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dukeyukeyyesterday at 10:09 PM1 replyview on HN

> enabled by London’s shrinking public markets

That doesn't seem to be true?


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alephnerdyesterday at 10:15 PM

It is - 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

[1] - https://sifted.eu/articles/tech-nation-shutting-down

[2] - https://www.ft.com/content/3405c6f3-931b-4fe3-a169-a9665a132...

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