If 2021 eclipses 2020, it will be thanks to tech giants like Amazon and Google's parent company Alphabet, three investors told Business Insider. , leaving them in a good position to buy smaller upstarts and public companies. More companies than ever could be in Amazon and Alphabet's crosshairs given easy access to growth-spurring cash courtesy of healthcare's private funding gold rush and SPAC frenzy.
"I think actually you're going to see people go, Teladoc and Livongo worked so well, and all these companies went out and those went well, so you'll see more companies that go public in 2021 and there will be more M&A activity," Dr. Bob Kocher, a partner at venture firm Venrock, told Business Insider.
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