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VC-Backed IPO Pipeline Fills UpFallbrook Technologies today filed for a $50 million IPO, although I can't for the life of me figure out why. The company has decreasing revenue, increasing losses and is looking to raise the type of equity infusion that its existing VC backers should be able to provide. If it weren't for Vringo, this would be in contention for the year's "WTF IPO?!?!" prize. All of that is a way of leading into our monthly look at VC-backed companies that are in registration to go public on U.S. exchanges. There are of 37 them, representing more than $4.25 billion in targeted raise. This includes 11 additions since our last list, and two removals (Ironwood Pharma and Quinstreet, which both priced). Get them all after the jump...
- The VC-Backed IPO Pipeline
There has been lots made /59667/vc-backed-ipos-up-ma-down-in-2009/ of the past year's anemic VC-backed IPO market, but let's leave the past behind and look at what could be coming up over the liquidity horizon. Our records indicate that there are 28 VC-backed companies currently in registration to price IPOs on U.S. exchanges, representing more than $3.75 billion in targeted raise. More than half of the registrations occured last quarter, but there's one from 2008 and even a pair from 2007. Also worth noting that for all the talk of 2010 being the year of the social network-related IPO (Facebook? LinkedIn? Zynga?), no such company is currently in registration. Closest we get are a pair of online marketing/advertising companies. Get the full lot of them after the jump...
- Top VC Recipients of 2009
When the final numbers come out next month, it's likely that venture capitalists will have invested less money in 2009 than in any year since 1997. It's currently tracking at just over $16 billion for U.S.-based companies, with the only silver lining -- from a deal volume perspective -- being that Q3 and Q4 figures were improvements over Q1 and Q2. But the investment slowdown didn't affect everyone. peHUB has compiled a list of the 10 companies that got the most VC love over the past year. It includes five cleantech companies (broadly-speaking), some social network-related plays, a biotech startup, a wireless networker and a private aviation company. Two of them have already filed for IPOs, while some of the others are considered prime candidates. Get the full list after the jump...
- peHUB Wire: Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday Mouth-Off
- peHUB Wire: Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday Mouth-Off
- Greystripe Raises $2 Million from NBC Universal
Greystripe, a San Francisco-based rich media ad platform for mobile, has raised $2 million in additional Series C funding from Peacock Equity Fund, a VC unit of NBC Universal. The two companies had a prior strategic relationship, although the equity funding is structured separately. Worth noting that existing shareholder Steamboat Ventures is a Walt Disney Co. affiliate, which means that Greystripe has effectively raised capital from the parent companies of both NBC and ABC. I asked CEO Michael Chang if this meant Viacom was next on the list, but he laughed it off. What Chang did say, however, is that Greystripe has no plans to follow in the footsteps of rival AdMob, which last week bought mediation company AdWhirl /48457/admob-buys-adwhirl/ "I'm still scratching my head over that deal, because
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Random Ramblings
- Week in deals, Aug. 17, 2009
Summary of North American tech companies and other businesses that raised venture-related financing in the past week