public markets
also referred to as: public market
9 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 3, 2024 by John Coogan · across every show →
Everything said about public markets, oldest first
Nov 3, 2024 neutral
Nov 3, 2024 bearish
Coogan: ESG valuation hype never penetrated startups like the AI boom has
“Everyone knows that you can attach like dot AI to your B to B SaaS company and double your valuation. That never really happened in ESG just because I think the money that was actually flowing was mostly in the public markets. From these funds that, like, need…”
Mar 28, 2025
Apr 26, 2025 neutral
Lessin: Public and private markets have decoupled into separate valuation systems
“I actually think what we now have, Weirdly is effectively several markets for companies that are pretty decoupled from each other and kind of have their own logic and exist in their own vacuum. So like there is a public market, like the public market exists is…”
Apr 26, 2025 neutral
Feb 25, 2026 neutral
Jun 2, 2026 positive
Coogan: Confidential IPO filings do not undermine investor protections
“Confidential filings don't fully obscure investor protections because all the traditional data needs to be released before any money changes hands, but it speeds up the time to market and increases coordination between private companies and their future shareh…”
Jun 15, 2026 positive
Aug 12, 2026 negative
Hays: Highly unusual for private AI labs to drive public markets
“The two leading companies in the space are private, and their various numbers leak out from time to time, but you definitely don't get a complete picture, and it's very unusual to have the two companies driving the public markets are actually private.”