High-powered laser maker nLight files for IPO, looks to raise $86 million Another day, another IPO filing. Vancouver, Wash.-based nLight, a maker of high-powered lasers which are used in aerospace, defense and… Read More
Dropbox soars almost 50 percent in its stock-market debut, closes up 35 percent Dropbox got the famous “bump” in its first hour of trading on the Nasdaq Friday, hitting a high of $31… Read More
Demand for Dropbox IPO reportedly pushes opening price to $21, above its initial projections The stock market had a rough Thursday, but Dropbox is looking ahead to Friday’s trading, when it will officially become… Read More
At $16 to $18 a share, Dropbox’s IPO would value it below its last private funding round Dropbox updated its IPO prospectus Monday with the intended offering price for its shares on the Nasdaq, disclosing plans to… Read More
Q&A: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman wants to keep his company weird, even after going public The last time Glenn Kelman was involved in a company that went public, the executive team treated it as just… Read More
Redfin vs. Zillow: Comparing the two real estate powerhouses at the time of their IPOs Redfin and Zillow are close neighbors in Seattle, but they’ve not always gotten along. The two companies have vastly different… Read More
Tech-powered residential real estate firm Redfin sets IPO terms at $12 to $14 per share Redfin is inching closer to its proposed initial public offering, with the so-called “technology-powered residential real estate brokerage” setting terms… Read More
Key question in Redfin IPO: Will it be valued as a tech company or a real estate brokerage? Is Redfin a real estate brokerage or a tech company? That’s the key question as the Seattle company — originally… Read More
Global IPO market rebounds, but it’s still pretty ‘quiet’ for public offerings in the Pacific Northwest The economic winds are blowing favorably for those companies venturing into the IPO waters, with a new report released today… Read More
Snap shares pop on Wall Street, open at $24 per share in biggest tech IPO since Alibaba Update: Snap closed its first day of trading at $24.48 per share, up 44 percent from its initial offering price of… Read More
Snap prices IPO at $17 per share in biggest public debut for U.S. tech company since Facebook Snapchat parent Snap Inc. priced its shares at $17 apiece on Wednesday, raising around $3.4 billion in its initial public offering.… Read More
Online pet sitting service Rover sniffing around IPO, CEO says they’re targeting 2018 Is Rover barking up the IPO tree? The fast-growing Seattle based online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace is targeting… Read More
DocuSign’s Keith Krach: We’re in no hurry to go public, or find a new CEO PALM DESERT, Calif.— With nearly 2,000 employees and tens of thousands of customers across the globe, DocuSign certainly could be… Read More
Expedia-owned Trivago files for IPO, looks to raise $400 million Get ready for another IPO. Trivago, the German-based online travel giant that’s owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, filed for an initial… Read More
Apptio sets IPO terms, looks to raise $75 million Bellevue-based Apptio is moving closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, disclosing today that it plans to sell six million shares… Read More
Enterprise tech company Apptio files for IPO, shows annual revenue of $129M and growing losses Another Seattle area technology company is looking to test the IPO waters. Bellevue, Wash.-based Apptio, which makes software to help… Read More
RFID tag maker Impinj prices IPO at $14, shares soar in rare public offering Wall Street likes what they see in Impinj, a 16-year-old Seattle-based maker of Radio Frequency Identification technology that today went… Read More
This San Francisco tech company just went public, but did you know it started in Seattle? OK, folks, it’s Friday, so let’s have a little trivia competition. Does anyone know the name of the startup company… Read More
IPOs hit ‘sustained period of turbulence’ as just six venture-backed companies go public in Q1 It’s a bleak time on Wall Street, at least if you’re trying to take your company public. Just six venture-backed… Read More
Gates-backed Editas Medicine files for IPO, marking CRISPR gene-editing milestone Editas Medicine filed the paperwork for an initial public offering today, marking a first for the growing number of private… Read More
GeekWire 200 update: Where are the IPOs? A lot of “unicorns” have been spotted in recent months in the tech industry, but not many IPOs. Despite strong… Read More
U.S. investors most bullish about cloud computing and mobile sectors, survey finds In an annual survey of global venture capitalists, investors disclosed what they are most excited about — and what keeps… Read More
Bellevue enterprise software company Apptio reportedly positioning for IPO Apptio has been discussed as possible IPO candidate for some time now, but it appears as if the Bellevue-based enterprise… Read More
The IPO market reignited in Q2 for venture-backed companies, but M&A deals slowed to a 12-year low There’s a lot of talk of unicorns these days — private companies that are raising piles of venture capital at… Read More
IPO market slows: Blame the billion-dollar ‘unicorns’ The market for initial public offerings softened in the first quarter, with a new report from Renaissance Capital indicating that… Read More
Shares of Box soar following much-anticipated IPO Box, the 10-year-old enterprise software company started by Mercer Island High School grads Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, is soaring… Read More
Chart: The top 10 biggest VC exits of 2014 Big money was flowing in the tech sector in 2014, as evidenced by these blockbuster deals. According to Statista, the… Read More
U.S. venture capital firms raise $29.8 billion in 2014, a 69 percent increase After several years of slumping returns and lackluster performance, the venture capital industry is back. According to a report released… Read More
Tech in 2015: Apple Watch, IPOs, startups, Amazon, T-Mobile, Microsoft and more stories to watch What’s ahead for 2015 in the tech industry? Members of the GeekWire news team offer their perspectives with this look ahead the key… Read More
Juno Therapeutics prices IPO at $24, shares soar in debut Juno Therapeutics, a heavily-funded cancer research company that was formed just 16 months ago, priced its initial public offering Thursday… Read More
