2012’s IPOs and the Ones to Watch out for in 2013

January 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

IPO

One of the major things in the financial and business world is an IPO. It defines the whole year taking place several times during that year. The significance of an IPO is measured by its size and level of success. In 2010 General Motors took the stage and managed to pull off a major public offering. 2012 belonged to Facebook. Investors had for years been waiting for the social networking company to go public. Mark Zuckerberg on the other hand was reluctant to take the company public and only accepted investments from private companies. When the number of shareholders went over 500 Facebook was forced to go public. The resulting IPO in May saw very many investors get hurt financially. The offer was dogged by controversy and rumors of underhanded deals involving Facebook executives.
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IPOs Dip to Four-Year Low in 2012

January 4, 2013 Leave a Comment

IPO Low 2012

Initial public offerings (IPOs) performed poorly in 2012, as they slipped to the lowest level since the financial crisis of 2008, indicating concerns about another round of economic slowdown. Facebook Inc. topped the list of companies, whose IPOs performed really dismally, according to Bloomberg.
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Box Raises $125M Says IPO is Near

September 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

Box 125M IPO

Cloud storage company, Box, is now focusing on market growth and global expansion. The enterprise has raised $125 million in its new round of funding, before the IPO next year. Aaron Levie, Box CEO, stated that one of the things the company is up to – is entering European market; the company is also going to Australia and some Asian countries like Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Aaron Levie also added that they are doing their best to support the world’s largest companies. The company will invest money in building bigger ecosystem and new technology, expanding the areas of collaboration in new countries, and supporting new larger businesses.
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A decline in Facebook shares in just two days

June 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

Decline Facebook shares

Starting on May 17th 2010 Facebook managed to sell off 421.2 million of its shares at a price of around $38 per each, so that earned a whopping $16 billion making it the biggest tech IPO in the history. This was obviously following a great deal of hype, but on the 21st of May 2012 the shares sank a good 11.3% to a low of $33.90 prior to this the shares had declined by around 13.7 percent to a $33 low.
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