Shares of reviews site Yelp soared more than 64% Friday, in its initial public offering.
Reviews site Yelp priced its initial public offering at $15 a share late Thursday, above the target set by the company.
If there's a crown jewel in the world of initial public offerings, it's Facebook.
When it comes to IPOs, 2012 will be the year of Facebook.
Groupon, LinkedIn and Pandora may have all plunged from the prices they hit on their first day of trading.
Shares of daily deals site Groupon closed at $26.11, roughly 31% above their initial offering price in the public debut of the stock on Friday.
Daily deals site Groupon priced its initial public offering at $20 a share late Thursday, the last step on a rocky journey to its debut.
Stephan Paternot, founder and general partner of the Actarus Funds, was co-founder and co-CEO of theglobe.com. He authored "A Very Public Offering," which chronicled his experience creating the Internet's first social networking site.
The outlook for initial public offerings is a challenging one, but there are glimmers of hope on the horizon.
Angie's List, a site where members can hire and review local contractors for auto or home services, filed Thursday to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering.
The investment world is fixated on the uncertainty surrounding the debt ceiling debate. But everyone still needs to grab a cup of coffee and a little something to eat.
With Pandora making its stock market debut Wednesday, tech IPOs were all the rage on StockTwits.
Internet radio site Pandora priced its initial public offering at $16 a share late Tuesday -- almost twice what it initially expected to fetch.
Internet radio site Pandora is taking advantage of the suddenly booming IPO market for tech companies: It now expects to raise up to $200 million in its upcoming initial public offering, the company said Friday.
LinkedIn's IPO was a hit Thursday, thanks to pent-up demand for shares in tech startups.
LinkedIn shares more than doubled in their debut Thursday, a sign that investors may be eager for other hot social networking companies to soon go public.
Business social network LinkedIn priced its initial public offering at $45 a share late Wednesday -- the high end of its range.
Renren, China's largest social-networking service, filed for a U.S. initial public offering late Friday in a bid to fund expansion.
Zipcar shares soared in their market debut Thursday, after the car sharing company's initial public offering raised more money than it had expected.
IPO bankers must be salivating at the possibility of 2011 being one of the busiest years for initial public offerings in years.
The appetite for initial public offerings is heating up ... with eight companies slated to go public this week alone.
It's been seven long years since Google's IPO in 2004 -- the last time a household-name tech company managed to go public. While hotshots like Facebook and Zynga likely won't file for at least another year, moves from a handful of other high-profile ventures show that the long-frozen IPO market is starting to warm up.
This is going to be a hectic week for followers of initial public offerings. Ten companies are currently on tap to make their debut.
General Motors' value has gone from zero to more than $60 billion in just over a year. That might just be fast enough for U.S. taxpayers to start recouping their investment.
For promising companies looking for capital, the once-dead IPO market is becoming attractive again -- especially for those backed by investors eager to cash out.
Volatility? What volatility? The turmoil in the stock markets over the past month hasn't scared off companies seeking to sell shares to the public.
The stars may very well align for the IPO market in 2010. Literally.
Fortune: IPOs take flightupdated: Thu Sep 24 2009 20:24:00
After a six-month hiatus of initial public offerings, the market looks to be heating up.
Discount retailer Dollar General Corp. on Thursday filed to sell up to $750 million worth of stock in an initial public offering.
Health care IT company Emdeon is the latest tech company to have a happy debut in the public markets.
CNN's Eunice Yoon reports how China's IPO mania is making a comeback.
China's moves to reopen IPO market, underlining importance of developing markets. CNN's Andrew Stevens reports.
If you're looking for signs that the market and economy are slowly returning to normal, it is somewhat encouraging that demand for new stocks is finally perking up again.
Two successful venture capital-backed initial public offerings in as many days have created a buzz that the IPO market is opening up.
Much like the arrival of spring, the market for IPOs is starting to show some signs of life.
After a barren U.S. market last year, four companies will test investor appetite for initial public offerings next week.
It's an annual ritual on Wall Street - the fourth quarter IPO season, when a flurry of companies make their debut on the public markets before New Year's. But given today's volatile market, and the dismal performance this month of what seemed sure to be a no-brainer IPO in Rackspace, you have to wonder what kind of year-end bump we might get.
