to grow significantly. Of note, there has been almost six times more $100M+ private financings than IPOs of US venture-backed tech companies this year. The continued frothiness in the private markets has minted more than 40 new US tech unicorns in 2018 YTD.