Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs
Company (Symbol) Business | Filing Date | Amount Filed (M) | Last Round | Last Round (M) | Book Manager VCs |
Centene Corp. (CNTE) Saint Louis, MO Provides managed care programs | 10/9/01 | $48.9 | 5/1/99 | $18.8 | SG Cowen Securities Camden Partners / Soros |
Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIP) Carlsbad, CA Closed-end investment fund | 10/9/01 | $91.5 | 8/11/94 | $17.5 | UBS Warburg Bessemer Venture Partners |
NetScreen Technologies Inc. (NSCN) Sunnyvale, CA Develops networking annuity products | 10/5/01 | $78.2 | 10/1/01 | $80.5 | Goldman Sachs Sequoia Capital / Spectrum Equity |
PayPal (PYPL) Palo Alto, CA Web-based payment system | 9/28/01 | $68.4 | 2/16/01 | $130.0 | Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney Madison Dearborn Partners |
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPHC) New Zealand Respiratory care products | 9/13/01 | $83.6 | 1/28/00 | $2.9 | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown AMP Henderson Global Investors |
ZymoGenetics (ZGEN) Seattle, WA Biopharmaceuticals | 9/10/01 | $180.0 | 10/23/00 | $150.0 | Lehman Brothers Apax Partners / Warburg |
WCI Communities (WCI) Barefoot Beach, FL Real estate development | 9/6/01 | $144.0 | 6/8/01 | $100.0 | UBS Warburg Citicorp Venture Capital |
Acusphere Cambridge, MA Biotechnology | 9/4/01 | $69.0 | 6/1/01 | $104.0 | TW/UBS/FU Burr, Egan, Deleage |
Alliance Medical Phoenix, AZ Medical device reprocessing | 8/24/01 | $69.0 | 2/7/01 | $11.0 | UBS/US Bancorp Patricof / Valley Ventures / Delphi Ventures |
Digirad San Diego, CA Digital cameras for nuclear medicine | 8/24/01 | $115.0 | 8/22/01 | $0.0 | CSFB/US Bancorp Alex Brown & Sons / JAFCO America |
DJ Orthopaedics Vista, CA Orthopaedic sports medicine | 8/24/01 | $172.5 | 6/13/01 | $21.0 | Goldman Sachs First Union Capital Partners |
Completed Venture Backed IPOs
Issuer (symbol) | Date Priced | Offer Price | 10/25 close | Lead VC Backer | Company Counsel | Lead Underwriter |
TheraSense Inc. (THER) Alameda, CA Glucose self-monitoring systems | 10/11/01 | $19.00 | $24.60 | Brentwood VC | Wilson Sonsini | U.S Bancorp |
Given Imaging Inc. (GIVN) Norcross, GA Wireless imaging for gastro-intestinal exams | 10/4/01 | $12.00 | $8.10 | Caduceus | White & Case | Lehman Bros. |
OmniCell (OMCL) Palo Alto, CA Automates health-care supply chain | 8/7/01 | $7.00 | $8.03 | Delphi Ventures | Cooley Godward | US Bancorp |
Alliance Imaging (AIQ) Anaheim, CA Diagnostic imaging services | 7/27/01 | $13.00 | $13.04 | Sprout Group | Latham & Watkins | Pilgrim Baxter |
PDF Solutions (PDFS) San Jose, CA Services for integrated circuits | 7/26/01 | $12.00 | $16.35 | U.S. Venture Partners | Orrick Harrington | CSFB |
Natus Medical (BABY) San Carlos, CA Medical devices manufacturer | 7/20/01 | $11.00 | $5.00 | Delphi Ventures | Cravith Swain | Dain Rauscher |
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopedic devices | 7/18/01 | $12.50 | $17.34 | Warburg Pincus & Co. | Wilkie Farr | JPM |
Monolithic System Technology (MOSY) Sunnyvale, CA Semiconductor chips | 6/28/01 | $10.00 | $11.09 | DynaFund Ventures | McCutchen Doyle | AG Edwards |
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor and athletic equipment | 6/26/01 | $19.00 | $11.75 | Freeman Spogli | Sullivan Cromwell | GS |
Multilink Technology (MLTC) Somerset, NJ Integrated circuits | 6/21/01 | $11.00 | $3.97 | Brentwood Ventures | Allen Watkins | CSFB |
The Princeton Review (REVU) New York, NY Provides prep courses for SAT | 6/18/01 | $10.00 | $5.81 | Societe Generale | Patterson Belknap | JPM |
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Dallas, TX Loyalty marketing services | 6/8/01 | $12.00 | $16.20 | Welsh Carson | Akin Gump | BS/ML |