The IPO market hasn't exactly been running at full throttle this year. And lately, it can't seem to get out of first gear.
Thanks to its stake in Visa's initial public offering this week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has enough money to pay for its Bear Stearns purchase and still have about a billion dollars left over.
Visa, the giant credit card issuer, ended its first day as a publicly traded company at $56.50 a share, 28% above its initial public offering price of $44.
Time.com: Why Visa's IPO Is Hotupdated: Wed Mar 19 2008 16:00:00
The largest initial public offering in U.S. history is dovetailing with a looming recession. But that's one reason why Visa's IPO has come at just the right time
Visa buyers paid a whopping $17.9 billion, or $44 a share, when the company priced its initial public offering Tuesday evening.
Visa's initial public offering won't just be the largest in history if it prices as scheduled Tuesday night - it will also serve as a barometer of the very health of the U.S. financial system.
Just because the U.S. economy might be looking at a recession, doesn't mean a few good tech IPOs can't light up the market. While no company is fully immune to economic retraction, the most promising technology companies have the advantage of a global marketplace in which to sell their wares. So if U.S. markets hit the skids, companies can always focus their efforts on Asian or European customers.
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CNN's Eunice Yoon reports that Chinese investors who enjoyed a financially beneficial year may shy away in 2008.
As financial markets go, so go initial public offerings.
Asian markets tumble on renewed credit concerns. CNN's Eunice Yoon explains.
Marketplace Middle East looks at the growing number of companies investing in the Gulf.
Schadenfreude carries no scent. If it did, a slight odor would be emanating from the newly public shares of Blackstone Group, the New York City firm that ironically makes its living taking other firms private.
MARKETS: "Begin the begin," as Michael Stipe would say. Ready for October? As we go from Virgo to Libra -- (It's also Polish American Heritage Month) --I'll remind you that October was the eighth month of the Roman calendar (hence Oct.), but of course it's our tenth, and traditionally a month of market maelstroms.
Shares in China Construction Bank, the country's second-largest bank by assets, rose 32.3 percent Tuesday in their first day of trading, falling short of expectations amid signs that a slew of share offerings may finally be beginning to sate investor demand.
CNNMoney: KKR says IPO on trackupdated: Fri Aug 24 2007 06:10:00
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts denied a report by the Times of London saying that the private equity firm has put its $1.25 billion initial public offering on hold.
Some once high-flying initial public offerings may be grounded as they become a tough sell amid market turmoil.
VMware Inc.'s shares soared by 76 percent in their stock market debut Tuesday, reflecting a belief that the rapidly growing software maker is on the leading edge of a computing trend that will yield huge profits for years to come
VMware Inc. shares soared 88 percent in the software maker's trading debut Tuesday, in what could be the hottest Wall Street IPO of the year.
New listings on the Shanghai and Shenzen bourses could raise $52 billion this year. But can the rush last?
Cerberus Capital Management has no plans to launch an initial public offering as Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co. LP have, Chairman John Snow said Wednesday.
NetSuite, billionaire Larry Ellison's software company that sells computer programs accessed over the Web, filed Monday to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering.
Companies flocked to U.S. markets in the first half of the year, making it the busiest six months for initial public offerings in six years, according to a new report.
Units of Blackstone Group fell nearly 8 percent Monday due in part to concerns about the private equity firm's lofty valuation following its highly publicized market debut last week.
The timing couldn't be more poetic for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Reports that it will have its own IPO stole some of the thunder from arch rival Blackstone's New York Stock Exchange debut Friday, signaling that the firm is still a titan in the world of private money.
Shares of private equity firm Blackstone Group jumped about 18 percent in their market debut Friday in the nation's biggest initial public offering in five years - one that's being watched as closely on Capitol Hill as on Wall Street.
The race to create the next Google is accelerating. Initial public offerings by venture-capital backed companies reached a three-year high in May, with 11 companies raising $1.6 billion on U.S. exchanges.
Companies are marching toward the public markets, leaving a trail of prospectuses detailing some risky investments for everyday investors.
Buyout firms have binged on deals over the last few years, but they may face some difficulty when it comes to finding a way out of their investments.
For the first six years of the century, the dream of building a technology company and taking it public was out of reach for all but a few lucky entrepreneurs.
