Is the secondary market for private company stock – one of the main financial innovations of the last couple of years – just a flash in the pan? Two of the most watched companies, Skype and LinkedIn, are about to be lost in little more than a week. How many others among the top ten will still be around a year from now? See the full list after the break.
Published on Tuesday, this is the latest list of the companies that are “most watched” by members of SecondMarket – a fair indication of the ones that are being most actively traded:
Of these, Groupon is looking at an IPO later this year and Zynga shows every sign of being the next one to jump. Facebook itself has admitted that it will need to disclose its financials next April – normally a trigger for companies like this to go public.
Will there be another round of consumer internet companies to step into their shoes? If so, it’s not obvious yet which will make it.
