ANALYSIS: SV 150 Newcomers’ Paths Paved With Investments, M&A

Seventeen companies debuted on this year’s Fenwick–Bloomberg Law SV 150 List, likely propelled by generous investment funding that contributed to their ability to grow and go public.

The 2022 SV 150 List ranks the 150 largest publicly traded technology and life sciences firms in Silicon Valley by 2021 revenue.

This year’s list broke records previously set in 2020 in terms of investment activity and the number of M&A deals among the SV 150, and the 17 newcomers’ paths to the list show that their participation in investment and M&A activity played a key role in getting them there.

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