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The IPO market has been particularly fruitful recently for so-called fast-casual restaurant operators.

The company's biggest shareholders include venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, U.S. Venture Partners and Coatue Management.

The key takeaways from the massive success of Lending Club.

Entrepreneurs are put to the test before a financier writes a check. The ones that provide excellent answers score.

As the 'fine casual' burger chain prepares to go public, here's a look at some of the most fascinating factoids about the company's growth and strategy.

'The bigger we get, the smaller we need to act,' the burger chain declared in its filing.

Internet hosting company GoDaddy still plans to go public. Just not this year.

It underscores the buoyant mood in an industry that is emerging from a long spell of turbulence.

Volatile market conditions have investors thinking twice, and companies pushing back their plans to go public.

The southern restaurant chain is aiming to go public while chicken and restaurant IPOs are hot.

Chicken-wings chain Wingstop is plotting a $100 million IPO, according to reports.

Taking your company public is about more than bringing in a lot of new funds. For one thing, it won't really be your company anymore.

The cloud-storage company filed in March but may not go public until early 2015.

New fundraising round reportedly values the popular social-media management tool at $1 billion.

Initially priced at $68, shares of the Chinese tech titan opened at $92.70 this morning in what is officially the largest U.S.-based IPO of all time.

When entrepreneurs opt for this type of investment, they run the risk of losing control.

This latest round of funding values The Honest Company, a maker of eco-friendly family and baby products, at close to $1 billion.

Sources say the burger chain is preparing to go public, cashing in on the fast-casual trend.

The airline, which was founded in 2007 and is partly owned by serial entrepreneur Richard Branson, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on Monday after announcing its first annual profit.

Shares of the Mexican-style chicken franchise were off to a strong start on their first day of trading.

Venture capitalists opened their wallets wide during the second quarter, but venture-backed initial public offerings fell.