Saturday, June 4, 2011

More and more Online Companies are launching IPOs

Internet Companies divulge into IPOs to seek out for investors and plan their expansions, witnessing the encouraging success in the market.

With the recent launch of IPO of LinkedIn worth $9 billion, social gaming website Zynga is planning to launch an IPO in the market in 2 weeks time. Goldman Sachs may be a lead banker, besides the other investors- Morgan Stanley, T.Rowe Price, and Fidelity Investments. Zynga is worth $10 billion in the private markets.
Groupon also joins the herd with a motive to raise $750 million. Its revenues in 2010 were $713 million, while in Quarter 1 of 2011 revenue was $ 644 million; there was a loss of $146 million last quarter.

With the trend moving towards more and more online industry companies coming up with IPOs, the business surrounding the virtual and interactive world is surmounting. In May, the officials of Angry Birds, the popular game for mobile devices, announced that the company plans to launch its IPO in next few years. The company has seen tremendous success after it was launched in December 2009, and is also planning to enter China’s mobile market.

The way the consumers have started spending their dimes and times on online interactivity, be it professional, entertainment, or operations related, opportunities lie definitely at the hands of the innovative marketer and investors as well.

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