DALLAS – CenterPoint Venture Partners invests in early-stage high technology companies mostly in the Southwestern United States. Since its founding in October 1996, CenterPoint has raised two funds: the $50 million CenterPoint Venture Fund I, which has made 14 investments and is completely invested or committed, and CenterPoint Venture Fund II, which held a final […]
Talk to any Silicon Valley lawyer who takes on a start-up company as a client, and you might mistake him for a venture capitalist or perhaps an angel investor. It’s common knowledge that attorneys in the San Francisco/San Jose area tend to go well beyond their standard legal duties, often assisting companies with business plans, […]
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Bamboo.com Inc., a provider of 360-degree virtual tours of real estate properties on the Internet, went public August 26, offering 4 million shares at $7 apiece. The company’s stock priced exactly at its filing price. Prudential Securities, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. and E*OFFERING underwrote the initial public […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Agile Software Corp., a developer and marketer of product content management software, went public August 20, offering 3 million shares at $21 apiece. The company’s stock priced above its $18 to $20 filing range. Underwritten by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and Hambrecht & Quist, the initial public […]
HOUSTON – Mission Critical Software Inc., a provider of software products that manage Windows NT networks, went public August 5, offering 3.75 million shares at $16 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the high end of its $14 to $16 filing range. Hambrecht & Quist, BancBoston Robertson Stephens, SoundView Technology Group and Charles Schwab & […]
CHICAGO – NovaMed Eyecare Inc., an eye care services company that focuses on laser vision correction, went public August 18, offering 4 million shares at $8 apiece. The company’s stock priced below its $9 to $10 filing range. Underwritten by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Hambrecht & Quist, William Blair & Co. and DLJdirect, the initial […]
WESTFORD, Mass. – NetScout Systems Inc., a maker of software for tracking applications throughout a network, went public August 12, offering 3 million shares at $11 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the low end of its $11 to $12 filing range. Underwritten by Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Dain […]
DURHAM, N.C. – Red Hat, a developer and provider of open source software and services, went public August 11, offering 6 million shares at $14 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the high end of its $12 to $14 filing range. Underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Thomas Weisel Partners, Hambrecht & Quist and E*OFFERING, […]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Quest Software Inc., a provider of software solutions to enhance the performance and reliability of an organization’s e-business, enterprise and custom applications and information delivery, went public August 13, offering 4.4 million shares at $14 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the high end of its $12 to $14 filing range. […]
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Splitrock Services Inc., a facilities-based provider of advanced data communications services, went public August 2, offering 9 million shares at $10 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the low end of its $10 to $11 filing range. Underwritten by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston and Prudential Securities, […]