Lyft Investor Santosh Rao on company’s IPO

on March 18, 2019

Lyft Investor Santosh Rao joins “Squawk Alley” to discuss the company’s roadshow as it prepares to IPO in the coming weeks.

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Bloomberg Markets: The Open 2/11/19

on February 8, 2019

Santosh Rao from Manhattan Venture Partners speaks about the state of the 2019 IPO Market.

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What You Need to Know About 2019’s Anticipated Tech IPOs

on January 8, 2019

2019 may have kicked off with volatility from listed names, but it could be the yet-unlisted names that make for the biggest stories by year-end.

The year ahead is set to be a massive one for IPO’s that attack the app economy and growing consumer segments.

Household names like Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, Slack, Robin Hood, and Airbnb are all set to make a splash on the exchange during the year, while possibly less popular but no less important names like Palantir also prepare public offerings.

To run down what to expect from the cavalcade of blockbuster IPO’s ahead this year, Real Money’s Kevin Curran sat down with Santosh Rao, Head of Research at Manhattan Venture Partners, to understand how the current market environment might affect expectations for the key companies set to debut this year.

“I think even the investors have become more careful,” he said. “They’ve got burned with [Snapchat] (SNAP – Get Report) . They don’t want to buy into the hype that you get with all these consumer-facing internet companies.”

To make sure you pick the winning unicorn, check out the interview.

For more on some of the most hotly anticipated upcoming IPOs, TheStreet’s Annie Gaus has a rundown of her top targets in 2019 here.

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Uber and Lyft Launch Ride-Hailing IPO Race

on December 10, 2018

Santosh Rao, head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners, and Bloomberg’s Lisa Abramowicz discuss moves by Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to file confidentially to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for IPOs. They speak with Bloomberg’s Jonathan Ferro on “Bloomberg Markets: The Open.”

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Uber, Lyft Drive Toward the 2019 IPO Market

on October 17, 2018

Santosh Rao, head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners, Bloomberg’s Luke Kawa, and Kathleen Gaffney, director of diversified fixed income at Eaton Vance, look ahead to expectations that Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. will come to the IPO market in 2019. They speak on “Bloomberg Markets: The Open.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Spotify goes public: What you need to know when it lists tomorrow

on April 2, 2018

Spotify will make its Wall Street debut Tuesday without the protections of a standard IPO. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Santosh Rao, Head of Research at Manhattan Venture Partners.

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