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Freelance Platform Upwork Seeks $100M In IPO
September 07, 2018

Joining many Bay Area companies seeking to go public in 2018, Upwork Inc. is reportedly looking to bring in $100 million through an initial public offering (IPO). The California company was created in 2014 with the merger of Odesk and Elance, the Silicon Valley Business...

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China’s Meituan Dianping Planning For IPO
September 03, 2018

China’s Meituan Dianping has set a price range for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, valuing itself at up to $55 billion. According to Reuters, sources revealed that the online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform has set an indicative price range of HK$60...

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Eventbrite Prepares For $200M IPO
August 23, 2018

Event ticketing service Eventbrite has announced its plans to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering (IPO). According to its prospectus, the company expects to debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EB. Goldman Sachs is leading the IPO,...

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Delving Into The Farfetch IPO
August 22, 2018

The devil is in the details, so to speak. Sometimes the devil wears Prada – and sometimes, when all is said and done, the details are in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. The big news of the latest initial public offering (IPO)...

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online
August 22, 2018

“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,” said fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting...

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For Ant Financial, IPO Was Here, Expected And Then Gone
August 21, 2018

In this case, perhaps IPO could stand for: “It’s Possible, Only…not now.” News came at the beginning of this week that the hotly anticipated listing of Ant Financial, an affiliate of China’s Alibaba focused on electronic payments, is off the shelf — as in being pulled or...

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Farfetch Plans For IPO
August 21, 2018

After nearly a decade in business, U.K. based retailer Farfetch has announced it is ready to go public. An F-1 form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker...

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Ant’s IPO Is Delayed (Again)
August 21, 2018

Ant Financial’s highly-anticipated IPO has been delayed once again, with one source saying the public offering could be “years” away. Just a few months ago, it was reported that Alibaba’s investment arm had secured $10 billion in funding from global and local investors, and declared a...

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Crypto Chip Maker Bitmain Eyes $18B IPO
August 13, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest producer of cryptocurrency mining chips, is planning to file for an initial public offering (IPO) in September, which could turn out to be one of the largest IPOs in history. According to documents obtained by CoinDesk, Bitmain hopes to raise $18...