Comments on: The IPO Markets and the Internet: A Thaw's A Comin'

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:24:41 +0000

And with reCaptcha, Skype, Omniture, etc. acquisitions I think we will also see renewed vigor in the strategic acquisitions space. It is once again good to be an Investment banker in the tech/media space!

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:26:11 +0000

Congratulations! Your readers have submitted and voted for your blog at The Daily Reviewer.Internet is spreading like a fire in the forest. People are more crazy about internet nowadays…Internet is providing every single facility to every one either that is shopping or reservation related. Through internet you will get every service related to ant work…

By: cephe kaplama

cephe kaplama — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:34:19 +0000

I don’t have any suggestions but I am sure the investment banking community have their lists and are checking them twice.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:16:33 +0000

You forgot Yandex (www.yandex.ru), the Russian search engine.

By: James B.

James B. — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:48:54 +0000

Niki is right. QuinStreet has also made some big acquisitions over the past few years including SureHits, Vendorseek and now Internet.com. That along with the numbers Niki described above make them a pretty strong candidate for the IPO market.

See more on acquisitions here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060201355.html

http://blog.leadcritic.com/featured/quinstreet-acquires-surehits

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/hpad/index.cfm?purl=/.site/news/Stock%20News/2471331/

By: Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:51:54 +0000

Another screaming candidate is Quinstreet who, although private, announced yearly revenue of $261m and ebitda of $57m (their fiscal year ends June). See more here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2750964.htm

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:48:48 +0000

John - I think your post is very timely. The equity market has witnessed over the last six months a stronger bias to the upside on good news and less of a pullback on bad news.

The major banks and financial companies have also had time to sort out their unwanted inventories and have repaired balance sheets with positive quarterly cashflows.

The money center banks will be looking to recharge the IPO market as equities climb higher and the companies you cited in your blog become more attractive to the public markets.

I don't have any suggestions but I am sure the investment banking community have their lists and are checking them twice.