Venture Capital
Summary List Placement  SPACs, IPOs, and direct listings. These days it seems like everyone's got an opinion on the best way for a company to make its way to public markets. Direct listing fans are bashing the traditional IPO process after Snowflake's massive first-day stock pop, saying it amounted to big money being left on the table. Meghan Morris and Dakin Campbell took a closer look at what's behind the huge pricing disconnect. SoftBank-backed Opendoor plans to go public by merging with a SPAC backed by tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya.