Just call it deal mania: A look at this year’s booming market for M&A, IPOs, SPACs and VC Another day, another deal. That’s sometimes how it feels around the GeekWire newsroom as we track the latest venture rounds,… Read More
Biotech companies fuel IPO boom in Washington state over the past year In a region better known for its tech startups and legions of software engineers, it’s biotech companies that have helped… Read More
Eliem is latest Seattle-area biotech to go public, raises $80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders Eliem Therapeutics joined the ranks of publicly traded companies from Washington state, pricing 6.4 million shares at $12.50 and raising… Read More
Absci’s IPO reflects booming biotech market and growing PNW life sciences industry The upcoming public offering for Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company Absci reflects a soaring IPO market and adds to the growing… Read More
Play Episode Podcast What’s the deal with all the deals? Why the market for IPOs, venture capital and acquisitions is red hot Play Another day, another deal. Keeping up with the flurry of acquisitions, IPOs, SPACs and venture capital these days is no… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year SPACs. IPOs. M&A. The past 12 months ushered in a frenzy of deal activity, with mammoth public offerings and blockbuster… Read More
Sana joins Nasdaq with blockbuster $587M IPO Sana Biotechnology raised $587.5 million in an initial public offering, a significant cash haul that the 3-year-old Seattle company will… Read More
Sana Biotechnology boosts IPO range, looks to raise $517 million Editor’s note: Sana Biotechnology priced shares on Wednesday evening, raising $587.5 million. See full story here. Sana Biotechnology —… Read More
Sana Biotechnology files to go public, looks to cure disease by modifying genes in the body Less than three years after it was founded and with no revenue on the books, Sana Biotechnology filed to go… Read More
IPOs: A hot year for tech offerings shows deep economic disparities In a year when large swaths of the economy sputtered due to the pandemic, Wall Street opened its doors to… Read More
Fast-growing Qualtrics files to go public at valuation of up to $14.4B Qualtrics, which splits its headquarters between Seattle and Provo, Utah, is aiming to go public at a valuation of $12… Read More
Commentary: Why are there so few women-led IPOs? The numbers are stacked against us Editor’s note: Kristen Hamilton is a Seattle entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Koru and Onvia, helping to lead the latter… Read More
This 35-year-old female CEO is about to crack the glass ceiling, shattering a dismal IPO track record Leen Kawas is truly a unicorn. The 35-year-old co-founder and CEO of Seattle biotechnology company Athira Pharma would be the… Read More
ZoomInfo raises $887M in blockbuster IPO, rings virtual Nasdaq bell Another company is zooming onto Wall Street, signaling that the window for initial public offerings is opening up even amid… Read More
Fast-growing and profitable social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive files for IPO DoubleDown Interactive is rolling the dice on an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million on the… Read More
Regulators reportedly probe Slack’s New York Stock Exchange debut as part of broader IPO inquiry Federal regulators are looking into Slack’s stock market debut earlier this year as part of a broader investigation focused on… Read More
A new world for unicorns: What the WeWork flop means for Seattle’s top startups and IPO prospects WeWork’s dramatic fall from grace, which saw its valuation fall from $47 billion to a reported $8 billion amid an… Read More
Big debut: Shares of Adaptive Biotechnologies rise 100% on first day as public company Adaptive Biotechnologies had a heck of a first day as a public company. Shares of the Seattle-based biotech, which makes… Read More
Adaptive Biotechnologies set to go public with valuation above $2B in biggest biotech IPO of 2019 Adaptive Biotechnologies has raised the price for its initial public offering, putting itself in a position to raise more cash… Read More
Adaptive Biotechnologies files for $230M IPO, banking on big Microsoft and Genentech deals Adaptive Biotechnologies, a high-flying startup that makes technology to read the human immune system, has officially filed to go public… Read More
Slack takes a step closer to an IPO with confidential filing of its registration statement The first wave of 2019 initial public offerings appears back on track after the government shutdown, with Slack announcing Monday… Read More
Qualtrics files for $200M IPO, continuing the trend of enterprise software companies going public Qualtrics, which sells software that helps companies understand how to keep customers satisfied, is going public. The company, which has… Read More
Another strong IPO for SaaS investors, as open-source search provider Elastic enjoys huge pop on opening day Shares in Elastic, a software-as-a-service company that helps other companies find, sort, and analyze their internal data, soared Friday in… Read More
Fast-growing sales tax automation company Avalara files for $150 million IPO Avalara is looking to bring its beach motif and signature orange to the New York Stock Exchange. The Seattle company,… Read More
Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader just completed a $150M IPO: Here are the things he won’t be doing Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday morning and before ringing the… Read More
nLight prices IPO at $16 per share as laser-maker raises $96 million in strong debut nLight priced its initial public offering above the expected range at $16 per share on Thursday night as the Vancouver,… Read More
Smartsheet boosts stock price range to $12 to $14 per share as IPO nears Smartsheet is gearing up to go public this week, and Wall Street appears to like what it sees. The Bellevue,… Read More
Update: Pivotal goes public at $15 a share, CEO Rob Mee calls it “message of strength and independence” Pivotal broke free of the Dell Technologies conglomerate Friday morning, listing its shares on the New York Stock Exchange at… Read More
Smartsheet looks to raise up to $120M through its upcoming IPO, new filing shows Smartsheet plans to raise as much as $120 million through its upcoming initial public offering, new documents filed with the… Read More
Wall Street warms to enterprise software: Could this bode well for Smartsheet, DocuSign and others? The way Steve Singh sees it, big changes are coming to the enterprise software world. “There will be a next… Read More
