Topic - initial public offering

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2008: The Year of the Drought

Liquidity study finds that IPO, M&A exits were closed to VCs last year.
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IPOs Worth $59.5B Pulled in ‘08

Almost twice as many deals pulled as in 2007; China falls behind New York for first time in three years.
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A New IPO Market Urged

GrantThornton pushes for an ‘opt-in’ market for nascent companies that would be open to all investors.
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Grand Canyon Staggers in Debut

Online education company’s IPO is first since Rackspace deal in August.
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Grand Canyon Trims IPO Price

Facing a brutal market, online college again trims terms as deal shrinks to $136.5M.
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Grand Canyon Faces IPO Valley

Phoenix-based online Christian school may need some divine intervention to complete its planned $178.5 million offering.
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Silicon Valley Goes Dry

Collapse of IPO, M&A markets parches VCs, according new reports; median price in M&A deal falls as time to exit rises.
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For VCs, One More Storm Cloud

Wall Street crisis could extend IPO market’s deep freeze, curb M&A activity, and make LP money harder to find, experts say.
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IPO Withdrawals Rise 75%

$10.4 billion in deals pulled from SEC registration to date is the most since 2001, Dealogic reports.
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GT Solar Tries to Light IPO Market

A $610M deal for the private-equity-backed company is oversubscribed, but impact on the IPO market deemed uncertain.
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For VCs, an Existential Dilemma

With the IPO window shut and M&A down, venture capitalists may be feeling like they’re in the Sartre play “No Exit.”
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Valley VCs Get The Blues

Sentiment survey hits record low as IPO withdrawals spike and post-IPO stock prices stagger.
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VC-Backed IPOs Hit a Brick Wall

First-quarter cash-outs tumble 87 percent to $282.7 million versus $2.2 billion for the same period in 2007.
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IPO Markets Stagger

There were 28 IPOs worth $10.5 billion pulled back through January 30, Dealogic reports, while Renaissance Capital saw a 50 percent dip in IPO pricings.
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Tech Deal Pipeline Slows, Bankers Say

Survey by the 451 Group forecasts a drop in IPOs and an M&A spending decline in 10 of 14 sectors, though activity overall is expected to grow.
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IPO Market Goes Out With a Bang

Fourth quarter pushes venture-backed issues to $10 billion in 2007, double the 2006 take, but the M&A door has swung shut. In the final quarter, only 45 venture-backed M&A deals were completed, the least since the first quarter of 1998.
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NetSuite IPO Hits Larry Ellison's Sweet Spot

Oracle CEO sees his share value balloon to $843.7 million in Dutch auction-like IPO; shares edge up in business software firm's NYSE debut.
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Ellison's NetSuite Hikes IPO Range Again

At revised range of $19 to $22 per share, maker of on-demand business software could vault into the top 10 of venture-backed IPOs for '07.
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Mobile Chip Maker's Shares Barely Budge in IPO

Celtic House-backed Memsic, whose chips pack motion detection into mobile phones, debuts on the Nasdaq.
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Classmates' IPO Dropout

Parent United Online pulls registration of social media unit that was expected to raise $132 million.
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