MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Net Perceptions, a provider of Internet marketing solutions, held an initial public offering April 23. The company offered 3.65 million at $14 apiece, well above its $10 to $12 filing range. The initial public offering, underwritten by BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Hambrecht & Quist and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, left 21.2 million shares […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Mpath, a provider of solutions for real-time Internet communities, went public April 29, offering 3.9 million shares of common stock. The stock priced at the company’s offering price of $18. BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Thomas Weisel Partners L.L.C., Warburg Dillion Read L.L.C. and Wit Capital Corp. underwrote the offering, which left 21.2 […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Marimba, a provider of Internet-based software management solutions went public April 29, offering 3.54 million shares of common stock at $20 apiece. The stock priced well above the company’s $13 to $15 filing range. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Credit Suisse First Boston, BT Alex. Brown and Hambrecht & Quist underwrote the […]
BENSALEM, Pa. – WorldGate Communications Inc., a provider of television-based Internet services, went public April 15, offering 5 million shares at $21 apiece. The stock priced above the company’s $18 to $20 filing range. The initial public offering, underwritten by Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. Inc., Jefferies & Co. Inc. and Janney Montgomery Scott Inc., […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Value America Inc., an online retailer of business and consumer technology products went public April 8, offering 5.5 million shares of common stock. The stock priced at $23, slightly above the company’s $20 to $22 filing range. Underwriters include BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. and The Robinson-Humphrey Co. Union […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Extreme Networks Inc., a provider of switching solutions for local area networks, or LANs, held an initial public offering April 8, offering 7 million shares of common stock. The stock priced at $17, well above the $13 to $15 filing range. There were no selling shareholders. Venture backers included AVI Capital […]
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Informatica Corp., a provider of software solutions, went public April 28, offering 2.75 million shares of common stock. The stock priced at the company’s offering price of $16 apiece. Partech Entities, Bay Partners, Integral Capital, Weiss, Peck & Greer Entities and Discovery Ventures I L.L.C. were venture backers. There were no […]
CHICAGO – GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C., founded in 1980 under the name Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc., is a private equity firm that invests in the information technology, marketing, niche financing, payroll processing and education/training industries. Two years ago, Golder Thoma split into two firms, GTCR Golder Rauner and Thoma, Cressey Equity Partners – due […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – BUCA Inc., which owns and operates 21 full-service BUCA di BEPPO restaurants, went public April 21, offering 3.07 million shares at $12 apiece. The stock priced near the top of the company’s $10.50 to $12.50 filing range. Norwest Equity Partners V, Consumer Venture Partners II, Northwood Ventures, Regent Capital Partners, Walden Investors, […]
CHICAGO – William Blair Capital Partners, L.L.C., founded in 1982, invests in early- to expansion-stage companies, as well as buyouts and recapitalizations. The firm prefers to invest in the health-care, software, business and customer service sectors throughout the mid-Atlantic region between the Rocky and Appalachian mountain ranges. William Blair has backed more than 125 companies […]