Fifteen years after it was founded in Seattle, digital signature pioneer DocuSign on Wednesday registered to become a publicly traded company, joining a growing list of technology companies looking to… Read More
Smartsheet is getting ready to go public. The Seattle-area company that helps Fortune 500 customers manage and automate key work processes — including the ability of employees to collaborate on… Read More
DocuSign has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, setting up the electronic signature and digital contract giant to go public in the next six months, according to a report… Read More
After making the decision to roll its own infrastructure and reduce its dependence on Amazon Web Services, Dropbox reduced its operating costs by $74.6 million over the next two years,… Read More
Dropbox, one of the first cloud-based file-storage services to gain traction among consumers and businesses, has filed to go public with the release of its S-1 statement Friday. It is… Read More
Redfin had one of the better IPOs in 2017. In a process that has become more hit-or-miss in recent years, Redfin’s stock spiked right away on the first day of… Read More
Spotify has confidentially filed for an initial public offering according to an Axios report citing several anonymous sources. The streaming giant is a controversial player in the music industry, as… Read More
Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of the GeekWire 200 — that could go public in 2017. In… Read More
Shares of Funko Inc. rose more than 5 percent this afternoon after the Everett, Wash.-based maker of the Pop! figurines issued its first earnings report as a public company and announced… Read More
IPO activity is up from last year but still remains low compared to the past decade. PitchBook released its 2017 U.S. PE & VC IPO Trends Report on Thursday, noting that… Read More
Funko’s new era as a public company got off to a rough start Thursday as shares in the Everett, Wash.-based pop culture figurine maker dropped more than 40 percent on… Read More
UPDATE: Funko shares dropped approximately 41 percent in the company’s first day of trading. The company set an initial stock price of $12, and shares tumbled to just over $7 by… Read More
Funko, the Everett, Wash. maker of the popular Pop! figures, set the stock price for its initial public offering Wednesday at $12 per share, lower than its estimated range of… Read More
Funko more than doubled the amount it is looking to raise when it goes public to a maximum of $245.3 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More
Funko, the Everett, Wash. company behind the popular vinyl Pop! figures, today filed paperwork for an initial public offering, with a goal of raising an estimated $100 million. The 19-year-old… Read More
The global IPO market is on pace for its strongest year in a decade while more Washington companies are expected go public in the coming months. Global professional services firm… Read More
Redfin tripled profit from last year in its first quarter as a public company, and its stock is rising as a result. In its first public earnings report, the Seattle-based… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap posted a net loss of $443 million in its second quarter as a public company, sending its stock down 14 percent in after-hours trading Thursday. Last year at this… Read More
Redfin is doing well in the public markets since its debut last week, with the tech-powered real state brokerage trading near $25 per share and now valued at around $2… Read More
Redfin’s momentum as a newly minted public company continues this morning as its stock rose another 15 percent in early trading Monday. On Friday, the tech-powered residential real estate brokerage… Read More
Redfin went public Friday morning in the Seattle region’s first IPO of the year, and on this special edition of the GeekWire Podcast, we analyze the tech-powered real estate brokerage’s… Read More
There’s something in common with the last three companies to go public in the Seattle area. That would be Madrona Venture Group, which was an early investor in Impinj (IPO… Read More
UPDATE: Redfin stock increased close to 45 percent in the first day of trading, opening at $19.56 and closing at $21.70. Redfin stock popped as it debuted on the Nasdaq… Read More
UPDATE: Redfin debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange Friday morning, and it’s stock opened well above the $15 initial pricing. Shares for the Seattle-based tech-powered brokerage opened at $19.56 Friday morning,… Read More
Redfin is expected to go public Friday, July 28, according to Nasdaq. The Seattle-based company, which describes itself as a “technology-powered residential real estate brokerage,” said in an SEC filing earlier… Read More
Make it three-for-three for Apptio, as it has beaten Wall Street expectations for the third quarter in a row after going public last year. For the first quarter of 2017,… Read More
So far, so good for IPO activity in the U.S. and around the world. Global professional services firm EY published its Global IPO Trends report for Q1 2017 today, and… Read More
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is one of the biggest believers in Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., investing $500 million in the social media company’s IPO, according to a report from CNBC. Snap… Read More
Update: Snap closed its first day of trading at $24.48 per share, up 44 percent from its initial offering price of $17. Original story: Snap Inc. shares started trading at $24… Read More
Snapchat’s parent Snap Inc. has reportedly chosen the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for its initial public offering, which it’s expected to publicly file for later this week. CNBC… Read More