A Cool August for I.P.O.s - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York Times

The number and size of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) vary a great deal from month to month. Last month was not a good one for IPOs across the globe.

A Cool August for I.P.O.s - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York Times:

"The Wall Street Journal noted that the global I.P.O market saw the lowest number of deals in August since Dealogic began compiling the data.

Last month 25 firms came to market, raising $1.25 billion, compared last August, when 88 companies raised $8.18 billion around the world according to Dealogic, The Journal noted."

For a data on US IPOs by month see this spreadsheet that Jay Ritter maintains from January 1960 to December 2005.