Analysis

November 30, 2022

The market for IPOs is dead — or is it?

These startups are going against the tide


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Cinis Fertilizer's stock market introduction

Listed tech companies’ share prices have been battered this year. The stock prices of SoftBank-backed Swedish comms software company Sinch, music platform Spotify and UK digital health company Babylon have all plummeted — so much so that Babylon was recently in danger of being delisted as a result. With all kinds of investors focused on profitability and low risk, the stock market is no place for tech startups right now.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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