The tech boom in 2021 brought a tantalising opportunity for tech companies and their investors to list and cash out — and it ended up being a bumper year for IPOs.
Analysis
March 22, 2023
Meet the 5 European tech companies worth less than all the money they've raised
Are the startups currently underpriced on the public market, or were the valuations VC investors gave them too high?
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