Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs
Company (Symbol) Business | Filing Date | Amount Filed (M) | Last Round | Last Round (M) | Book Manager VCs |
Veterinary Centers of America Inc. Los Angeles, CA Animal health-care services | 8/9/01 | $241.5 | 6/30/98 | $0.6 | Credit Suisse First Boston Pilgrim Baxter / Lenard Green |
Agraquest Inc. (AGRQ) David, CA Environmentally friendly pest control | 8/3/01 | $75.0 | 12/5/00 | $28.0 | Merrill Lynch Rockefeller / BioAsia / Odyssey Investment |
Union Drilling Company LLC (UDRL) Bridgeville, PA Oil and gas exploration | 8/2/01 | $57.5 | 2/12/98 | $37.0 | Bear Stearns Morgan Stanley Venture Partners |
MN 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. |
Completed Venture Backed IPOs
Issuer (symbol) | Date Priced | Offer Price | 8/16 close | Lead VC Backer | Company Counsel | Lead Underwriter |
OmniCell Inc. (OMCL) Palo, Alto, CA Automates health care supply chain | 8/7/01 | $7.00 | $8.45 | Delphi Ventures | Cooley Godward | US Bancorp |
Alliance Imaging Inc. (AIQ) Anaheim, CA Diagnostic imaging services | 7/27/01 | $13.00 | $11.91 | Sprout Group | Latham & Watkins | Pilgrim Baxter |
PDF Solutions Inc. (PDFS) San Jose, CA Services for integrated circuits | 7/26/01 | $12.00 | $14.55 | U.S. Venture Partners | Orrick, Harrington | CSFB |
Natus Medical (BABY) San Carlos, CA Medical devices manufacturer | 7/20/01 | $11.00 | $14.75 | Delphi Ventures | Cravith Swain | Dain Rauscher |
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopedic devices | 7/18/01 | $12.50 | $15.70 | Warburg Pincus & Co. | Wilkie Farr | JPM |
Monolithic System Technology (MOSY) Sunnyvale, CA Semiconductor chips | 6/28/01 | $10.00 | $14.25 | DynaFund Ventures | McCutchen Doyle | AG Edwards |
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor and athletic equipment | 6/26/01 | $19.00 | $11.77 | Freeman Spogli | Sullivan Cromwell | GS |
Multilink Technology (MLTC) Somerset, NJ Integrated circuits | 6/21/01 | $11.00 | $12.91 | Brentwood Ventures | Allen Watkins | CSFB |
The Princeton Review (REVU) New York, NY Provides prep courses for SAT | 6/18/01 | $10.00 | $9.35 | Societe Generale | Patterson Belknap | JPM |
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Dallas, TX Loyalty marketing services | 6/8/01 | $12.00 | $16.15 | Welsh Carson | Akin Gump | BS/ML |
Unilab (ULAB) Tarzana, CA Medical research | 6/6/01 | $16.00 | $25.25 | Kelso & Co. | Skadden Arps | SSB |
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Gas power plant equipment | 5/17/01 | $20.00 | $18.00 | Harvest Partners | White Case | CSFB/SSB |
Instinet Group (INET) New York, NY Electronic trading services | 5/17/01 | $14.50 | $12.07 | CM Equity Partners | Cleary Gottlieb | CSFB |