Only given consideration to more recently because of the phenomena. Well end up meeting the ceo a couple of months or whatever after we have made an investment it puts greater burden on us for Due Diligence and for the backgrounds of the people who are involved and the experience. Its probably going to end up with some good results actually. Thats interesting. Weve had some discussions on air about the degree to which lack of persontoperson meetings means can you close on a house, can you close on a transaction, but youre saying its not necessarily a deal killer it definitely is not. I think that will be for early stage companies. The Later Stage Companies where theres more substance involved and theyve been around longer is a bigger problem. Were in the early stage, a round, b round, period i think well have less of a concern about that we also obviously are focused a lot on follow on rounds for our existing portfolio which is fairly extensive at this point hi, alan, its jon fortt, go
More on the case that started tuesday. And who is laughing now . Netflix cofounder Mark Randolph says blockbuster left at the companys original movie by mail service. We will hear his latest thoughts on streaming wars and tech culture. First, it finally happened. Wework is pushing back its ipo. What was once one of the most anticipated debuts of 2019 is now postponed to october. They are looking to calm doubts. At this was the post to be a 47 supposed to be a 47 billion company. Now that number is about 15 billion and perhaps smaller. Joining me to discuss, phil haslett. And, in new york, crystal tse, who has been covering this troubled ipo. What was the problem today . Is it valuations, financials, or governance problems . All of the above. The simple answer is they have a lot of things to address before they can go to the investors again and ask them for their money. They were looking for a 47 billion valuation, and now we are hearing it could be as low as 12 billion to 15 billion. T
In a down market, the company priced overnight at the high end of the range had been looking for between 20 and 29 a share, 26 and 29, priced at 29, raising 1. 1 billion, making it the seventh overall biggest deal this year to go public it has been a rough and tumble ride for unicorn brand name ipos, the Ride Hailing Companies lyft and uber struggled, lyft having seen a new low just yesterday. Slack also having seen a new low yesterday. Smile direct that went public two weeks ago seeing a new low, down 38 from its debut. Among the only ones of the big stellar names thats higher from its ipo is pinterest that one is up 45 the market continues to be ver cautious on these deals as they go forward the price at the top is certainly encouraging for the company and for the nasdaq which has seen a large number of ipos this year, some 50 ipos, raised more money initially than we have seen from the deals that they saw last year nonetheless, still one of those things people are watching as we see
Says blockbuster left at the companys original movie by mail service. We will hear his latest thoughts on streaming wars and tech culture. First, it finally happened. Wework is pushing back its ipo. What was once one of the most anticipated to abuse of 20 anticipated debuts of 2019 is being pushed to october. Governance problems and financials. At one point, this was the post to be a 47 billion company. Now that number is about 15 billion and perhaps smaller. Ing me to discuss, the new york, crystal, who has been covering this troubled ipo. What was the problem today . Financials, ors, governance problems . All of the above. The simple answer is they have a lot of things to address before they can go to the investors again and ask them for their money. Now we are hearing it could be 15ow as 12 billion to billion. There have been a lot of changes to governance, but investors are looking at valuations, whether they will improve financials, and whether more is needed for them to be convin
Thursday morning on cspan or on cspan now free mobile app up or discussion with your phone calls, Facebook Comments Text Messages and tweets. Bank executive from Silicon Valley bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic bank testified on the recent failures of joint subcommittee hearing. Rapid growth, Digital Assets and rapid deposit withdrawals were contributing factors that led to the collapse of the respective institutions. All makers asked about executive compensation and Risk Management. [background noises] Mike Emmanuel come to order. Joint subcommittee is titled continued oversight over Regional Bank failures. That objection all members will have five alleged days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Without objection a chairs office to declare a racist of the committee at any time. With that i now recognize myself for four minutes. Todays hearingng will help the Financial Services committee learn more about recent Bank Failures inc