The exclusive world of private equity may soon open its doors to a whole new set of investors.
For the first six years of the century, the dream of building a technology company and taking it public was out of reach for all but a few lucky entrepreneurs.
New York-based Fortress Investment made history Friday as the first hedge fund in the country to go public - and delivered nearly $10 billion in value to its five principals in the process.
Dot-com mania is back...kind of.
IPOs are back in style, and private owners are putting some of their biggest names up on the block.
With online videos hotter than ever, the timing apparently couldn't be better for the market debut of digital media firm DivX.
Stocks are stuck in a rut, and that's taking a toll on the market for companies going public.
Boutique investment bank Evercore Partners Inc.'s initial public offering raised $82.95 million Thursday, higher than expectations, according to an underwriter.
July is shaping up to be the worst month so far this year for companies going public, based on their average-first day performance.
After mounting one of the largest initial public offerings in history, Russian state-owned firm Rosneft's first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange should have been a thriller.
The huge Russian oil company Rosneft is going public, sure, but the market for other companies making their debut is grinding to a halt.
Yet another energy outfit is hoping to tap into a hot market with an initial public offering.
A restyled J. Crew is set to take its stock public, and now may be the time for everyday investors to pick up shares of the house of prep.
CNNMoney: IPOs: Hot for ethanolupdated: Fri Jun 23 2006 15:43:00
Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy headlines this week's initial public offerings.
CNNMoney: Why IPOs are hurtingupdated: Wed Jun 21 2006 10:00:00
As the official start of summer gets underway, the market for companies going public is hitting some headwinds.
MasterCard shares have been on a tear since its highly anticipated initial public offering late last month but legal concerns continue to hang over the company, an issue that could give investors a reason to proceed with caution.
Securities regulators are investigating whether short sellers may have played a role in the steep decline in the stock price of Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings since its initial public offering last month, according to a published report.
Last month was a whirlwind month for initial public offerings, but June looks to be getting off to a quiet start.
CNNMoney: IPOs pause for breathupdated: Sun May 28 2006 10:05:00
IPOs came in mixed last week - Vonage tumbled while MasterCard popped - but this week investors will have a chance to ease up.
Vonage hopes to raise as much as $562.5 million when it goes public, but at the rate the company is burning through cash, it may end up leaving a hole in investors' pockets.
MasterCard is expected to hit the market with a bang when it makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange as early as next week.
Maybe we're back in a tech bubble after all.
Private equity-backed companies often come to the market with plenty of baggage, but that doesn't mean investors should always take flight.
Burger King's hot-off-the-grill offering could heat up the IPO market for other companies looking to go public next week.
The IPO market could be set to sizzle the next few months as some big-name companies trying to capitalize on the bull market go public.
Brazilian IPOs are on fire this year, but some analysts warn the market may be too hot to handle.
Burger King expects to raise around $375 million to $425 million through its initial public offering, according to a SEC filing the company made Tuesday.
It takes consistent profits to qualify for an IPO these days. Even solid companies are waiting longer before trying, and many just sell to big corporations instead. Here are nine tech companies that seem likely to go public in the near future. These nine could be some of the movers and shakers in the new tech boom, and investors should keep an eye on them.
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Only three venture-capital-backed technology companies succeeded in going public during the first quarter, and the National Venture Capital Association is not happy about this state of affairs.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. , one of many investment banks sued for rigging initial public offerings during the bull market of the 1990's, agreed in principle to pay $425 million to settle its portion of the case.
Chief executives now need to be more careful with how they manage their personal stock portfolios, according to a report published Tuesday.
Luxembourg -based steel maker Ternium S.A. on Wednesday filed to raise about $434 million in an initial public offering of 24.8 million shares.
Peace on earth, an end to hunger, and an Xbox 360 would be nice. But for many CEOs of private companies, an initial public offering is at the top of the holiday wish list. Luckily for them, the mood of the stock market's Santas improved significantly over the course of November -- and if the merriment holds, the next few months are likely to usher in one of the most anticipated IPO seasons in recent history.
Peace on earth, an end to hunger, and an Xbox 360 would be nice. But for many CEOs of private companies, an initial public offering is at the top of the holiday wish list. Luckily for them, the moo...
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