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HomeShop18′s $30M investment shows India’s e-commerce market growth

April 12, 2013 by

Indian home shopping business Homeshop18 has closed a $30 million funding round as it edges closer to an IPO. Reuters reported in April of 2012 that the Mumbai, India-based online retailer is eying a $100 million public offering. And this infusion of growth capital is a sure sign that the company is moving in that direction. Homeshop18 claims to be the largest home shopping and e-commerce business in India. It launched the first home shopping channel in 2008, and sells everything from mobile phones to apparel. “We are now on the throes of our next phase of growth, and we believe OCP Asia’s investment will help put us on an accelerated path of … [Read more...]

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As e-commerce grows and grows, ChannelAdvisor files for IPO

April 11, 2013 by

ChannelAdvisor filed for an IPO today, proposing to raise $86.25 million, although the price per share and number of shares has not yet been revealed.  ChannelAdvisor provides software-as-a-service solutions to help retailers and manufacturers integrate, manage, and optimize their merchandise sales across hundreds of online channels, including Amazon, Google, eBay, Bing, Groupon, and Facebook. Customers can build customized solutions or used the “managed services” for help implementing campaigns.  “The e-commerce market has grown significantly over the last several years, as consumers have increasingly shifted their retail purchases … [Read more...]

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Funding daily: beer, real estate, data optimization, payments, and health

April 11, 2013 by

There was a lot of money placed today, not least on health-tech. Here’s a quick round-up of funding stories for April 10. Welltok wrangles $18.7M to make health plans better Social health management startup Welltok has raised $18.7 million in its second round of funding with a goal of expanding into new markets, hiring new employees, and boosting product development. Bypass catches $3.5M to help sports fans drink more beer Bypass has raised $3.5 million to address the issue of food lines at sports games are frustrating. Getting up for a beer can mean missing an entire inning, and indulging your craving for garlic fries could result in missing … [Read more...]

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Digital signage biz RMG Networks goes public at $10 a share in reverse merger

April 8, 2013 by

Digital media company RMG Networks has gone public in a complex reverse merger with SCG Financial Acquisition Corp, bypassing the traditional IPO process. RMG Networks provides “place-based advertising” and offers services, signs, and ads for locales such as airplanes and malls. As we noted in a scoop on Friday, RMG Networks was first acquired by SCG and then the company’s public profile will shift from SCG to RMG in the next two weeks. In the next few weeks, RMG will also acquire Texas-based digital signage company Symon.com. Garry McGuire, the CEO of RMG Networks, will remain the CEO of the company in the merger. Gregory Sachs, the … [Read more...]

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Link Into Earnings With LinkedIn

April 8, 2013 by

INVESTOR PLACE - Apr 5 - LinkedIn is the only one social media stock worth owning right now. It’s trading at ~$170 — almost four times the IPO and roughly double where it was after the first day of trading. Facebook has underperformed the market in 2013 with a meager 2% gain while LNKD stock is up 50% since Jan. 1. Enterprises or professional organizations that use LinkedIn for recruiting or marketing services jumped 78%. The big issue for LinkedIn, of course, isn’t its growth. Rather, the question is one of valuation. At roughly 80 times forward earnings and after a red-hot run, some are concerned they’d be buying a top. by Jeff ReevesSee … [Read more...]

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Former Zynga manager sues social game company over shares lock-up

April 8, 2013 by
Former Zynga manager sues social game company over shares lock-up

According to a lawsuit from a former Zynga product manager, the company allegedly barred employees from selling their shares following the IPO in 2011, while some executives were able to cash out early. ... … [Read more...]

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RMG Networks expected to go public on Monday

April 6, 2013 by

San Francisco-based RMG Networks will go public on Monday, sources say. A company spokesperson confirmed that RMG has opted for a reverse merger with SCG Financial Acquisition Corp., rather than a fully-fledged IPO. Further details were disclosed in a filing with the securities and exchanges commission. Going public will help the company capitalize on the demand for video networks targeted to consumers on the go. RMG’s network of over one million televisions are aimed at air travelers, shoppers walking through malls, and athletes in gyms. A financial filing reveals that RMG will merge with SCG Financial, and thereafter acquire Texas-based digital … [Read more...]

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Prepping for IPO, MuleSoft nets $37M from NEA & others to make app integrations easier than ever

April 3, 2013 by

The explosion of public APIs over the past few years has created a new market for companies that can help manage APIs and integration of data and applications. One of the companies leading the charge to make integration seamless is MuleSoft, a startup that has just raised $37 million in its fifth round of funding. MuleSoft offers an extensive platform for companies who seek to integrate APIs and data from other companies. Ideally, using MuleSoft makes it much easier for your company to start using the data of another company in your product. For example, many business-focused enterprises seek to integrate Salesforce’s data into their apps because … [Read more...]

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Marketing software company Marketo files for a $75M IPO

April 3, 2013 by

Marketo has filed for a $75 million IPO, the marketing automation software company announced this afternoon. Marketo has raised $108 million in venture funding to date. The company closed its most recent round in November 2012, $50 million led by Silicon Valley firm Battery Ventures. It will trade under “MKTO” on the Nasdaq exchange. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse are listed as leading the offering. In its S1 filing, the company revealed that its business is dependent on a relationship with Salesforce.com. “We rely on the fact that Salesforce.com continues to allow us access to its APIs to enable these customer integrations,” … [Read more...]

