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Booms & Busts for VCs in Q4 IPOsForget Facebook’s face-plant: its enterprise service firms and semiconductor companies that have institutional investors’ ears at IPO time, now. 2012’s fourth quarter showcased some successful IPOs, so far. PeHUB tracks the latest companies to try to mint VCs millions on public markets with today's slideshow.
J.W. Childs To Make Roughly 5x Its Money On CHG SaleOnce a private equity firm passes into zombieland, can it ever come back? J.W. Childs Associates may have something to say about that.
- Mirna Therapeutics Closes $34.5M
Mirna Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics in cancer, has raised a $34.5 million Series C financing. Sofinnova Ventures led the round, with participation from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Pfizer Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Correlation Ventures.
J.W. Childs to Make Roughly 5x Their Money with CHG SaleOnce a firm passes into zombieland can it ever come back? J.W. Childs Associates may have something to say about that. Leonard Green & Partners and Ares Management are buying CHG Healthcare Services, a Salt Lake City-based healthcare staffing firm, that is majority owned by J.W. Childs.
- 10gen Adds To Team
10gen, the developer of the open source database MongoDB, has added five vice presidents to its management team: Ed Albanese, Joe Morrissey, Kurt Daniel, Matt Asay, and Ron Avnur. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is backed by more than $73 million in VC from New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, and Union Square Ventures.
- BloomReach Secures Series C led by New Enterprise Associates
BloomReach, a creator of big data marketing applications, has secured $25 million in Series C funding, led by New Enterprise Associates. Existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, also participated in the third round, bringing BloomReach's total funding to $41 million to date. BloomReach is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.
- NEA To Open Chicago Office
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. said it will open a Chicago office to serve portfolio companies in the region. The firm has invested more than $300 million in 20 Chicago-based companies over the years including Groupon, ArcSight, Cleversafe, Echo Global Logistics, InnerWorkings, Neutral Tandem, and Sprout Social. NEA presently has offices in the Washington, D.C. region, Menlo Park, and New York City, as well as affiliate operations in Shanghai, Beijing, Bangalore and Mumbai.
- New Enterprise Leads $35 Mln Round for Braintree
Braintree said Wednesday that it raised a $35 million Series B round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Existing investors, including Accel Partners, RRE Ventures and Greycroft, also participated. Chicago-based Braintree, a payments platform for online and mobile commerce, has raised a total of $70 million in funding.
Data Report: Two Familiar Names Head List of Q3 FundraisersA total of 15 U.S. firms raised $70M or more during the quarter
- Reuters - Workday Prices IPO at $28/Share
Cloud-based human resources software company Workday Inc. priced its initial public offering at $28 a share on Thursday, above its expected range, an underwriter said. The company raised $637 million by pricing 22.75 million Class A shares, making it the largest tech IPO since Facebook . The company's venture backers, Greylock Partners and New Enterprise Associates, are not selling any shares in the offering, Reuters wrote.