Is the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act doing just that? The legislation is celebrating its second anniversary this month and U.S. initial public offering activity is at its highest since 2000, said Gerd Thomsen of Morrison Foerster in a post on MoFo Jumpstarter.
In the first quarter of this year, 64 companies raised $10.6 billion and 103 new IPOs were filed, he said, explaining that that’s more than double the amount from the first quarter of 2013. The largest sectors going public were comprised of health-care companies and technology. And venture-backed capital played a big part too, backing 40 IPOs.
