Deals
Andreessen Sees Big Exits for Tech Startups in Next Wave
- Investor expects return to public markets in 2016, 2017
- Microsoft-LinkedIn deal may be sign M&A activity under way
Andreessen: More Tech M&A Activity in Pipeline
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Marc Andreessen sees technology startups cashing out in a wave of acquisitions and public stock offerings over the next few years.
Andreessen, the co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, expects many more M&A deals this year and a stream of IPOs in 2017 and 2018. The pendulum has swung too far away from the public markets in recent years and closely held companies have remained private far longer than the historical norm, he said Tuesday at the Bloomberg Technology Conference in San Francisco.