LendingClub: The Path to IPO
<span style="color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:lato,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px">LendingClub, a peer-to-peer lending platform, is slated to be the largest American tech IPO in 2014, with a valuation of $5 billion. It plans to raise $866 million through the share offering.</span><br />
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<span style="color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:lato,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px">Our infographic below shows the returns from early backers like Canaan Partners and Morgenthaler Venture Partners, who led a $15 million Series A investment back in August 2007 at $0.27 per share. That $15 million investment will be worth a staggering $884 million at IPO.</span>
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