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Recent IPO Stories summarized below | |
| 7/24/10 | Facebook IPO "when makes sense": CEO (The Economic Times) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is waiting until the time is right for his company's IPO. |
| 6/28/10 | Elevation Invests Another $120 Million in Facebook as that IPO Looks More Distant (TechCrunch) Elevation Partners went to the secondary market to buy another large amount of shares in Facebook. |
| 6/17/10 | Facebook '09 Revenue Neared $800 Million
(ABC News) Facebook is in better financial shape many had believed in
the past. Impressive growth catapulted their revenue to the $800
million mark in 2009. |
| 6/3/10 | Facebook CEO says no date in mind for IPO (Reuters) CEO Zuckerberg does not worry about possible dates for the company's IPO. He's focused on running the business. |
| 3/3/10 | Facebook Valued at $11.5 Billion in SharesPost Index
(Bloomberg Businessweek) If you use transactions in an index on the
SharePost website as a guide, Facebook is worth $11.5 billion. |
| 1/26/10 | Facebook investors: Seriously, no IPO this year (CNET) Investors Jim Breyer and Yuri Milner say the IPO won't happen in 2010. |
| 1/14/10 | Facebook Shares Just Keep Climbing (Forbes) Facebook shares have risen to $32 apiece on SharesPost. That values the company at $14 billion. |
| 12/18/09 | Facebook IPO Can Wait Following Investment, DST Says (Bloomberg) Facebook is taking its time on going public since Digital Sky Technologies has invested in them. |
| 11/24/09 | Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way? (CNET) The company now has a dual-class stock system. Many interpret this to be in preparation for an initial public offering. |
| 11/19/09 | Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion
(Bloomberg) Based on transactions on private company exchanges the
company's stock has increased up to 42 percent in just four months. |
| 10/7/09 | How to Buy Facebook Stock Before its IPO (The Business Insider) Some VC's are selling their investments in private companies through the SecondMarket service. |
| 10/5/09 | Russian Investor Expands Facebook Stake
(ITWeb) In May, Digital Sky Technologies put $200 million into the
company. They could purchase as much as $100 million more in the future. |
| 9/17/09 | Will Facebook Milestone Hasten An IPO?
(Investors.com) The company is now cash-flow positive ahead of schedule
which could increase the likelihood of the company going public. |
| 5/19/09 | Facebook CEO Says IPO a Few Years Out (Reuters) The company's CEO would like to go public at some point but probably not for a few years. |