Here is an article from WSJ´s VC blog.
“Let’s give it up for the IPO market. Just when we thought the market was signing the blues, it awakens with three tech IPOs that all priced well – and they’re backed by venture capital or private equity firms. Underwriters for Qlik Technologies, a business-intelligence software maker, priced the shares last night at $10 each, above the expected range of $8.50 to $9.50. Likewise, RealD Inc., which licenses 3-D systems to major cinema chains, priced above its expected range of $13 to $15, at $16. And Smart Technologies Inc., which makes interactive whiteboards for classrooms, sold more shares yesterday than it originally planned while pricing within range in a jumbo $660 million offering. As Dow Jones Newswires recently noted, companies owned by private-equity firms have outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index by an average of 7%.”
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