The IPO market produced 183 IPOs in 2018, an increase of 29% from the 142 IPOs in 2017. The year’s tally represented the second-highest annual figure since 2007, trailing only the 244 IPOs in 2014.
Total gross proceeds for the year were $43.75 billion - 43% above the $30.51 billion figure for 2017.
IPOs by emerging growth companies (EGCs) accounted for 92% of the year’s IPOs, compared to 87% in 2017 - a figure that matched the overall market share for EGCs since enactment of the JOBS Act in 2012.
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