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Demand Media Market Cap Huge, But Green Dot Still Bigger

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The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. In intraday trading Thursday, Green Dot (GDOT) had a market cap of approximately $2.68

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ReachLocal Up 15 Percent After IPO

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Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 The firm's stock was up in its debut despite a down market for the day, with the NASDAQ down -4.11 Tags: reachlocal advertising small business exit merger acquisition. during the day. percent to 2,204.01.

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Serviz Acquired By Porch

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Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand home services company founded by serial entrepreneurs Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline, has been acquired by Porch , another online marketplace for home services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Gordon and Kline previously founded ReachLocal. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Pacific Crest Securities LLC, Raine Securities and JMP Securities LLC.

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Southern California Firms Queue Up For The Public Market

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The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

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Hulu Eyes IPO

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Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming site, is apparently in efforts to file for an IPO, as a long line of Southern California firms heads towards the public markets. Tags: hulu merger acquisition exit media content hollywood video. No details of the potential IPO have been released. READ MORE>>.

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IPO Filings Keep Coming In Southern California

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The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated. The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering.