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> enabled by London’s shrinking public markets That doesn't seem to be true?

alephnerd 8mo ago
It is - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/london-drops-out-of-top-20-ipo-markets-after-69-plunge-in-fundraising https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/london-dr... Edit: can't reply The majority of IPOs in 2025 were in 4 markets - US, China, Hong Kong, India, and South Korea [0]. It's really hard to exit in the LSE currently, and this article is self congratulatory while ignoring major recent (past 2-3 years) mistakes that negatively impacted the entrepreneurship scene in the UK (eg. the revocation of funding for Tech Nation [1] and the ongoing leadership crisis at Monzo [2] which makes no one look good). [0] - https://www.ey.com/en_pt/insights/ipo/trends https://www.ey.com/en_pt/insights/ipo/trends [1] - https://sifted.eu/articles/tech-nation-shutting-down https://sifted.eu/articles/tech-nation-shutting-down [2] - https://www.ft.com/content/3405c6f3-931b-4fe3-a169-a9665a132d48 https://www.ft.com/content/3405c6f3-931b-4fe3-a169-a9665a132...
- dukeyukey 8mo ago
  No it isn't, London's IPOs in 2025 were mostly towards the end of the year, after that article was written. London ended up about 8th worldwide for issuances in 2025 - https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/research-commentary/2025/london-has-strongest-year-for-ipos-since-2021-with-a-strong-q4-f.html https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/research-com... Plus, the FTSE 100 returned 25.8% last year. That is not a shrinking market! EDIT: I'd prefer you not change the subject away from your capital markets claim, but to address the other links: 1. I didn't say London was a top 4 IPO location, just that it's market aren't shrinking. 2. Tech Nation still exists, and still administers that visa. I don't know why you posted a very out of date article about it. 3. It's not ideal that such a high profile company is having issues like that, but hey, stuff happens. OpenAI had a whole goddamn coup and counter-coup happen!
  - tonyedgecombe 8mo ago
    > Plus, the FTSE 100 returned 25.8% last year. That is not a shrinking market! After a long period in the doldrums.

It is - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/london-drops-out-of-top-20-ipo-markets-after-69-plunge-in-fundraising https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/london-dr... Edit: can't reply The majority of IPOs in 2025 were in 4 markets - US, China, Hong Kong, India, and South Korea [0]. It's really hard to exit in the LSE currently, and this article is self congratulatory while ignoring major recent (past 2-3 years) mistakes that negatively impacted the entrepreneurship scene in the UK (eg. the revocation of funding for Tech Nation [1] and the ongoing leadership crisis at Monzo [2] which makes no one look good). [0] - https://www.ey.com/en_pt/insights/ipo/trends https://www.ey.com/en_pt/insights/ipo/trends [1] - https://sifted.eu/articles/tech-nation-shutting-down https://sifted.eu/articles/tech-nation-shutting-down [2] - https://www.ft.com/content/3405c6f3-931b-4fe3-a169-a9665a132d48 https://www.ft.com/content/3405c6f3-931b-4fe3-a169-a9665a132...

dukeyukey 8mo ago
No it isn't, London's IPOs in 2025 were mostly towards the end of the year, after that article was written. London ended up about 8th worldwide for issuances in 2025 - https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/research-commentary/2025/london-has-strongest-year-for-ipos-since-2021-with-a-strong-q4-f.html https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/research-com... Plus, the FTSE 100 returned 25.8% last year. That is not a shrinking market! EDIT: I'd prefer you not change the subject away from your capital markets claim, but to address the other links: 1. I didn't say London was a top 4 IPO location, just that it's market aren't shrinking. 2. Tech Nation still exists, and still administers that visa. I don't know why you posted a very out of date article about it. 3. It's not ideal that such a high profile company is having issues like that, but hey, stuff happens. OpenAI had a whole goddamn coup and counter-coup happen!
- tonyedgecombe 8mo ago
  > Plus, the FTSE 100 returned 25.8% last year. That is not a shrinking market! After a long period in the doldrums.