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Methodology
The study includes all US VC-backed IPOs from Q1 2010 to approximately Q1 2013. The data is sourced from VentureSource. A VC-backed company is defined as a company that has received funding from at least one institutionalized venture capital firm.
Only IPOs launched on major US stock exchanges are included (NASDAQ and NYSE)
% change in price is calculated as the change between the daily last reported price and the securitys offering price . 60-D volatility refers to the 60-D volatility metric for each security, measured at 60 trading days out from the initial IPO date. All trading data are sourced from Bloomberg
Conclusion
IPO transactions led by sole-book running managers tend to fully better priced than their counterparts, by about average of 15%. However, sole-led transactions tend to have more volatility and worse overall performance.
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35%
30%
25%
20%
Sole Joint
15%
10%
5%
0%
Method: Unweighted average of price changes. Daily last reported price is anchored against the securitys offering price. Volatility refers to the 60-day volatility metric for each security Source: VentureSource, Bloomberg
2010 IPOs
Average % Change in Price
30%
25%
20%
5%
0%
-5%
Method: Unweighted average of price changes. Daily last reported price is anchored against the securitys offering price. Volatility refers to the 60-day volatility metric for each security Source: VentureSource, Bloomberg
2011 IPOs
Average % Change in Price
50%
Sole Joint
5% 0%
Method: Unweighted average of price changes. Daily last reported price is anchored against the securitys offering price. Volatility refers to the 60-day volatility metric for each security Source: VentureSource, Bloomberg
2012 IPOs
Average % Change in Price
50%
40%
30%
0%
-10%
-20%
Method: Unweighted average of price changes. Daily last reported price is anchored against the securitys offering price. Volatility refers to the 60-day volatility metric for each security Source: VentureSource, Bloomberg
30%
20%
10% Sole
Joint 0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
Method: Unweighted average of price changes. Daily last reported price is anchored against the securitys offering price. Volatility refers to the 60-day volatility metric for each security Only 2013 IPOs with sufficient trading data are included, the cut-off date is approximately March 30th, 2013. Source: VentureSource, Bloomberg
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Sole