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Facebook’s IPO roadshow starts next week, sources say
Facebook will officially start courting investors and kick off its IPO roadshow next week in a one-month run-up to a late-April offering, multiple sources close to the company have said. This...
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CafePress at $19 a share, could pop as high as $26 on opening day
Thirteen year-old do-it-yourself printing service CafePress has priced shares higher than anticipated at $19, an underwriter said on the eve of the company’s public debut. CafePress, a San Mateo,...
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Why Groupon is poised for collapse
Groupon was forced to restate fourth quarter earnings, sending its stock down 6% in after-hours trading. This surprised me as much as my $2 investment in the Mega Millions jackpot not paying off. The...
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2012 off to electric start with 20 IPOs
The data is in: The first quarter of 2012 was a roller coaster ride of initial public offerings and unexpected power-plays. Twenty companies held IPOs, raising a total of $1.4 billion in the first...
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Who is to blame for the Groupon fiasco? Everyone
We’ve heard quite a few opinions about who’s to blame for Groupon’s IPO fiasco ever since the company announced a restatement of its earnings last Friday and indicated that it had material weakness in...
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Palo Alto Networks wants its firewall to be worth $175M, files to go public
Firewall and computer security company Palo Alto Networks plans to raise $175 million in a public offering, according to papers published today by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Palo Alto...
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Splunk ends incredible IPO day with 109% jump in share price
Enterprise data software company Splunk ended its first day on the stock market with an amazing 108.7 percent bump in price from its $17-per-share IPO. The San Francisco-based company offers...
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Facebook IPO may be delayed due to Instagram buy, other distractions
Facebook’s hotly anticipated initial public offerings might be delayed due some of the company’s recent high dollar purchases, unnamed sources familiar with the matter tell CNBC. Rumors have been...
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The newest social media fad? Buying a token share of Facebook stock
“When my kids were born, my dad bought them Disney shares, and we framed them and hung them up on the wall. They’re excited to know that they are a part of Disney.” Mike Jones, MySpace’s onetime CEO,...
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Hey, doomsayers, Facebook will do much better than you think
With Facebook’s highly anticipated IPO just a couple of days away, the press has been covering all kinds of depressing opinions from skeptics, naysayers, and suit-wearing Wall Street executives. Yes,...
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6 multibillion dollar businesses Facebook would do really well at
With Facebook’s IPO less than 24 hours away, I remain very bullish about the company. (Disclosure: I have entered my indication of interest with my broker for an IPO allocation. I expect that, like...
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Confirmed: Facebook sets $38 share price for largest tech IPO in U.S. history
Status update: Facebook has priced its shares at $38 apiece and will raise $16 billion (up to $18.4 billion with its over-allotment option) tomorrow in its long-awaited initial public offering on the...
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Facebook’s first week is (almost) the worst of any IPO in 10 years
Update 5/28: See below for another recent IPO that did even worse, although at a much smaller market cap. Facebook’s first five days as a public company saw its value drop 13.1 percent, the worst...
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Dylan’s Desk: Facebook’s IPO shows the playing field is permanently tilted
Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat. If there was any doubt that Wall Street is a...
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Groupon investors race for the exits as lockup ends
Groupon shares dropped to a new all-time low today as its lockup ended, releasing a torrent of new shares onto the market. Thirty minutes into the trading session, Groupon had already traded 75% of its...
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Let’s just agree the bubble has burst
Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat. Facebook’s post-IPO performance has been...
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Silicon Valley needs to rethink its fascination with IPOs
In 2009, during the tumult of the economic downturn, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight decided that, despite the risks, he would not downsize his company. Goodnight announced that there would be no layoffs at any...
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Palo Alto Networks jumps 31 percent out of the IPO gate
This was a good morning for Palo Alto Networks. The security company went public today, with shares jumping 31 percent from its Thursday-priced $42 a share. The company debuted at $52.20 a share on...
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Need to cash out a bit pre-IPO? Consider a private liquidity program
This post is written by Jamie Hutchinson and Breck Hancock of law firm Goodwin Procter. Faced with a 7- to 10-year IPO on-ramp, private companies are seeking alternate ways to unlock liquidity for...
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Workday breaks the cycle of disappointing IPOs, boosts its price range (updated)
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013San Francisco, CAEarly Bird Tickets on Sale Workday is proof that enterprise companies are immune to the recent strain of disappointing IPO’s. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based cloud...
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