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12/31/2008
2008 Software IPOs: Year in Review
While the Software sector did not fare as poorly as the Internet sector when it comes to IPOs in 2008, it did not do much better. In fact it did just 1 better; as in 1 IPO for all of 2008. This is obviously the smallest # of Software IPOs since we began compiling a list of them 5 years ago.
Who was the lucky winner? It was a security software company called ArcSight (ARST). ArcSight managed to get public on Valentines Day, 2/14/2008, at a price of $9.00/share. Things were looking grim for ARST in mid November with the stock trading close to $4/share, but they fortuitously reported a "beat and raise" quarter in early December and the stock rallied furiously. So much so that Arcsight closed the year at $8.01, off only 11% from its IPO price.
Other than Arcsight, the Software IPO space was a quiet as a country mouse and based on the paucity of recent S1 registrations it will be awhile before there are any more Software IPOs to speak of.
December 31, 2008 in Software, Venture Capital, Wall Street | Permalink
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