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Data visualization startup Tableau Software files for $150M IPO

April 2, 2013 by

Seattle-based data visualization startup Tableau Software made the fastest-growing Tech 200 list in 2011 and again in 2012. And just in November we picked it as one of ten startups leading the way in big data. Now it’s leading the way in 2013 IPOs for startups, filing for up to a $150 million initial public offering. “Our mission is to help people see and understand data,” the company’s prospectus says. The company offers products that allows nontechnical users to create rich, interactive charts and simulations based on raw data. Besides a public version, Tableau offers a variety of corporate and premium products which it calls … [Read more...]

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Venture Firms Delay IPO Payouts, Prefer to File in Secret: Report

April 1, 2013 by
Venture Firms Delay IPO Payouts, Prefer to File in Secret: Report

Public stock offerings of companies originally funded by venture capital investments dipped by more than half in the first quarter of 2013, and many expect the companies to wait until the end of the year to go public, according to a study from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. Just eight venture-funded enterprises went public in the first quarter, bringing in $672 million. Six were technology companies. With a dollar amount lower than any since 2008, NVCA says investment firms delayed public offerings due to uncertainty about tax policy and and sequestration. In the remainder of 2013, the pace of IPOs will likely pick up, … [Read more...]

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In march towards IPO, Salesforce rival SugarCRM snags another $15.1M

March 29, 2013 by

Popular customer relationship management service SugarCRM has raised another $15.1 million in funding in its steady march towards IPO, according to a Form D filed today with SEC. SugarCRM offers a variety of cloud-based software and mobile apps for customer management and fostering leads for sales teams. Trying to compete with Salesforce and other CRM solutions, SugarCRM uses a freemium approach and gives away an open-source version of its software to more than 800,000 customers while it charges more than 200,000 customers for a version with more features. The company’s CEO, Larry Augustin, said in November that he was considering taking the … [Read more...]

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IRS to Zuck: Nice IPO, bro! That’ll be $1 billion

March 28, 2013 by

As the fella says in the classic musical Singin’ in the Rain: You got the fame, you gotta take the little heartaches that go along with it. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s got the fame. He’s a household name and an Andy Samberg character. He also made around $13 billion in his company’s initial public offering last year. Now for the little heartache: A tax bill for one. Billion. Dollars. When reached for comment, Zuckerberg told VentureBeat, “This suuuuucks.”* *Just kidding. That never happened. But a panel of California CPAs did tell CNNMoney that the entrepreneur’s capital gains bill will probably be around … [Read more...]

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Surprise: Europe’s King Now Has Nearly As Many Daily Users As Zynga

March 28, 2013 by

Around four years ago, Riccardo Zacconi said he was close to selling King, the arcade gaming company that he had co-founded and bootstrapped six years earlier. The company, which has a destination site at King.com, had lost about 45 percent of its traffic as one of its biggest partners Yahoo! Games cut back. Facebook, the next big platform King was eyeing, had started to curb the cheap virality that fueled the rise of Zynga. But after two big pivots onto the Facebook platform and then iOS, King has staged a revival. Today, the company has the #1 grossing game in the U.S. on iOS, and possibly in the world. The company said this week that it has 50 … [Read more...]

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Twitter Could Do $1 Billion in 2014, Says eMarketer

March 27, 2013 by

Twitter could generate close to $1 billion in ad revenue in 2014 — the same year it may consider an IPO — and more than half of that will come from mobile ads, eMarketer predicts. Last fall, eMarketer pegged Twitter’s 2014 revenue at $800 million; other reports have also pegged next year’s revenue at a similar level. … [Read more...]

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NASDAQ’s Glitch Cost Facebook Investors ~$500M. It Will Pay Out Just $62M. IPO Elsewhere.

March 25, 2013 by

When Twitter or Dropbox go public, they should remember May 18, 2012. The SEC has approved NASDAQ’s payout of $62 million to investors burned when the stock exchange’s trading systems broke down during Facebook’s IPO. Total losses for investors were pegged at $500 million by the Wall Street Journal, though. The debacle should push companies eying big IPOs to look at other exchanges. The NASDAQ gambled with other people’s money and Facebook’s reputation when it claimed it was ready to handle one of the most anticipated initial public offerings in history. But the morning of May 18th, the bet went sour. As I wrote back when … [Read more...]

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Nasdaq will pay $62M in cash to vexed Facebook IPO investors

March 25, 2013 by

The Securities and Exchange Commission gave Nasdaq the green light to pay out up to $62 million to those who lost money after technical glitches held up Facebook’s initial public offering by a half hour. Facebook went public in May 2012 to a number of mishaps. Before the IPO, the company was accused of a number of shady activities, including giving bankers private information about its revenue before the IPO. But when everything was said and done, and the company had made it to the trading floor, Nasdaq’s systems glitched and halted trading for a half hour. Then, would-be investors complained they couldn’t get confirmation of stock … [Read more...]

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Ad-tech firm Marin Software’s shares rise 26% in IPO

March 22, 2013 by

Ad-tech startup Marin Software made its public debut this morning on the NYSE, netting a higher than expected price in early trading. The company, which will trade under the symbol MRIN, sold 7.5 million shares at $14. It was initially expected to sell 7 million shares in the $11 -$13 price range, but was revised at the last minute to reflect a growing demand. Thus far, trading has peaked at $19 per share (or 37 percent higher than its debut price), and is currently holding steady at around $17. At the opening price, Marin expects to raise $105 million valued at $475 million. Marin helps advertisers and agencies manage and track paid search ad … [Read more...]

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