# In a live interview, Professor Aswath Damodaran comments on the IPO market and the divergence between private and public pricing

1 Faculty News October 14, 2019 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027305.jpg?itok=Ipx0jiaQ)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/10/14/nyus-damodaran-private-and-public-pricing-is-diverging.html) -- "'Both VCs and public market investors play what I call the pricing game. What VCs are pricing in, which is scaling up and not a great business model, is not what public market investors seem to be wanting at least for the moment.'"

[Watch the Video](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/10/14/nyus-damodaran-private-and-public-pricing-is-diverging.html)