ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Rhythms NetConnections Inc., a provider of Internet access services, went public April 6, offering 9.3 million shares at $21 apiece. The stock priced slightly above the company’s $18 to $20 dollar filing range. Underwriters include Merrill Lynch & Co., Salomon Smith Barney, Hambrecht & Quist and Thomas Weisel Partners. Brentwood Venture Capital, […]
SUNNYDALE, Calif. – PLX Technology Inc., a producer and supplier of semiconductor devices and software to aid in the transfer of information to computers, held an initial public offering April 5. The company offered 3.3 million shares at $9 apiece, slightly above the company’s $8 filing price. Venture backers include Associated Venture Investors and Draper […]
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 […]