deirdre bosa takes a look. >> reporter: 2016 was a very slow year for tech companies to go public. many go to private markets for funding. but there were just 14 initial public offerings, continuing a recent trend. the 14 ipos were half the number in 2015 and just a fraction from 2014. some of the reasons, uncertainty around the presidential election and an emphasis on profitability over growth likely put a lid on companies wanting to go public. but venture capitalist kate mitchell says next year's market conditions will bode well for the tech ipo pipeline. >> public companies, private companies ready to go. there will be a question of whether or not that's at or above their last private valuation. in terms of public market demand, it should be strong. >> reporter: they're also anticipating a busier 2017 for tech ipos. a mosaic rating system came up with the five strongest ipo candidates next year. they include mail delivery startup blue apron, enterprise software company vora, and education technology platform plura site. airbnb and pinterest could be looking at to tap the public

. >> deirdre bosa, thank you.t does not want to market itself as twitter who might now be on a mission to save itself. ceo jack dorsey taking to the twittersphere asking what users would like to see as twitter improve. one of the most popular suggestions was for a tweet editing option for typos or content. twitter shares are down this year in light of a possible snapchat ipo, can twitter save itself, what does it ever been to do? will snap be the thing that sucks all the money out of the room for the likes of a twitter, maybe even facebook? >> it could certainly for twitter if twitter doesn't change some things. if you have a finite amount of money chasing after social, you'll only put it into certainly pools. for twitter, my suggestion was embrace the fact that they are the new associated press. that's what i use it as, as a news feed, i find it an incredibly valuable platform. but give me a web page with all my twitter feeds like tweet deck, that's what i think you should do, jack. >> the problem is they're alwa

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deirdre bosa has more. >> building and construction stocks have been rising.perhaps less known are infrastructure tech companies that make things like smart power grids and intelligent water systems. they also stand to benefit if we see a big building boom in the u.s., so these stocks make up the smart grids index, risen 9% since trump won the election. we pulled out some of of the bigger cap names in this basket, those worth a billion dollars or more in market cap and found the outperformers. flow serve, a supplier of industrial and environmental machinery like pumps and valves. gained more than 15% since november 8th. badger meter surged 17%. cubic corp., it not only provides smart services to the transportation industry, but the defense market as well. an industry where the president-elect has promised to cut costs. like the big building and construction stocks these smart grid companies may stand to lose if trump does not deliver on his big infrastructure plan. whether you buy into the hype or not, the smart grids index is one way to play the infrastructur