Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs
Company (Symbol) Business | Filing Date | Amount Filed (M) | Last Round | Last Round (M) | Book Manager VCs |
Willis Group Holdings (WSH) London, UK Third largest insurance broker in the world | 5/15/01 | $220.0 | 5/15/01 | $0.0 | Salomon Smith Barney Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. |
Khanty Mansiysk Oil (KMOC) New York, NY Producer, marketer of Russian crude oil | 5/11/01 | $100.0 | 11/1/00 | $72.4 | UBS Warburg/JP Morgan Beacon Partners / AIG Asian Infrastructure / Deltec Asset Mgmt. |
Beacon Ed. Management (BECN) Westborough, MA Educational services | 5/8/01 | $33.0 | 5/3/01 | $5.7 | WR Hambrecht JF Shea & Co. / Hamco Capital / Chase H&Q |
Medcath (MDTH) Charlotte, NC Hospital operator | 5/4/01 | $172.5 | 7/31/98 | $109.4 | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown |
Unilab (ULB) Tarzana, CA Lab testing services | 5/3/01 | $115.0 | 7/1/00 | $188.2 | Solomon Smith Barney Kelso & Co. |
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopaedic devices | 4/27/01 | $132.3 | 6/30/93 | $11.4 | JP Morgan Kidd, Kamm & Co. |
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor clothing and footwear | 3/29/01 | $85.0 | 1/1/01 | $0.2 | Goldman, Sachs & Co. Freeman Spogli & Co. |
Measurement Specialists (MSS) Fairfield, NJ Sensor measuring devices | 3/29/01 | $31.4 | 4/1/86 | $0.3 | Needham & Co. Rand Capital Corp. |
Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group New York, NY Steakhouse operator | 3/23/01 | $57.5 | 1/1/01 | $0.0 | CE Unterberg Towbin TH Lee Putnam |
OmniCell.com (OMCL) Palo Alto, CA Integrated systems | 3/14/01 | $58.6 | 2/17/00 | $40.4 | US Bancorp Piper Jaffray ABS Capital Partners / Sutter Hill Ventures / Medicus Ventures |
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Power plant equipment | 3/9/01 | $106.2 | 3/9/01 | $0.0 | CS First Boston Harvest Partners / Saw Mill Capital / PPM America |
Completed Venture Backed IPOs
Issuer (symbol) | Date Priced | Offer Price | 5/24 close | Lead VC Backer | Company Counsel | Lead Underwriter |
Peabody Energy (BTU) St. Louis, MO Private coal manufacturer | 5/21/01 | $28.00 | $36.35 | Lexington Partners | Simpson Thacher | LB |
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Gas power plant equipment | 5/17/01 | $20.00 | $34.00 | Harvest Partners | White Case | CSFB/SSB |
Instinet Group (INET) New York, NY Electronic trading services | 5/17/01 | $14.50 | $18.95 | CM Equity Partner | Cleary Gottlieb | CSFB |
Simplex Solutions (SPLX) Sunnyvale, CA Software for integrated circuits | 5/2/01 | $12.00 | $26.15 | Mayfield Fund | Wilson Sonsini | CSFB |
Verisity (VRST) Mountain View, CA Medical equipment | 3/21/01 | $7.00 | $19.30 | Sequoia Capital | Howard Price | RS |
Loudcloud (LDCL) Sunnyvale, CA Internet services | 3/8/01 | $6.00 | $4.38 | Benchmark Capital | Wilson Sonsini | MSDW/GS |
Encore Acquisition Co. (EAC) Ft. Worth, TX Oil reserves | 3/8/01 | $14.00 | $16.93 | Warburg Pincus | Kelly Hart | GS |
AFC Enterprises (AFCE) Atlanta, GA Restaraunt franchiser | 3/1/01 | $17.00 | $22.56 | PENMAN Partners | Riordan & McKinzie | GS |
Riverstone Networks (RSTN) Santa Clara, CA Internet infrastructure | 2/15/01 | $12.00 | $23.05 | Silver Lake Partners | Ropes & Gray | MSDW |
Third Wave Technologies (TWTI) Madison, WI Test kits to analyze genes | 2/9/01 | $11.00 | $10.01 | EuclidSR Partners | Wilson Sonsini | LB |
Oil States International (OIS) Houston, TX Oil and gas services | 2/8/01 | $9.00 | $13.65 | SFC Partners | Vinson & Elkins | ML |
Exact Sciences (EXAS) Maynard, MA Colorectal cancer tests development | 1/30/01 | $14.00 | $9.05 | Greylock | Testa Hurwitz | CIBC/TW |