Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs
Company (Symbol) Business | Filing Date | Amount Filed (M) | Last Round | Last Round (M) | Book Manager VCs |
AMN Healthcare (AHS) San Diego, CA Health-care staffing services | 7/16/01 | $146.6 | 11/1/98 | $2.0 | BofA/UBS Warburg Olympus Advisory Partners |
Cross Country Travcorps (CCRN) Boca Raton, FL Health-care staffing services | 7/11/01 | $122.2 | 2/16/01 | $0.4 | Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley Venture Partners |
Lawson Software Inc. St. Paul, MN E-learning | 6/20/01 | $200.0 | 5/21/01 | $40.0 | Lehman Brothers TA Associates/St. Paul Ventures |
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 | Salomon 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 |
Completed Venture Backed IPOs
Issuer (symbol) | Date Priced | Offer Price | 7/19 close | Lead VC Backer | Company Counsel | Lead Underwriter |
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopaedic devices | 7/18/01 | $12.50 | $16.98 | Warburg Pincus & Co. | Wilkie Farr | JPM |
Monolithic System Technology (MOSY) Sunnyvale, CA Semiconductor chips | 6/28/01 | $10.00 | $13.07 | DynaFund Ventures | McCutchen Doyle | AG Edwards |
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor and athletic equipment | 6/26/01 | $19.00 | $16.80 | Freeman Spogli | Sullivan Cromwell | GS |
Multilink Technology (MLTC) Somerset, NJ Integrated circuits | 6/21/01 | $11.00 | $14.09 | Brentwood Ventures | Allen Watkins | CSFB |
The Princeton Review (REVU) New York, NY Provides prep courses for SAT | 6/18/01 | $10.00 | $9.80 | Societe Generale | Patterson Belknap | JPM |
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Dallas, TX Loyalty marketing services | 6/8/01 | $12.00 | $16.40 | Welsh Carson | Akin Gump | BS/ML |
Unilab (ULAB) Tarzana, CA Medical research | 6/6/01 | $16.00 | $23.19 | Kelso & Co. | Skadden Arps | SSB |
Peabody Energy (BTU) St. Louis, MO Private coal manufacturer | 5/21/01 | $28.00 | $25.45 | Lexington Partners | Simpson Thacher | LB |
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Gas power plant equipment | 5/17/01 | $20.00 | $21.15 | Harvest Partners | White Case | CSFB/SSB |
Instinet Group (INET) New York, NY Electronic trading services | 5/17/01 | $14.50 | $15.38 | CM Equity Partners | Cleary Gottlieb | CSFB |
Simplex Solutions (SPLX) Sunnyvale, CA Software for integrated circuits | 5/2/01 | $12.00 | $19.20 | Mayfield Fund | Wilson Sonsini | CSFB |
Verisity (VRST) Mountain View, CA Medical equipment | 3/21/01 | $7.00 | $14.87 | Sequoia Capital | Howard Price | RS |
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