Remove Capital Remove Company Remove Cornerstone OnDemand Remove Demand
article thumbnail

Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

socalTECH

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 UBS Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Demand Media had initially filed for its IPO in August.

Demand 162
article thumbnail

SoCal Firms Still Lined Up For IPOs

socalTECH

10 of the 44 venture-backed companies currently filed to go public are from Southern California, according to an analysis today from the Wall Street Journal. venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley. According to the report, there are 44 U.S.,

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

IPO Market Surpasses 2008, 2009, According to Report

socalTECH

billion for companies, which is 123 percent increase in volume and a 49 percent increase in volume compared with numbers last year. PWC said that among the reasons for the surge was a return of private equity and venture capital portfolio companies using the U.S. PwC tallied up 154 IPOs completed this year so far, raising $37.5

article thumbnail

Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

socalTECH

The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. During 2011, the analysis identified 73 exits by companies, with an average value of approximately $106M.

article thumbnail

Workpop: Using UX And Design To Power The Next Career Site

socalTECH

The startup was co-founded by former Zynga GM Reed Shafnner and Viddy co-founder Chris Ovitz , who spoke to us about how their prior experience in the social gaming and consumer Internet world is helping the company create an entirely different kind of job site. The company recently landed a $7.9M How did you two meet?

Design 174
article thumbnail

Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

article thumbnail

Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

socalTECH

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've made over 30 investments in Southern California, and that's just in Redpoint, and doesn't include all of the investment we made as Brentwood Venture Capital since the late 70's.

Redpoint 154