"The performance shone some light on a bleak stretch for IPOs, on pace to have their worst year in terms of dollars raised since 2009." The full package Tech Crunch looked into just what made Atlassian so "enticing" for investors. "Atlassian has showed expanding revenue, profit, and now cash," the piece says. "When you have the full package, the story from an investor standpoint writes itself. Atlassian has therefore shown that the IPO window remains open but perhaps also that the bouncer of public sentiment may still exist – just for the other companies." Not a referendum Despite many pointing to Atlassian's listing as proof tech companies can still go public successfully, Wired points out that the startup is a rare breed. "Don't take the success as a referendum on unicorns," it says. "Atlassian isn't particularly representative of that fabled creature. The country has been profitable for more than a decade and was mostly bootstrapped."